Planning is underway for the 12th Annual Global Child Nutrition Forum convening in Accra, Ghana June 1- 5, 2010. The purpose of the Forum is to assist leaders in developing countries start or expand school feeding programs. The participants represent countries developing new programs, or seeking to improve existing school feeding programs. The Global Child Nutrition Foundation (GCNF) is collaborating with the Partnership for Child Development (PCD) on this year’s Forum.
The Forum will take place at the Golden Tulip Hotel in the capital city of Accra. The themes under consideration are; Planning Sustainable School Feeding Programs, Local Agriculture and Farm Production, School Health and Economic Development. Approximately forty delegates will be invited from African countries. Confirmed attendees include Kenya, Ghana, Malawi, Mali, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Angola and Mozambique. Although the program agenda is still being developed, speakers have been identified from several prominent organizations including the World Bank, the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the World Food Programme. Once again attendees will be utilizing GCNF’s School Feeding Toolkit: A Resource for Assessing Needs and Planning Sustainable School Feeding Programs during a day of intensive workshops.
As in 2009, the Forum will be preceded by Joint Aid Management’s 3nd Annual School Feeding Roundtable on May 30-31, 2010. This meeting brings together non-governmental organizations (NGO’s), private voluntary organizations (PVO’s), donors and other interested parties working to advance and improve global school feeding programs in Africa. The Global Child Nutrition Forum and the School Feeding Roundtable are by invitation only. For more information on both please contact GCNF Program Director Paul Alberghine at palberghine@schoolnutrition.orgThis e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .
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