Centre of Research Excellence in Nutrition and Metabolism, Institute for Medical Research (IMR),  Capacity Development Network in Nutrition in Central and Eastern Europe (CAPNUTRA), Belgrade, Serbia, 18th-26th October 2018

The key outcome of this training, development and testing workshop will be the establishment of harmonized national food composition datasets for Pakistan, Iran, Iraq and Kuwait being made available online as part of the World Health Organization (WHO) Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) dataset on the European Food Information Resource (EuroFIR) Food Data Platform. Agenda_EMR

To promote better understanding of food system approach in Central and South Eastern Europe (CSEE) countries region, CAPNUTRA, Capacity Development in Nutrition Network in CSEE (www.capnutra.org ),in close collaboration and with support of FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia (FAO http://www.fao.org/europe/en/), organizes and implements a 3-day Symposium on Sustainable Food Systems for Healthy Diets in countries of Central and South Eastern Europe (CSEE) countries, with integrated training on food consumption data collection and strengthening the thematic regional networking.
The symposium will be a good opportunity to promote World Food Day, celebrated annually on 16th October, to commemorate the founding of the FAO in 1945. This year theme is “Change the future of migration. Invest in food security and rural development” and reaching #ZeroHunger by 2030 http://www.fao.org/world-food-day/2017/about/en/.  CAPNUTRA Symposium AGENDA