Study Visit to Brazil

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UN-Nutrition brought together 10 nutrition policy professionals from 10 countries for a unique study visit to Brazil. Our goal was to create a hands-on learning opportunity where participants explored Brazil’s innovative nutrition programs. Each of these initiatives have made a real impact on the country’s nutrition outcomes. 

Participants engaged in meetings with key ministerial representatives across a broad range of ministries, field visits, and policy labs in Brasília, followed by the School Meals Coalition Summit in Fortaleza. Each day included a delegation meeting with the accompanying facilitators.

At the end of the stay, a learning workshop was held to share key takeaways, and identify areas of interest for further exploration. The workshop helped consolidate insights from the week and the group discussed how to apply what they learned within their specific country contexts. This included identifying potential barriers and practical steps toward implementation for better nutrition.

During this session, each participant developed an individual reflection report, including a draft action plan to integrate lessons learned into their respective country's work. 

As a follow-up to the workshop, a joint HDSFS-UNN webinar will be held to share key findings with a broader set of partners, including all member countries and entity partners of the HDSFS Coalition. This will help amplify learnings and engage the wider network in discussion and reflection.

This initiative was made possible with funding from Irish Aid, and was facilitated by UN Nutrition, HDSFS Coalition, and the Government of Brasília.

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Global Summit of the School Meals Coalition:

Hosted under the high patronage of the President of Brazil, the 2nd School Meals Coalition Global Summit will bring together leaders from member states, regional bodies, and partners such as UN organizations, international financial institutions and philanthropies, NGOs, research organizations, as well as parliamentarians, representatives of cities & municipalities, indigenous leaders, youth, and food systems coalitions.

Guided by the priorities established by the Taskforce of the Coalition, the 2-day summit (September 18-19) will showcase the progress made towards the Coalition objectives since the 1st Global Summit hosted by France in Paris. It will underscore how governments and partners are investing in school meal programmes as a powerful policy that can help galvanize global action on some of the key challenges of our time. It will provide a platform to nurture collaborations, and further mobilization & commitments for the next 2 years.

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