The Global Child Nutrition Foundation in partnership with the World Food Programme's Centre of Excellence are to host the 16th annual international conference of school feeding professionals and partners, focused on Nutrition and School Feeding. 

 

Who’s invited? Representatives of government offices, companies, international organizations, NGOs, academic institutions, and others interested in school feeding and child nutrition programmes.

 

Participation of government representatives from the sectors which gain the most benefit from investing in nutritious, locally-sourced school meal programmes: Education, Agriculture, Finance, Health, Industry and Trade, and Budget and Planning is particularly encouraged.

 

Why attend? The Forum is an opportunity to share your experience, successes, and challenges in school feeding and to learn what others are doing, as well as to interact with experts from around the world, see school feeding in action in South Africa, exhibit your programmes and products in the Country School Food Fair and Market Place, and more!

 

2014 Theme: “Nutrition and School Feeding: Improving Nutrition by Strengthening School Feeding Programs”, with a focus on the multi-sector benefits of sustainable school feeding programmes and the UN Post-2015 Agenda. 

 

Registration will be conducted through a website that will go live by July 30, 2014

 

For more information: Please refer to the GCNF website: www.gcnf.org

 

To discuss sponsorship opportunities, media involvement, and for particularly urgent or special inquiries, please contact:

·         GCNF ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ), or

·         WFP Centre of Excellence ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )