CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT IN FOOD AND NUTRITION IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE Centre of Research Excellence in Nutrition and Metabolism Institute for Medical.

CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT IN FOOD AND NUTRITION IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN

EUROPE

Centre of Research Excellence in Nutrition and Metabolism Institute for Medical Research, University of Belgrade, Serbia

Gurinovic M, Glibetic M, Oshaug A, Dupouy E, Kadvan A, Novakovic R, Ranic M, Nikolic M, Satalic Z, Spiroski I, Korosec M, Hadziomeragic A, Finglas P.

“EuroFoodNetDay2012”, CEFood congress, Novi Sad 25th May 2012.

Capacity Development (CD): A definition

CD in food and nutrition is more than formal

training: includes also human resource

development, organizational, institutional and legal

framework development with aim of enhancing

knowledge and skills (Lopes, Theisohn, 2003)

CD is a long term, continuing process, which gives

primacy to national priorities, policies, plans and

processes

• Regional SCN networks already existed in Asia, Latin America, the Middle East and Southern Africa

• SCN, UNU and IUNS established a SCN WG on CD in nutrition and related issues in 2001

• Thus CEE is the newest network facilitated by the UNU Food and Nutrition Programme, through SCN

• Kick-off meeting for a capacity development initiative in nutrition in CEE, 19 May 2005 FAO-SEUR office, Budapest

• The inaugural meeting took place in Budapest on the 13-14 February 2006, at the FAO SEUR Office

• Purpose: to initiate and support CD activities in developing research and training in public nutrition based on country specific needs in CEE countries working towards the enhancement of individual, institutional and organizational capacity in food and nutrition.

Network for Capacity Development in Nutrition in Central and Eastern Europe-UNU/SCN NCDNCEE

Kick-off meeting for a capacity development initiative in nutrition in Eastern and Central Europe,

19 May 2005 FAO-SEUR office, Budapest, Hungary1st inaugural meeting of the NCDNCEE

16 participants from 10 countries supported by UNU13-14 February 2006, Budapest, FAO SEUR Office, Hungary.

2nd Meeting of the NCDNCEE. 16th -17th November 2006. Budapest, Hungary FAO-SEUR office. 18

participants from 9 CEE countries supported by UNU and EuroFIR

Planning guidelines for capacity development in nutrition in CEE Pavlovic M, Pepping F, Michal D, Biro L, Szabolcs P, Dimitrovska Z, Duleva V, Parvan C, Filipovic H.A,Glibetic M, Oshaug A.

Public Health Nutr 2009

Challenges/Problem areas

Levels

Duration

Prioritized Strategies/activities

Food security(WFS 1996)

Nutrition

3. Educational2. Institutional 1. Governmental

Continuous Medium/long termShort term

Lobby/advocacy for food and nutrition action plans

• Engage in monitoring/ evaluation activities• Promote staff development• Argue for funding food database• Apply intern. accepted methodologies• Develop project proposals for EU

• Develop project proposals for EU • Engage in food database develop.• Initiate the support the FNAP• Disseminate res. results to users• Raise awareness of EUFIC on the needs for training materials in CEE languages •Update a web-based food and nutrition network

• Nutrition promotion (including media) • Popularize scientific findings adapted to local challenges and food habits

4. Community

For all: Fund raising/networking/communication material

Centre of Research Excellence in Nutrition and Metabolism (CENM)IMR, University of Belgrade, Serbia

European Projects

Finished

• EuroFIR*-European Food Information Resource Network (NoE) FP6 www.eurofir.net (2006-2010 )

Ongoing• EURRECCA*- Harmonising nutrient recommendations across Europe with special focus on

vulnerable groups and consumer understanding (NoE) FP6 www.eurreca.org (2007-2012)

• BaSeFood *FP7 (Sustainable exploitation of bioactive components from the Black Sea Area traditional foods) (http://www.basefood-fp7.eu/) (2009-2012)

• EuroFIR –Nexus*-EuroFIR Food Platform: further integration, refinement and exploitation for its long-term self-sustainability FP7 www.eurofir.org (2011-2013)

• CHANCE FP7 Low Cost tecHnologies and traditional ingredients for the production of Affordable, Nutritionally correct, Convenient foods enhancing hEalth in population groups at risk of poverty (http://www.chancefood.eu/) (2011-2014)

• EFSA “Updated food composition database for nutrient intake”, 2012New

• BACCHUSS-Beneficial effects of dietary bioactive peptides and polyphenols on CVD health in humans FP7 , 2012 start

Main outcomes 2006-2012

1. Capacity Development in research, education and training and

dissemination:

7 Network meetings, 15 Workshops/trainings/courses;

4 publications in international journals; 102 oral and 26 posters

presentations at 20 international meetings;

• Website: http://www.agrowebcee.net/ncdn/• Video film: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGAaVs3po-c

2. Capacity Development Nutritional Tools

• NUTritional PLANning software

• Web based application-Food Comp Data Management (FCDM)

• Balkan platform and regional food composition data base

• Nutri-RecQuest webaplication

• Web tool for extraction of data on nutritional adequacy and its

determinants

Example of activities and topics in CD in CEE 2006-2012

• NCDNCEE meetings were arranged for identifying specific challenges in CD and training needs• Framework for the Network – develop based in inspiration and work by participants• WHO Growth standards and its use • Human Rights to Adequate Food and World Food Day activities• Collaboration in Food Composition Data Base (FCDB) inventory for FCDB status and follow up on training

needs (EuroFIR)• CD Training in production and use of FCDB in Nutrition (EuroFIR)• WHO European Action Plan for Food and Nutrition Policy• Evidence-based nutrition -From Requirements to Recommendations and Policies (EURRECA)• CD on identification of nutrition data from Grey literature in CEE (EURRECA)• Collection and use of nutritional grey literature; Micronutrient inadequacy assesment in CEE from grey

literature and micronutrient recomendations collection (EURRECA)• Langual - Food indexing training in Food composition creation (EuroFIR&Basefood)• Assessment of current situation in higher nutrition education and training needs in the CEE countries• Media communication Training• How to write proposals for the EC projects • Nutritional tools presentation and usage (EuroFIR&EURRECA&EuroFIR-Nexus)• Development of regional FCDB Balkan platform -NCDNCEE in collaboration with EuroFIR-Nexus project

Publications in Journals

Gurinović M, et all.(2010). Capacity development in food composition database management and nutritional research and education in Central and Easter European, Middle Eastern and North African countries. EJCN 64, S134-S138.

Pavlovic M, et all.(2009). Turning dilemmas into opportunities: a UNU/SCN capacity development network in public nutrition in Central and Eastern Europe. Public Health Nutrition: 12(8), 1046-1051.

Pavlovic M, et all. (2009). Training and capacity building in central and eastern Europe through the EuroFIR and CEE networks. Food Chemistry 113 (8):846-850.

Glibetic M, et all. (2010). Management of food composition database harmonized with EuroFIR criteria using a web application. Journal of Food Composition and Analysis.

4th UNU/SCN NCDNCEE. Belgrade, 10-12 November 2008. 31 participants from 15 CEE countries.

3rd UNU/SCN NCDNCEE 22 participants from 10 CEE countries Belgrade, Serbia, 1-2 November 2007.

5th Meeting of the NCDNCEE Belgrade, Serbia, 11-12 November 2009.

32 participants from 10 CEE countries

6th Meeting of the UNU/SCN NCDNCEE, Belgrade, 25th-26th May, 2011,

32 participants from 15 CEE countries

EURRECA Course Evidence-based nutrition: Warsaw – Sep 9-14, 2008; 4 participants from

NCDNCEE

2nd EURRECA week, Budva, Montenegro 9-13 June 2008, 5 members from NCDNCEE with

EURRECA support

4th UNU/SCN NCDNCEE. Belgrade, 10-12 November 2008

EURRECA-GREY LITERATURE WORKSHOP 2008. Group work

5th Meeting UNU/SCN NCDNCEE. Belgrade, 11-12 November 2009

Questionnaire on user friendly Web-based computerized software design tool

EuroFIR Course on Production and Use of Food Composition Data in Nutrition. Bratislava, Slovak Republic, October 2006

EuroFIR workshop “Training and Capacity Building for non EuroFIR CEE Countries“

Belgrade, Serbia, June 2007

EuroFIR Course on Production and Use of Food Composition Data in Nutrition.

Bratislava, Slovakia, 6-17 October 2008

9th International Graduate Course on Production and Use of Food Composition Data in Nutrition. Wageningen,

The Netherlands, 11-24 October 2009

Regional Workshop for Food Composition Data Base Development;

19 participants from CEE 5 countries NCDNCEE Belgrade, Serbia June 11th 2010

Nutritional tools

Nutplan

Web tool for extraction of data on nutritional adequacy and its determinants

29 micronutrients recommendations from 37 European

countries/organizations/regions, over 20.000 micr. rec

Nutri-RecQuest ,

Data overview trough the WEB site:

www.nutricascience.org

www.nutricascience.org/foodsearch (for mobile devices)

Web based application Food Comp Data Management (FCDM)-EuroFIR

DK

SEFI

DEDE

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NL

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USA

European Food Composition Information: from 7 in 2005 to….

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NO

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HRSI

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GECS

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Online Databases

Static information(data in table format)

Offline Information(publications)

Information pending

Image © 2005 EarthSat

July 2005

Other onlinedatabases

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SEFI

DEDE

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FO

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European Food Composition Platform: >25 in 2011

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Online Databases

Static information(data in table format)

Offline Information(publications)

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Image © 2005 EarthSatFebruary 2009

JP

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AU

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Specialized Datasets

EuroFIR BASIS

CH

SESE

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NL 2009

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Databases underImplementation

UK

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Other onlinedatabases

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IT 2008

PL

AU 2009

LV 2009/2010

DK 2008

GR

SK

Foods – 51000 (total)Generic - 33000Recipes - 14000Branded - 4000

PT

Workshop: Regional Food Composition Data Base, A FCDM software application in Balkan Food Platform development, Belgrade 26th May 2011, EuroFIR-Nexus &NCDNCEE

Balkan Food Platform

FCDB status:NO FCDBNO electronic version of FCDBYES - electronic version of FCDBYES- software and electronic version of FCDB

Balkan Food Platform:Albania,Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, FYROM,Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Slovenia

Our goal is to develop a regional online food composition database specific for some countries of Central and Eastern Europe and West Balkan

Conclusions

Nutritional training, exchange of information and cooperation with

European projects, networks, UN organizations and research

nutrition institutions are excellent opportunities for CD

The NCDNCEE was a source of new scientific knowledge in

nutrition, a tool to foster regional involvement and identify needs

and opportunities in regional CD

CENM play important role in nutritional research in the CEE region

Further attention should be given to such activities, as well as to

funding initiatives from other sources

Thank you for your attention!

Acknowledgement• UNU/SCN NCDNCEE• CENM• EuroFIR & EuroFIR Nexus • EURRECA • Basefood• FAOREU• UNUFNP