School Meals Coalition 267d ago

The session brought out how countries are catalyzing food systems transformation through innovative, environmentally friendly approaches, paving the way to COP 30. _____ Moderator: WFP: Ms. Valerie Guarnieri, Assistant Executive Director, Programme Operations _____ Presenting the case study “Planet-friendly school meals: opportunities to improve children's health and leverage change in food systems” by the Research Consortium • Research Consortium: Prof. Donald Bundy, Professor of Epidemiology and Development at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and Director of the Research Consortium for School Health and Nutrition _____ How governments are leveraging school meal programmes as powerful drivers of sustainable food system transformation • Rwanda: H.E. Ms. Irere Claudette, Minister of State for Education • Lesotho: H.E. Prof. Ntoi Rapapa, Minister of Education and Training • Uganda: H.E. Dr. John Chrysostom Muyingo, Minister of State for Higher Education • Guinea-Bissau: H.E. Ms. Queeba Djaite, Minister for Education, Higher Education and Scientific Research • Cambodia: H.E. Dr. Chan Sophea, Under Secretary of State, Ministry of Education • Kenya: Mr. Stephen Barongo, Senior Director, Ministry of Education • Ethiopia: H.E Leulseged Tadese Abebe, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Brazil _____ How partners are coming together to strengthen, scale, and sustain these transformations • Novo Nordisk Foundation: Ms. Afton Halloran, Senior Scientific Manager, Global and Environmental Health Development Department • The Rockefeller Foundation: Mr. Roy Steiner, Senior Vice President, Food Initiative _____ Closing: • WFP: Ms. Valerie Guarnieri, Assistant Executive Director, Programme Operations