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What we saw inside Amazon's Tilbury warehouse will make you think twice about your order
We went behind the scenes at the company's largest centre in Europe
Elliot HawkinsContent Editor
Ordering something from Amazon is simple. We buy it online, wait for it to be delivered and see it drop through the letter box.
To us, it's just a matter of a few clicks - but there's far more to it than that.
Since 2017, Tilbury has been home to one of the company's 21 UK fulfilment centres.
The facility is responsible for sorting, packaging and sending out hundreds of thousands of parcels every day, and millions every single week, through what is quite simply a mind-blowing operation.
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It's the biggest building of its kind in Europe, and from the self-operating robots to the 18 kilometres of conveyor belts across four jam-packed floors, it really is a sight to behold.
In January, before the Covid-19 pandemic, Elliot Hawkins visited the huge site to see what it was like.
Think you already know what happens inside? Think again.
Right from the first click...
Amazon is one of the biggest organisations in the world. The global technology and retail company sells more than 250 million products within the European Union alone, many of which come through the company's Essex facility.
As soon as a customer clicks 'buy' on the website, the Amazon algorithm works out where you are, where the product is and the most efficient way to get A to B.
Once a product is delivered to one of the fulfilment centres, there are four key steps the staff have to follow before the item can be sent out for delivery - receive, stow, pick and pack.
During our visit to the Amazon mothership on the banks of the River Thames, we were shown the full process and the incredible technology guiding the way.
As soon as the products come in on the ground floor, the first process is to receive the items.
Staff open up the boxes, take the products out and scan them, making sure they have the correct bar code, quantity and are in good condition.
Then come the robots.
The self-driving robots leading the operation
This was one of the most incredible things I'd ever seen.
Three of the complex's four floors are filled with yellow shelving units, known as pods, each containing multiple boxes of various products.
There is no set location for a particular product - as long as they are all scanned, they can be stored in the same box as any other item. It's completely random.
Tens of thousands of individual pods line the warehouse, and the phrase needle in a haystack sprung to mind. Until I saw the robots.
These incredible Amazon robotic carriers drive across the building collecting the necessary pod before bringing it to the person waiting to pick the item out.
Equipped with cameras and sensors, the robots scan QR codes printed on the floor which send out a location and direct them to the correct work station, each without an ounce of human control.
One of the craziest things was the fact that there didn't need to be a single person out there.
The only time a human would venture into the fenced-off area was if something had fallen onto the floor and needed to be retrieved.
At one point, we saw a man in a red high-vis jacket step in and just like magic, the robots steered clear. The radio signals emitted from his jacket told the bots to move around him while he went to sort the issue.
Amazon Tilbury - The Numbers
The Essex fulfilment centre boasts a number of fascinating facts and figures - these are just a few:
2,000 - The number of permanent staff employed at the centre
18 kilometres - The total combine distance of conveyor belts inside the building
1,000 - The number of extra staff employed at busy times of the year (Christmas)
2 million - The total square feet capacity of the building
18.5 inches - The largest product size the centre can facilitate (bigger items are sent elsewhere)
1 hour - The shortest time it can take from a product entering the building to being sent out for delivery
26 - The number of different package box sizes available to use
1.5 tonnes - How much weight each of the Amazon robots can carry
95% - How much Amazon will contribute towards tuition and fees for a certificate or diploma in qualified fields of study through their Career Choice scheme (up to a yearly maximum)
£10.50 - The minimum wage for Amazon's tier one associates
LCY 2 - The code for the company's Tilbury fulfilment centre
One member of staff described it as "watching a ballet", and that's exactly what it was.
Once the products have been picked by a member of staff they are scanned and placed into a black box, called a tote, before being pushed down onto a spiral conveyor belt all the way to the ground floor.
There are four points of human contact from the time a product enters the building to when it leaves as they are the only people who can assess the quality of a product.
It proved that despite the importance robots can play in the overall operation, humans will never be completely replaced.
Like something out of MI5
I couldn't get over how smooth the whole operation was.
Things were happening all around me and they all involved a different aspect of the process. There were even engineers riding around on tricycles to take equipment from one end of the building to the other.
We were shown the flow room, also known as the control room, and it very much had a 'mission control' feel to it.
Staff working here had an array of screens in front of them displaying the entire operation of conveyor belts, as well as the various picking and packing stations across the building.
If there was a problem the screens would flag it, and if there was ever an imbalance between the number of items being sent down and the packages being sent out, they knew how to even it out.
Packing up the products
The centre operates two forms of packaging - 'singles pack' and 'multi pack'. Very self-explanatory.
The packing stations dotted around the ground floor of the building were split into those two sections, the only difference between the two being that those working on multi pack have to wait for each of the customer's items to be ready in the same place before they can package them up.
Once a parcel is sealed it's placed on one of the conveyor belts and sent to the SLAM machine - yes, it's as dramatic as it sounds.
This machine scans the bar code and weighs the item to make sure it adds up and provides the last quality check before the package is sent out.
Amazingly, the address labels are printed in the five seconds it takes the parcel to reach the machine from the SLAM scanner, and air pressure is used to apply the label.
The packages are then sent to the 'chutes' where they are sorted based on delivery options, and teams in the shipping area pack them onto palettes, open the bay doors and load them into the lorry to be sent out.
Next time you receive an Amazon parcel, look for the code in the bottom left corner of the label. If it says 'LCY 2', it means it's come from Tilbury.
Before lockdown, you could visit the site for a tour, however, this may not be currently taking place at the moment due to social distancing rules. But you can find out more here.
Back in January, Paul Atkins-Baker, who works as the tour guide for the complex, said: "It's very popular, one of the most popular sites in the UK.
"We have a group maximum of 30 people and we show them the whole process, from the product arriving to the product leaving.
"At the start we did it one day a week and then expanded it to twice a day every day, now it's three times a day.
"From my side it's really cool when people come in with a really negative attitude about what happens in these buildings and we change that around by the end of the visit."
Prior to lockdown there was an eight-week waiting list for tours at the centre.
Would you want a tour of the Amazon centre in Tilbury?
How Amazon is pledging to help the environment
At the beginning of the year, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos announced how the company is planning to tackle climate change.
The CEO pledged that Amazon would be net zero carbon by 2040 - ten years earlier than the climate goals laid out in the Paris Agreement.
The company also plans to be working with 100 per cent renewable energy by 2030 and will create 100,000 fully-electric delivery vehicles.
On top of that, Amazon has said it will provide a £100 million investment in reforestation projects around the world, as well as local projects such as building a new wind farm in Scotland.
Staff at the Tilbury centre were also demonstrating their focus on sustainability by only using the classic brown Amazon packing when needed.
Any large items with sufficient packaging don't need to be placed inside another cardboard box. Some packaging is deemed suitable to be shipped out without extra Amazon packaging, such as that for a vacuum cleaner.
But customers are still able to select the option of whether they do or don't want their parcel to come in a brown box, perhaps for a surprise Christmas or birthday present.
Staff said it was about finding a balance between sustainability and the needs of the customer.
The hours and pay for Amazon staff
How many hours do you work? Do you get paid minimum wage? Just two of the questions those from outside the company are regularly speculating about.
Most permanent members of staff work standard 40-hour weeks spread across four days and the tier-one associates are paid no less than £10.50 an hour as a starting wage.
They also have access to private medical insurance, a company discount as well as having their meals subsidised and transport from Tilbury station to the centre made free.
Calvin, 27, is a process guide at the Amazon centre in Tilbury and has been with the company for a year.
Amazon Career Choice
Five years ago there wasn't a great demand for robotics engineering in Tilbury, but now look.
The opening of the Amazon facility has opened up 2,000 permanent jobs for local residents involving a range of skills, and Amazon are keen to increase their support for those looking for education and work.
The company runs a scheme called Career Choice, whereby Amazon prepay up to 95% of tuition and fees (up to a yearly maximum) towards a certificate or diploma in qualified fields of study.
This can provide vital opportunities for aspiring nurses, HGV drivers, phlebotomists, accountants - the list is endless.
And to make it easier for all associates to participate, many classes are held in dedicated classrooms at Amazon facilities.
He said to Elliot in January: "I work in the outbound department, the department that receives the item and is in charge of sending those packages outside to customers.
"We have to get the boxes and put the contents in. The SLAM machine tells you where the package is going and then we send it to the shipping department.
"It takes time, during the first few weeks you're still learning the business. Amazon is a very fast-paced company and there are a lot of things involved. After a month you get used to it.
"Coming into Amazon, I was looking for a part-time job to make money while studying and the application process was easy for me.
"There are opportunities to work with people from different backgrounds and countries, it's really amazing for me. You can move to different departments and try something new."
'We want to provide them with the best service'
Sam Perkins, senior operations manager at the centre, has been working for Amazon for more than four years.
He's worked with the company in both the USA and the UK and has made his way through the company's ranks.
"I really enjoy it, there are a lot of good challenges," he said.
"It's a great company that lets you grow and gives you opportunities to sort things out through problem solving.
"It's a very forgiving company because we can make a lot of mistakes but we have a lot of team work to figure things out.
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"Thinking about what the customer needs and working backwards allows for that team work because the overall mission is set on getting the package out of the door.
"It's not very customer-facing so I try to put myself in that mindset. I've worked in ice cream shops and restaurants and everything is incredibly customer-facing, so if you fail everyone can see you fail.
"A lot of the pressure is if we don't get a package out of the door and we don't fulfill our customer promise, because even though we can't see them, there are people who are paying for the service and we want to provide them with the best service."


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143 – ICFF and Coming to America
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ICFF and Coming to America
This is the third and final show coming from ICFF NYC. Nick chats with CEO Richard Munao of NAU Designs and designer Kenneth Cobonpue. As Nick walked through ICFF, these two booths stood out to him. Let's find out why.
Meet Richard, Meet Nau
Nau (pronounced n-o-w) is a brand new collection, but Richard has been in the industry for around 30 years. He got his start as a cabinet maker. Richard has been to ICFF before, but only as an onlooker to observe to study how the show works. This year though was Nau's international debut and their first foot into the U.S. Richard's hopes to champion Australian design and bring his passion to the world. Nau makes tables, sofas, beds, and chairs out of walnut, oak, and ash, and are testing Australian timbers as well, to see how well they would work exported.
Right now the most difficult part of launching Nau is navigating the different distribution network in the United States compared to Australia, and working out who is who in this large country of 50 states. Richard is figuring out the best places to market and ICFF is definitely one of them. He worked with Australian designers and photographers to design their stand and photograph it to make it stand out.
Nau's collection integrates an acoustic material to create a quieter environment and weaved screen-like walls which light can pass through. Their aesthetic creates organic shapes opposed to rectilinear modernity; it's created to be a visual piece within a room. Originally the products were planned to be for the workplace but wineries and jewelry stores have reached out to use them to create intimate spaces. They would also be great in a coffee shop or an airport.
Learn more at naudesign.com.au
Kenneth Cobonpue creates unique handmade furniture that is inspired by nature. He uses sustainable materials, organic fibers and recycled polyethylene for outdoor pieces. He creates indoor and outdoor furniture, lighting, installations, and art. He's been doing this professionally for 15 years but really, it all started when he was just a kid.
Kenneth grew up in the Philippines where his mother was a furniture designer from the back of their home. He grew up surrounded by craftsmen who taught him how to use the materials so he could build his own toys and bridges. Later, Kenneth left for Pratt in NYC to study industrial design and then returned to the Philippines to design his own collections, with the same people who made his mother's furniture. His first piece is the yin and yang, a simple cubic chair, which he designed with an open weave for air to flow through littleview obstruction. He has developed this open weave aesthetic and now uses it in all of his products. Kenneth's inspiration comes from nature; if you look through a tree you can see the light passing through its branches and leaves, just like in his frames.
ICFF is where Kenneth and his team meet clients, retailers, new designers, and the press. Also, it is where they introduce their new products into the American market.
Learn more at kennethcobonpue.com
Porcelanosa has started a new trend in hospitality: taking carpet out of rooms and people are LOVING it. Carpet is the culprit that traps and keeps odors so it's a good idea to get rid of it. The only problem though is that when you walk on hard surfaces though, it creates lots of noise for your neighbors. So, Porcelanosa has created a sound underlay system that deadens noise and sound! Virgin Hotels in Chicago have been named the number one hotel in America by because of Porcelanosa's floor system is in every room.
If you want to learn more about it visit porcelanosa.usa
The Las Vegas Market LIVE Chaise Lounge show is coming soon at a different showroom location each day of Market at 4 pm PT. Nick is meeting with his first ever Chaise Lounge guest Barrie Livingstone, TV star Dann Foley, good friend and Vegas resident Kelli Ellis, and modernism king Christopher Kennedy. Also, at Market, Nick will be interviewed by Lauren Paske and Linley Pasqualone to talk about the podcast and how it has affected his life and his business on Sunday, July 30 from 1-2pm at the North End of Pavillion One. You can still sign up for Vegas Market at the very last minute so meet Nick there! He'd love to meet you and hear about your interior design journey and business.
Las Vegas Market – July 30 – Aug 2
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KBIS – Jan 9 – 11
ICFF Miami– Oct 3 – 4
If you would like to hear more episodes, please visit us on iTunes or on our website at TheChaiseLoungePodcast.com. Lastly, find The Chaise Lounge on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter or post a review on iTunes, you may even hear your review read live on our next podcast. With that said keep dreaming big, and keep designing a great design business. See ya!
Nick May
Host of The Chaise Lounge and The Business Brush Podcast, owner of Walls by Design, and Creative Director for iMayMedia LLC.

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I'm under an NDA, so I can't actually tell you anything about Dell's blade servers coming 4th quarter, 2004. What I can tell you is that Brocade never ceases to amuse me. This company sends me a brochure that might as well have been leathre-bound and gold-plated. It was ultra slick and obviously created at great expense. That implicitly told me that the company I was currently with would not likely be able to afford the product. I was right, of course. Today, Brocade sends "Lennie and Bruno" to do a presentation on why Brocade fibre switches are the best in the known world. I get the feeling that they're more accustomed to a brute force approach to marketing. Like a, "Brocade is the best. If you think you can do better, I'll crack your head open with a ratchet." So "Lennie" is standing up there with a suit in that black color you only find in Armani and a dull sky-blue, silk tie. The tie clip is pure bling-bling, most likely solid gold with a diamond center. He's clean-shaven and well groomed. He's also talking with a weird northeastern U.S., God Father-esk accent that seems to demand your attention. "Lennie" is about 5'5″ from my estimate. To his left sits "Bruno." He's probably in the vicinity of 6'6″ (like myself) and 250lbs. (unlike myself). A little Herman Munster-ish with the long face and obviously large bone frame. Anyway, I'm probably blowing this way out of proportion and imagined the minute details that I bring before you now, but I'm pretty certain about the brute force tactics of Brocade. They have to think themselves pretty mighty with their almighty prices and industry recognition. You'd just hope that a company like that would put on a happy face for the public like Cisco or Microsoft (especially Microsoft).


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El Templo de San Agustín es un edificio católico de estilo barroco ubicado en el centro histórico de la ciudad de Salamanca, Guanajuato, México. La construcción se inició en 1642, y fue terminada a finales de 1706. El templo es catalogado como monumento histórico por el Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH) para su preservación.

Historia

La planeación de este pintoresco representativo monumento salmantino comenzó desde 1609, cuando el fray agustino Diego de Ávila obtuvo la licencia de Felipe III para fundar cuatro conventos de su orden en la entonces provincia de Michoacán a la que pertenecía la villa de Salamanca. Los primeros agustinos y el primer prior fray Juan de San Nicolás llegaron a esta villa hasta 1615 y al principio dedicaron la construcción a Juan de Sahagún. Sin embargo no comenzaron las obras hasta unas décadas después debido a la falta de recursos. A mediados del  la adquisición de unos ranchos y haciendas dieron prosperidad a los agustinos para iniciar la construcción del convento.

En cuanto a la edificación del actual inmueble pueden marcarse dos etapas diferentes de construcción. La primera se inició el 1 de mayo de 1642 durante el priorato de fray Miguel de Guevara, quien colocó la primera piedra del convento. El arquitecto Antonio de Elexalde Roxas el viejo fue encargado de las obras. Es posible que durante esta etapa se hayan levantado la iglesia mayor con sus torres, cúpulas y portada, así como el claustro menor, dado que la concepción estilística de estos elementos revela su creación en el . El claustro menor tiene majestuosos arcos y pilares del estilo barroco que le dan al claustro menor una semejanza al claustro del convento agustino en Santiago de Querétaro. Esta etapa terminó en 1706. La segunda etapa de construcción se inició en 1750 y dentro de este periodo es posible datar el claustro mayor de estilo herreriano de la época del Renacimiento. Esta etapa concluyó en 1761.

Este convento fue tan importante que sirvió como sede de la provincia agustina de San Nicolás de Tolentino, que abarcaba los estados de Michoacán, Guanajuato, Querétaro, Jalisco, Zacatecas, Durango y San Luis Potosí. El claustro menor serviría para ser un convento de clausura para los monjes. El claustro mayor fue proyectado para ser una real y pontificia universidad dirigida por los mismos agustinos, inspirada en la Universidad de Salamanca en la ciudad homónima en España. Sin embargo el proyecto fracasó debido a su cercanía con el colegio franciscano en Celaya. El claustro mayor terminó fungiendo como una casa capitular donde se reunían los agustinos de la provincia cada cuatro años para elegir a sus autoridades.

En la segunda mitad del  fueron contratados dos maestros tallistas para ejecutar unas obras. Pedro José de Roxas en Santiago de Querétaro inicialmente realizó los retablos laterales de los cruceros. En 1768 también se le encargó el retablo mayor de estilo churrigueresco. Los retablos restantes fueron fabricados en Salamanca por Antonio de Elexalde el joven comenzando en 1771 y siendo terminados para la bendición solemne el 28 de agosto de 1782, festividad de San Agustín. Todos eran retablos decorados en hoja de oro de 24 quilates. En 1836 fue desmantelado el altar mayor dedicado a San Juan de Sahagún y sustituido por el neoclásico actual, obra del arquitecto celayense Francisco Eduardo Tresguerras. De 2000 a 2002 fueron restaurados los retablos. De 2010 a 2016 fueron restauradas las torres del templo y se les agregó iluminación.

Durante la guerra de independencia de México el convento continuó bajo el control de los agustinos. En 1860 en medio de la Guerra de Reforma fueron exclaustrados los agustinos. De 1867 a 1915 ambos claustros del convento sirvieron como Penitenciaría del Estado. Durante la Revolución mexicana fue un cuartel militar y de 1921 a 1925 fue la Escuela Central de Artes y Oficios. De 1929 a 1973 el claustro menor fue la Escuela Primaria Francisco I. Madero y de 1944 a 1963 el claustro mayor fue sede de las oficinas administrativas del sindicato petrolero de la ciudad. Por gran parte del  el convento había caído en deterioro y esto forzó que algunos salmantinos tomaran acción para restaurar el convento. Una sociedad civil formada por ellos logró impulsar la restauración completa del claustro mayor de 1999 a 2002.

Ambos claustros del convento hoy en día son centros culturales. Desde 1984 el claustro menor funge como Casa de la Cultura de Salamanca y fue restaurado de 2007 a 2011. Desde 2002 el claustro mayor es sede del Centro de las Artes de Guadalajara.

Descripción
La nave del templo se compone de cuatro espaciosos tramos, crucero y presbiterio, entre los que se hallan dispuestos once retablos diferentes entre los cuales destacan los dedicados a Santa Ana y San José; este último de aproximadamente 15 metros de alto y diez de ancho.

El diseño de estos retablos se considera como parte del estilo queretano de mediados del , pues comparten ciertas características como el uso de tallados en forma de petalillo al fondo, la disposición de telones, cortinajes y coronas y la aplicación detallada de finas láminas de oro y estofado. Tal como indica Luis Serrano Espinoza, "la similitud entre los retablos de Salamanca y los de Santa Rosa de Viterbo en la ciudad de Querétaro, es tan evidente que la nave de una pudiera ser una extensión de la otra."

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Referencias

Iglesias de México del siglo XVIII
Iglesias barrocas de México
Iglesias del estado de Guanajuato
Monumentos históricos y arqueológicos de Guanajuato
Arquitectura de 1706
Nueva España en 1706
Conventos de México del siglo XVIII
Iglesias dedicadas a San Agustín
Monasterios agustinos

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Man charged following Nanpantan Road police pursuit
Kyle Gary Page, aged 21, of no fixed address, has been charged with burglary dwelling, aggravated vehicle taking, dangerous driving, driving while disqualified and failure to stop for police.
Incident in Nanpantan Road
A MAN has been charged and will appear before the courts following a police pursuit which came to an end in Nanpantan Road, Loughborough.
As previously reported on the Echo website, a police pursuit ended in a crash in Nanpantan Road in Loughborough at about 1pm on Thursday, May 19.
The crash caused major traffic mayhem across the town.
A man has been charged with a series of offences following the collisions in Nanpantan Road.
Page was remanded in custody and appeared at Leicester Magistrates' Court on Saturday, May 21.
He has made no plea and will appear before Leicester Crown Court on June 20.
Kierran Guare, who was at the scene and took some dramatic pictures of the aftermath of the crash, told the Echo at the time: "One of the police cars was in the back of the VW Golf and the Lamborghini suffered some minor damage.
"One of the police cars is in the ditch by the nursery and its roof has been taken off.
"It is an absolute nightmare traffic wise. It is completely blocked up Forest Road."
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Roser's Free Throws Power Women's Basketball To First Postseason Victory
Wells (13-13, 11-6 NEAC) 40 42 82
SUNY Poly (15-9, 13-4 NEAC) 34 46 80
Pts: Ashley Roser - 36
Reb: Ashley Roser - 14
Ast: Kristen Ryan - 5
Pts: Lyndsey Brognano - 22
Reb: Abbey Hanahan - 12
Ast: Abbey Hanahan - 7
MARCY, N.Y. – With less than a second remaining in the contest, junior Ashley Roser (Taberg, N.Y.) was fouled and buried both free throws as the Wells College women's basketball team posted an 82-80 victory over the Wildcats of SUNY Institute of Technology Tuesday evening at the Campus Center Gym. The Express, winning their very first playoff game in their team's history, improve to 13-13 overall on the year while the Wildcats fall to 15-9 overall on the season.
Trailing by four points, 80-76, with 53 seconds remaining, the Express pulled off a comeback for the ages. Following an Emily Alicea foul, freshman Holli Erkson (Cooperstown, N.Y.) went to the line and buried both foul shots to cut the deficit to two. Sophomore Jessilyn Artaho-Aki (Kapaa, Hawaii) struck next for the Express, burying a jumper to knot the score at 80. Following a Lyndsay Brognano turnover, junior Kristen Ryan (Syracuse, N.Y.) laid the ball up but it kicked off the rim and fell onto the hands of Roser.
With only .1 seconds left on the clock, Ashley Schmidt fouled out of the game with her fifth foul that sent Roser to the line with minimal time remaining. Roser was able to bury both free throws while securing the program's first ever postseason victory.
Cumulatively, Roser led the way with 36 total points and 14 rebounds. Named Conference Player of the Year earlier in the afternoon, Roser was 13-for-21 from the field and poured in 10 free throws to lift the Express to victory. Erkson ranked second with 16 total points to her credit while Ryan chipped in 13 total points in the winning effort.
Wells jumped out to the early 2-0 lead as Erkson scored only 58 seconds in to grant the Express an early lead. With the score deadlocked at 12 aside with 14:13 remaining in the first half, the Express went on a six point run. Erkson joined Ryan and Artaho-Aki with two point baskets to extend their lead to six.
The Express possessed a 12 point lead with 1:37 remaining in the first half following a six point run. Roser used a jumper and a layup before Erkson used her 11th and 12th points of the half to extend their lead. In the final minute, however, Brognano forced home a three-pointer and a jumper at the buzzer to sway the momentum in the waning seconds. In total, Brognano scored all eight of her team's points in the final 1:13 of action.
Through the first half, Wells dominated the Wildcats in the paint, outscoring the hosts 24-8. The Express also utilized second chance opportunities to the tune of 12 first half points. Brognano led her team in the first half, scoring 17 of her team's 34 first half points.
The Wildcats led by as much as seven points with 2:42 remaining in the second half following two successful free throws by Schmidt. The Express, however, scored 10 of the game's next 14 points to not only cut the deficit, but eventually take the lead for good. In total, the score was tied at seven different occasions and the lead changed six times cumulatively.
For SUNYIT, Brognano led the way with 22 points and chipped in four assists. Hanahan was second on the squad, collecting a double-double with 21 total points and 12 rebounds. Kayla McNeil rounded out the double-digit point scorers for the Wildcats, pouring home 18 of her own.
The Express return to action this weekend as they travel to Lancaster Bible College in Lancaster, Pa. to face-off against top seeded Lancaster Bible at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 23. Stay up to date with the latest news directly from the Wells College athletic department by "liking" us on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/WellsExpress) and subscribing to our Twitter account (http://www.twitter.com/WellsExpress).
July 15, 2013 37 Student-Athletes Earn NEAC Scholar-Athlete Recognition
May 31, 2013 Wells Earns Its Highest-Ever NEAC President's Cup Ranking
April 30, 2013 Wells Student-Athletes Honored At Athletics Awards Ceremony
March 20, 2013 Roser Claims NCAA Division III Rebounds Per Game Title
March 18, 2013 Roser Earns Honorable Mention Merits From Women's DIII News
March 13, 2013 Roser Selected To D3Hoops.com All-East Region Second Team
February 23, 2013 NEAC SEMIFINAL PREVIEW: Women's Basketball vs. Lancaster Bible
February 23, 2013 Women's Basketball Knocked Off By Chargers in NEAC Semifinals
February 19, 2013 Roser's Free Throws Power Women's Basketball To First Postseason Victory
February 19, 2013 Roser Selected As NEAC Player of the Year
February 18, 2013 Men's and Women's Basketball To Compete In NEAC Postseason Play
February 16, 2013 Women's Basketball Shut Down By Keuka, 81-57
February 11, 2013 Roser Collects NEAC Student-Athlete Of The Week Merits
February 10, 2013 Roser Grabs 1,000th Career Rebound, Sets Single-Game Scoring Mark
February 9, 2013 Fighting Tigers Knock Off Women's Basketball, 61-54
February 6, 2013 Women's Basketball Moves Past Mustangs, 59-45
February 4, 2013 Roser Earns NEAC Student-Athlete Of The Week Nod
February 2, 2013 Women's Basketball Clinches First-Ever Playoff Spot With Victory
January 31, 2013 30 Student-Athletes Earn Placement On Wells College Dean's List
January 30, 2013 Roser's Triple-Double Leads Express Past Cazenovia, 69-57
January 29, 2013 Roser Tied For NCAA Division III Lead In Double-Doubles
January 27, 2013 Women's Basketball Downed By SUNYIT, 77-59
January 26, 2013 Women's Basketball Notches 74-60 Victory Over SUNY Cobleskill
January 23, 2013 Achzet's 15 Power Express Past Morrisville State, 56-34
January 21, 2013 Roser Tabbed As NEAC Student-Athlete Of The Week
January 20, 2013 Strong Board Play Lifts Women's Basketball To 73-56 Victory
January 19, 2013 Three-Point Records Fall In 79-69 Victory Over Penn St.-Abington
January 16, 2013 Women's Basketball Slowed By Keuka, 73-56
January 13, 2013 Four Express Score Double Digits In 70-59 Victory Over Gallaudet
January 12, 2013 Women's Basketball Knocks Off Penn St.-Harrisburg, 85-76
January 10, 2013 Roser Claims NCAA Division III Lead In Rebounds Per Game
January 9, 2013 Women's Basketball Dropped By Hamilton, 79-35
January 5, 2013 Women's Basketball Set Back At Lancaster Bible, 58-49
January 4, 2013 Records Fall In 83-68 Women's Basketball Win Over Penn St.-Berks
December 6, 2012 Roser, Erkson Power Women's Basketball Past Cazenovia, 65-55
December 4, 2012 Women's Basketball Dropped By Nazareth, 72-39
December 3, 2012 Roser Named NEAC Student-Athlete of the Week
December 2, 2012 Women's Basketball Turned Back By SUNY Canton, 64-54
November 29, 2012 Pioneers Set Down Express, 73-51
November 28, 2012 Roser Nets 1,000th Career Point In Loss To Alfred
November 25, 2012 Women's Basketball Felled By Elmira, 70-47
November 20, 2012 Women's Basketball Drops 85-58 Contest to Keystone
November 19, 2012 Roser Receives NEAC Player of the Week Recognition
November 15, 2012 2012-13 Women's Basketball Season Preview
November 15, 2012 Women's Basketball Sets Rebounding Record In 58-45 Victory
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It is my honor to be asked to comment on this important matter. Respectfully, after reading the First Draft the following are my comments. May you and yours…Be In Good Health.
b. However, nowhere in this work programme did we see the mention of an essential element of nutrition for human sustenance; WATER, safe clean drinking water was declared a right by the United Nations several of years ago.
c. Here in the United States these regulations fall on urban leadership to keep the drinking water supply safe.
d. In rural areas, including farms there is no regulation to guard against water borne diseases, which can be insidious and tenacious as often these microbiologic pathogenic factors are not visible to the human eye.
e. We believe clean, safe, drinking water needs to be included in the Decade of Nutrition oversights to assure overall quality of life and health.
a. Food in and of itself is or can be a social conversation with most people, however as a healthcare professional using food to heal or treat diseases, the master's thesis I developed is only as good and the use by a patient or consumer.
b. We would be wise to remind/encourage each individual of their own responsibility to know how their personal constitution assimilates and utilized food energy, and water needs, that are essential to Quality of Life.
c. In the traditional oriental medical model taught in most acupuncture colleges in the US, we may likely have been taught to discern or diagnose using the Eight Principles [Hot vs Cold, Internal vs External, Excess vs Deficiency and Yin vs Yang]. Also, many of the schools in the US teach the Five Element Theory, which is more subjective rather than the objective. Whereas the measurable comparisons of the Eight Element Model for Diagnosis, Treatment and Prognosis make it a more transferable and usable model of medical care. These Eight Principles are used when learning to apply foods based on color and flavor, as well as the amino acid, fat, enzymatic compositions that cool, warm, moisten, dry, stagnate or move, organ systems and functions with the human body.
d. I believe this makes the certified, 'Food Physics & Body Dynamics' transferable locally, nationally, and internationally.
e. Finally, there are no parts of this draft in which WATER is mentioned let alone prescribed as an essential fluid to be consumed, and expelled appropriately to sustain Quality of Life.
1. Somewhere, we will need to open the discussion on just what and how clean drinking water is accessed and consumed, and its role to sustain a healthy state of well-being, as a part of the whole nutrition aspect.
a. Yes, We have a nationally and internationally Certified Nutrition Education Protocol, which has been approved to teach licensed health care professionals to meet the requirement for Continuing Education in Nutrition as mandated in several states and countries.
b. I personally, have academics at a college and post-graduate level, have participated in policy making regarding access to healthy food and the Food and Drug Agency [FDA] in the capacity building of the newest Food Safety Modernization Act, instituted by President Obama in 2011-2012.
c. As a member of the public and a candidate to write the American Food Guidelines, it was my honor to be asked to contribute to the final published Food Guidelines in 2004, published in 2005.
d. As a stakeholder on several committees at the USDA Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion, Food Safety and Inspection Services, and now on two Codex Alimentarius Committees, I have added expert comment and suggestions for more than a decade.
e. As a hosted participant, I contributed my expertise in Urgent Evoke, an event designed to address the world's biggest issues conducted by International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (The "World Bank"), and am a Founding Member effective 2010.
a. Recognizing that communication is the first and foremost matter we will need to resolve as to how and when we will address these important matters.
b. Nutrition Education models and certifications for those models will be helpful to encourage ongoing participation and maintain and high level of engagement by us as authors/creators of systems to achieve our desired outcomes and for the global community we are working to serve.
c. Clean water access as a necessary component of nutrition consumption, in addition to being necessary for clean and safer food use in the kitchen and at the table.
d. Ideas how to overcome language barriers during the work programs.
1. A suggestion, in the recent past, SKYPE in the Classroom was formed and utilized by USDA to communicate to young students in schools for comparisons of foods being consumed.
a. While not certain how Member States will select their representatives, it is my desire to serve as a representative, or on one of the committees, or boards, as a United States health care professional who specializes in using foods to heal disease and citizen, if that may be feasible. If you have recommendation or suggestions how to facilitate this role, please advise me via direct email using my FAO forum contact information.
b. I look forward to working on the UN Decade of Action on Nutrition 2015-2015 in collaboration with the UN FAO, and other stakeholders to set benchmarks for the development of commitments and the establishment of action networks to address the potential topics suggested in Table 1.
Thank you very much for this opportunity to provide feedback on the first draft work programme of the UN Decade of Action on Nutrition.
Please find below the joint feedback of the co-leadership team of the Sustainable Food Systems (SFS) Programme of the UN 10-Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production (10YFP).
Yes, in general the draft work programme does present a compelling vision for strategic interaction and mutual support. However, while there is much focus on the role that governments/countries can play, for example as Nutrition Decade champions and/or by establishing action networks, there seems to be less elaboration on the potential roles for other actors and bodies, such as multistakeholder partnerships, for example with regard to action networks.
As the Co-Leads of the Sustainable Food Systems (SFS) Programme of the UN 10-Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production (10YFP), we would like to propose to strengthen the draft work programme by including also a reference to the SFS Programme in the context of multistakeholder platforms, i.e. in paras 54 and 69.
For the reasons outlined in response to question 3 below, the Co-Leads of the SFS Programme look forward to actively support this joint effort of making the UN Decade of Action on Nutrition a success.
We believe that the SFS Programme can make a meaningful contribution to the Nutrition Decade, in particular with regard to Action areas 1 "Sustainable, resilient food systems for healthy diets" and 6 "Review, strengthen and promote nutrition governance and accountability", but potentially also others.
The 10YFP is a global framework of action to enhance international cooperation to accelerate the shift towards sustainable consumption and production (SCP) in both developed and developing countries. It reports to ECOSOC and the High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development.
The SFS Programme of the 10YFP promotes sustainable food systems through activities at global, regional and national level. It contributes to the achievements of several Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in particular SDG 2 and SDG 12, as well as a series of issues covered by other SDGs including in the areas of health, biodiversity and ecosystems, partnerships, etc. The SFS Programme has five focus themes: sustainable diets; sustainability along all value chains; reduction of food losses and waste; multi-stakeholder platforms; and resilient, inclusive, diverse food production systems. The Programme promotes multistakeholder projects and initiatives along these focus themes, both at the policy level as well as through action on the ground - raising awareness, promoting enabling environments, and facilitating access to knowledge, information and tools.
The SFS Programme has four Co-Lead organizations (South Africa (Department for Trade and Industry), Switzerland (Federal Office for Agriculture), Hivos and WWF). They are supported by a 23 member Multistakeholder Advisory Committee (MAC), composed of organizations from the following five stakeholder clusters: government agencies; civil society organizations; scientific and technical organizations; UN agencies and other international organizations; and private sector. In addition, the Programme currently has more than 95 partners worldwide.
The 1st Global Conference of the SFS Programme will take place on 21-23 June 2017 in Pretoria, South Africa. With an expected participation of 150 food system experts from all relevant stakeholder groups and around the globe, this conference could offer a good opportunity to raise awareness on the Nutrition Decade as well as for approaching potential partners.
The achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) requires an inclusive and holistic approach, accounting for the interlinkages between the goals and targets of the 2030 Agenda, in order to avoid silo thinking. Therefore, we welcome very much the food systems approach that is promoted under Action area 1, which takes into account all stages of the food value chain and links the concepts of healthy diets and sustainable diets. However, in para 20, reference is made to guidelines on healthy diets only, which falls short of the multistakeholder food systems approach that is required to achieve the food and nutrition related SDGs of the 2030 Agenda. We therefore propose to refer to "[..] guidelines on sustainable and healthy diets" in para 20.
In addition to the potential topics for action networks listed in table 1, there may be scope for further topics, such as sustainable diets; sustainability along all value chains; and resilient, inclusive and divers food production systems.
2016-2025 is now. What FAO is waiting for. The SDGs was adopted since September 25, 2015. One year has passed and nothing. 2017 is passing.
1. Does the work programme present a compelling vision for enabling strategic interaction and mutual support across existing initiatives, platforms, forums and programmes, given the stipulation of Res 70/259 that the Decade should be organized with existing institutions and available resources? Open and inclusive dialogues, biennial reports, open access databases and regular tracking are all good measure to ensure a well-structured action on nutrition coupled with advocacy and technical support all covered in this first draft.
2.What are your general comments to help strengthen the presented elements of the first draft work programme of the UN Decade of Action on Nutrition? Overall the first draft is comprehensive. The Nutrition Decade secretariat would benefit from working closely with civil society in order to keep governments accountable. In each country a strong CSO focal point would be beneficial in garnering support. The advocacy component is key to ensuring success of the vision of the UN Decade of Action on Nutrition.
3.Do you feel you can contribute to the success of the Nutrition Decade or align yourself with the proposed range of action areas? As the only nutrition advocacy hub in Zambia, CSO-SUN is strategically positioned to handle action Area 6- to ensure commitments for action towards nutrition related policies and dialogue. CSO-SUN spearheaded the formation of the All Party Parliamentary Caucus on Nutrition (APPCON) which members of parliament MPs including key nutrition champions are advocating nutrition legislation and enhancing political will and accountability to address the burden of malnutrition. CSO-SUN also works closely with the media to keep nutrition relevant and has media trainings to increase accurate nutrition reporting thus creating space for dialogue.
4.How could this draft work programme be improved to promote collective action to achieve the transformational change called for by the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the ICN2 outcomes? What is missing? Issues on lack of financial resources may delay progress especially where relevant policies exist and implementation due to financial constraints is often the issue.
5. Do you have specific comments on the section on accountability and shared learning? It's imperative that the biennial reports that include government commitment should also reflect governments financial commitment as a criteria for commitment e.g. to nutrition related programs and national budget allocation towards nutrition.
We greatly appreciate the UN support for the Decade of Action on Nutrition, and we welcome the opportunity to comment on the draft of the Work Programme of the UN Decade of Action on Nutrition, 2016-2025. We applaud the WHO and FAO for the comprehensive first draft presented here.
- Despite the constraint in the Framework for Action that the work programme must be carried out within existing institutional arrangements and capacities, there is no information on existing remits of UN agencies or funding/administrative capacities. This is needed to ensure coherence and coordination among UN agencies involved – and also to ensure that member states are engaging most effectively with the UN.
- There is only one mention of conflicts of interest. This would be strengthened with more concrete recommendations and guidance regarding operationalisation (i.e. how do countries achieve this).
- The failure of many multi-sectoral nutrition coordinating bodies has resulted not from their technical competencies but from their failure to advocate for sustained attention, political commitment and resources at the country-level (i.e. from their organizational and strategic capacities). Again, this emphasises the need for country-level capacity building that focuses on more than just the technical aspects of nutrition policy and programming.
- This would be stronger with more clarity regarding what is meant by an enabling environment (See Lancet series on child and maternal nutrition for a definition).
- In paragraph 15, reference to the 'latest' scientific evidence is inappropriate – latest is not necessarily the best, most appropriate or most robust. High quality might be a more appropriate adjective.
- The meaning of the term 'sustainability' here is not clear, and the concept of sustainability is not reflected in the actions listed. More explicit content as to how sustainability will be achieved through food and nutrition interventions is needed (e.g. incorporation of sustainability objectives into food and nutrition guidelines).
- The food system approach identified in paragraph 19 is hugely important – and should also explicitly mention trade in addition to transportation.
- In addition to improved production of healthy food, this section should also note the need for incentives to decrease production, availability, accessibility and affordability of energy-dense nutrient poor foods, and highly processed and packaged foods.
- Food security ensures that nutritious food which is available, accessible and utilized by all. Utilization should be mentioned here.
- The reason for singling out aflatoxins over other environmental hazards is unclear. Paragraph 22 would be stronger if it ended at line 6, ending with "directly and indirectly". By keeping it generic, then a country could pick this action area and this specific focus on biological hazards to address and be free to focus on their country specific hazard.
- This section should include more specific reference to the recommendations on stunting, wasting, breastfeeding and overweigh/obesity identified in the Framework for Action.
- In line with the objective to address the dual burden of malnutrition, point 29 should also address the dual burden of malnutrition at household level, through explicit recognition of the need to design social protection measures with complementary policies that seek to minimize the transition of households to increased consumption of nutrient-dense foods, especially in low-income households with women, infants and children.
- Point 31 should align with the policy options for diets identified in the recommendations of the Global Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of NCDs, and include specific mention of fiscal policies, regulations on marketing of energy-dense nutrient poor foods, nutrient and health claims, and agricultural/industrial policy incentives that reflect health considerations.
- A critical concern that needs to be explicitly addressed in this section is that trade and investment policy should not constrain innovation in nutrition policy making – countries need to have policy space to be able to implement new approaches to protecting nutrition and food security and preventing NCDs. This should be explicitly recognized as a policy objective by trade and investment agreements, such that it can inform interpretation of agreements.
- This section needs to explicitly incorporate NCD prevention – particularly with respect to access to affordable healthy food in 1) urban environments, 2) schools, 3) hospitals and nursing homes.
- In line with this, this section should note the importance of reducing the availability, accessibility and affordability of energy-dense nutrient-poor food.
- Paragraph 36 ends in a strange way by singling out hospitals and the workplace. More open ended text would be more appropriate, such as "in all environments a mother and child may find themselves in need of feeding"
- "Nutrition champions" concept could be strengthened by considering additional strategies to build capacity for nutrition leadership at global, national and subnational level, within government and civil society. For example, drawing on the African Nutrition Leadership Program, European Nutrition Leadership Program, and SUN leadership component. Strategies include: building capacity, mobilizing resources and strategic capacities. Otherwise, this ignores the diversity of leadership types needed for successful nutrition governance including advocates to generate/sustain attention and mobilize civil society networks, policy entrepreneurs who can navigate technical, bureaucratic and political environments, and high-level political leadership (e.g. heads-of-state and ministers).
- The inclusion of the private sector in "Action Networks" is concerning, and there is no transparency in where the ideas for action networks have come from ("potential partners"?). We suggest inclusion of an additional statement regarding avoidance of conflict of interests here.
- In addition, the proposed structure of the "Action networks" appears to limit participants to single topics rather than holistic integration of nutrition challenges. This potentially generates a high administrative burden (i.e. managing and attending network meetings and outputs) while also narrowing complex multi-sectoral nutrition problems down into vertical issue-specific responses.
- The section on "Technical support for implementation" seems to imply that the challenge is a technical one in isolation from political and institutional environments in which nutrition actors operate. Strong evidence shows that technocratic approaches to nutrition are likely to fail in the absence of politically savvy leadership within countries.
o Imbuing nutrition policy networks within countries with necessary organizational and strategic capacities they require to navigate political systems and policy making processes.
- This section is very vague on how actions will be coordinated across the various agencies.
- The institutional framework for nutrition action at the global level is not clear and needs to be articulated, including clearly delineated roles and responsibilities for UN actors.
- This section would be stronger with consideration of how this engagement will also engage with other existing multisectoral fora that relate to nutrition (e.g. Zero Hunger, NCD Prevention and Control), that engage UN and other agencies related to nutrition.
We applaud the work of colleagues at WHO and FAO to bring together the latest draft of the Work Programme of the UN Decade of Action. We would like to share some general comments on the overall direction of the documents. We then include in annex some more specific comments related to various elements.
A myriad of processes, projects and working groups have been launched to support these commitments - government ministries, development partners, businesses and academia have begun to reorient their focus and realign their approaches to ensure that nutrition is at the heart of their work.
Now is the time to secure the leadership and shine a light on the pathways to coherent ACTIONs leading to results and impact, which is at the heart of this Decade.
We see the Decade of Action as the opportunity to consolidate the gains made in recent years and ensure that the final collective results are greater than the sum of smaller, disconnected or isolated efforts. Most importantly, we see it as a platform on which country-ownership and leadership can be displayed, celebrated, better understood and further replicated. It is also the opportunity to explain how UN agencies involved will work together to bring coherence, encourage and guide collaboration, support capacity, build trust and make smart use of what is going on, using the naming and faming method to encourage the smart and opportunistic combination of supports from various initiatives for better impact.
These elements are not easy to find in the document as it currently reads and we have some suggestions to help improve this.
b. Celebrate what has already been achieved: Acknowledge the huge gains made in recent years. Illustrating this momentum with clear examples will help to set up this work plan up in a positive and inspiring way that compels the reader to participate in the Decade of Action.
c. Draw on what exists to sketch out a clear roadmap – highlighting existing processes and initiatives that bring results and impact at country level and can be shared at regional events and global fora.
a. Universality – the 2030 Agenda belongs to everyone; there is no country that is without the challenge of malnutrition and every country should be able to find a role of some size and shape in this Decade of Action. The Decade is not only meant for developing countries but also crucial for countries that face a growing challenge of over-nutrition, obesity and related NCD's. They can be partners in sharing expertise in preventing and fighting this.
c. Partnerships – at the heart of the SUN Movement's approach is the belief that every actor has a role to play – from governments, business, civil society, development partners and academia. While the UN Member States are the primary audience for this work programme, it would be a missed opportunity if all of the existing partnerships were not encouraged to take part in this Decade of Action for nutrition.
The Partnerships Playbook, which was developed in partnership with Every Woman, Every Child, the Global Partnership for Education, Sanitation and Water for All, the Zero Hunger Challenge and the SUN Movement, was recently endorsed at the Second High-Level Meeting (HLM2) of the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation as an official Global Partnership Initiative. This could provide some inspiration for further developing this section of the work programme of the Decade of Action.
5. The Rome Declaration and Framework for Action should be clearly referenced and concisely summarized but reopening or reinterpreting the substance in this document in the detail as currently expressed in six 'areas' doesn't seem to advance collaborative action. As suggested above, it may be more helpful to highlight the initiatives, mechanisms or opportunities that have been established or are underway in each of these areas and then spend more time articulating the entry points for UN Member States to engage and align with these and how WHO and FAO in collaboration with WFP, IFAD and UNICEF will support Member States to do this.
b. Be clear on the role that WHO, FAO and others can and will play in raising awareness and connecting Member States with these opportunities to contribute and build upon.
6. Nutrition champions – There is much work underway that can be capitalized upon: The African Leaders for Nutrition; the SUN Movement Lead Group, the ambassador programmes of the UN agencies – particularly the celebrity chefs who have an enormous following across the globe.
8. It would be very useful to include a calendar that maps out key dates and milestones for the Decade.
Point 2: Include a reference (footnote) to the Rome Declaration and the Framework for Action. It would be good to use ICN2 Framework for Action throughout the document.
Point 5: Is the Framework of the Decade of Action on Nutrition (2016-2025) different from the Framework for Action (point 2 and 4)?
· How is the "operational" framework different from the voluntary Framework for Action (point 2 and 4) and from the Framework of the Decade of Action on Nutrition (point 5)?
· The third bullet point assumes that global commitments translate into national policies and programmes. This is not aligned with the country-led and country-driven bottom up process that is then described in other parts of the document.
· On the NCD targets: please confirm that salt/sodium intake and obesity are the only two diet-related NCD targets considered by the Decade of Action and that diabetes and raised blood pressure will not be considered by the Decade of Action.
Point 11: Describes very well the added value of the Decade of Action. You may wish to review Point 9 in light of what is expressed under Point 11. It seems that some of the concepts are repeated or even reversed between Point 9 and Point 11.
Guiding principles: As mentioned above, WHO and FAO may wish to consider aligning with the 10 principles endorsed by the other partnerships including Every Woman, Every Child, the Global Partnership for Education, Sanitation and Water for All, the Zero Hunger Challenge, the SUN Movement as part of the Partnership Playbook.
As expressed above, this section is unclear. Are the points a reminder on the types of actions that are already included in the ICN2 Framework for Action?
It might be more useful to simply clarify how the countries and partners can access and use the ICN2 Framework for Action document. It would even help to have an Annex with the summary list of the 60 actions included in the ICN2 Framework for Action for easy access and reference.
Nutrition education: Why is it linked only to social protection if this is clearly a cross-cutting theme?
It would make sense for this section to be the main focus of the Work Programme. It should provide much more clarity on how the Decade of Action will work with what is already existing.
Point 44: How will the UN Agencies solicit the engagement and support of other stakeholders? Is a call for commitments from "other stakeholders" the only option? How will this be carried out, recorded and monitored?
Point 45: It is difficult to understand what the high-commitments on ICN recommendations are.
Point 46: Nutrition Decade Secretariat is mentioned for the first and only time. It would be great to have more details on objectives and modalities of functioning. If a Nutrition Decade Secretariat is to be set up, it will be crucial to avoid duplication and mandate confusion with the existing UN coordination initiatives.
The first point should explain how the Decade of Action will effectively partner with the existing alliances, networks and initiatives to ensure increased focus and action.
The Action Networks could be a mechanism to ensure that the partnerships are accelerating and aligning efforts around certain topics.
Funding, TA and Advocacy: all three sections are very vague. We suggest the topic of funding is more precise. The topics of technical assistance and advocacy could be well covered when highlighting the related existing initiatives in the 'means of implementation' section.
Potential Topics in Table 1: How do these topics link with the ICN2 Framework for Action? Should the ICN2 Framework for Action not be the reference point for the establishment of the Action Networks?
CIAI– Italian Association for Aid to Children – we really appreciate the invitation of UNSCN to share our views about the draft. We would like to bring your attention to the specific measures that have been taken in consideration in the "Action area 3: Social protection and nutrition education" and along the full draft, regarding children of all ages. Form our experience of almost 50 years working with children, we consider that Governments, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), the private sector and nutrition advocates should also promote more participative actions, where children are not only a passive receptor of school feeding programs and nutritional education, but participate actively during the programming, implementation and valuation of the actions and services addressed to them. Children' of all ages should have an active role that can be activated through children clubs, schools committees for food, nutrition, and WASH services, and their participation in the local and national level consultation platforms, to increase the effectiveness and sustainability of the measures to address malnutrition challenges.
What are your general comments to help strengthen the presented elements of the first draft work programme of the UN Decade of Action on Nutrition? It may be helpful to have a simplified/"big-picture" Theory of Change (ToC) of the Nutrition Decade demonstrating links and sequencing among various elements listed under Principles and Action Areas. Moreover, a ToC approach could help conceptualize appropriate indicators to measure progress.
Do you feel you can contribute to the success of the Nutrition Decade or align yourself with the proposed range of action areas? Yes. GAFSP invests in agriculture to reduce poverty and improve food and nutrition security in low-income countries through investments in both the public and private sectors.
More than half of the Public Sector Window projects in the current portfolio include nutrition-related activities, totaling $140 million (about 14 percent of funding from the Public Sector Window financing). About two-thirds of the nutrition-related spend by GAFSP is on nutrition-sensitive agricultural activities, while about a third is for direct nutrition-specific activities, such as the distribution of micronutrient supplements (such as folic acid and iron to pregnant women, women of reproductive age, and adolescent girls, or sprinkles for children), behavioral change campaigns, and improving home conditions (kitchen and latrines).
The Private Sector Window also addresses the issue of chronic malnutrition and its negative impact on human capital development. In 2015 the Private Sector Window made an investment in Africa Improved Foods Limited (AIFL) to establish a nutritious food processing plant in Rwanda that will feed 700,000 malnourished children in that country each year. The AIFL project is simple but promises significant development impact. Using maize and soy sourced and grown locally by Rwandan farmers, the processing plant will develop fortified blended foods for young children and their mothers, supporting the prevention and treatment of malnutrition in this vulnerable population. The project is part of a broader public-private partnership between the Clinton Health Access Initiative, the World Food Programme, the IFC, the government of Rwanda, GAFSP, and private sector actors. This project enables GAFSP to help malnourished children by giving them access to fortified nutrients that will allow them to reach their full potential. It also means that farmers in Rwanda can gain access to higher-quality inputs and better farm management practices.
Moreover, going forward, GAFSP will measure progress towards food security by using the SDG2 Indicator for hunger, the Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES), as well as the Food Consumption Score (FCS) to track progress on improving dietary diversity of households; or, for individuals, the Minimum Dietary Diversity of women/young children (MDD-W/C) where these are explicit objectives in GAFSP projects. GAFSP, thanks to its strong M&E system aligned to the SDGs, is leading efforts to implement the use of FIES in projects.
Lastly, GAFSP as a multistakeholder platform of an inclusive approach has a balanced representation of donors and recipients, strong participation of partner institutions and civil society throughout the project cycle, and growing private sector involvement across the program. Three of the Decade conveners, specifically FAO, IFAD and WFP, are also participating in GAFSP.
How could this draft work programme be improved to promote collective action to achieve the transformational change called for by the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the ICN2 outcomes? What is missing? The roles of the private sector and the public at large could be highlighted further as being part of the collective action required.
Do you have specific comments on the section on accountability and shared learning? There are other overall accountability frameworks and networks that could be acknowledged. The Decade Action Plan could explore explicit synergy with for instance the formal Agenda 2030 monitoring and accountability system that lies within the High-Level Political Forum and ECOSOC, or the SDG2 Accountability Framework led by the GODAN Secretariat.
Comments provided on behalf of the GAFSP Coordination Unit, acknowledging kind assistance of Nadim Khouri.
This Decade document is unfortunately quite disapointing. It has no teeth. It repeats all the old (predictable) remedies and cliches. It is jargony. It too often states the obvious.
9. "Leaving no one behind"… You know the quote that says that this is not an accident.
The para also speaks of a "global accountability framework": where is such to be found?
12, 13, 15, 38, 41, 44, 54, 67, 69, 73. "Stakeholder" is used over and over. In many of these places, using rights holders and duty bearers is what is called for.
12. The SUN initiative is mentioned casually…without quoting what some of its detractors object.
13. 31. Speak of CSOs or NGOs as the same. It should say (private interest CSOs (PICSOs). It mentions "an enabling environment" for HR and the RTF. Only enabling? Isn't it to be the cornerstone?
13. The para only says "management of CoI". Will we demand stronger language on CoI?
14. Speaks of "an enabling environment" for HR and the RTF. Will we demand stronger language?
16. Cross-cutting area #4 calls for "trade and investment for improved nutrition". How? Does past experience teach us something?
17. Asks for "fostering policy dialogue…to ensure that solutions are equitable and people-centered". This is not what the HR framework calls for! Claim holders demand!
20. Calls for "strengthening local food production especially by small holders". This is not what we stand for. Language already a consensus puts central emphasis on small holders.
29. Mentions "nutrient dense foods". Which? RUTF?
30. This para on nutrition education is sooo weak and naif. Could have been written in the 1970s.
31. "Lead by example" ????
34. Are only "coherence and flexibility" needed??
35. "Achieve global food and nutrition through trade", i.e. "appropriate trade agreements"? What is that?
38. "Multistakeholder governance mechanisms should avoid Coi". We certainly need stronger wording here.
41. "Member states are encouraged to translate the commitments of ICN2". Just encourage?? (Then in para 42 there is a call for them to actually commit…. A contradiction).
The mention of SMART here is a gimmick, just for show.
43. The call is "to raise the level of ambition". Only? Need stronger language?
45. Speaks of a "commitments repository in FAO and WHO"? Would this work and be binding?
47, 48. The call here is for "champions" and "action networks"; seems to me wishful thinking. I may be wrong.
54. "SUN will provide opportunities"? How many years has SUN been on? What to show for?
63. Calls for "Evidence-informed advocacy". What gimmick is that? Does scientific evidence convince politicians?
64. What "visual identity" is referred here to?
69. We read "FAO/WHO will consult with the private sector" …for governance issues? This sentence is in the governance section!! Needs to be deleted. No private sector in governance.
Table 1. Proposes a "reformulation" of foods group. We all know what Monteiro and Cannon say about this giving BIG Food a way to whitewash their image and the public still staying hooked on ultrprocessed foods.
The table also proposes a nutrition sensitive issues group. We all know this was invented as a (bad) substitute for what are the social determinants of nutrition.