Document showcases innovations implemented in the Latin America and Caribbean region
Brasília, Brazil – April 26, 2024 – The Sustainable School Feeding Network (RAES) has had three of its actions recognized and awarded internationally at the 2nd FAO Transform Innovations Fair, which released a document in April highlighting regional innovations.
RAES is an initiative of the Government of Brazil aimed at addressing the challenges of the Nutrition Decade (2016-2025). It has been jointly implemented under the International Cooperation Program of the Brazilian Government, through the Brazilian Cooperation Agency of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (ABC/MRE), the National Fund for Educational Development of the Ministry of Education (FNDE/MEC), and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
The RAES content is featured in the opening of the Better Nutrition chapter of the report, on pages 19, 20, and 21. The content includes a quote from Paola Barbieri, project analyst at ABC, who mentions: “Networking, when shared values are involved, engages its members in long-term goals, building integrated action strategies, which enables the search for common solutions among these countries, fostering greater participation, social impact, and changes in reality.”
In its second edition, the virtual FAO Transforms Fair serves as a platform to increase visibility and stimulate the management and production of knowledge and innovations in the region.
The awarded experiences from RAES are:
- The virtual platform www.redraes.org, offered in four languages as a tool for promotion, expansion, and dissemination of knowledge, experiences, and best practices in school feeding in Latin America and the Caribbean.
- The podcast series “Getting to know the Sustainable School,” which has been a successful methodology adopted in Latin America and the Caribbean since 2012 as an experience of sustainable school feeding. The podcast serves as an innovative, inclusive, and versatile way to facilitate access to information for more people.
- Teacher training workshops in food and nutritional education (FNE) supported by local tutors, reaching over 2,500 professionals in 10 countries in the LAC region.
“These innovations hold special value in expanding the dissemination of knowledge on school feeding for managers and technicians, as well as enabling the exchange of all experiences and practices occurring in the over 26 countries we work with,” said Najla Veloso, coordinator of the project Regional Agenda for Sustainable School Feeding in LAC, executed under the Brazil-FAO International Cooperation. “This networking allows us to build integrated action strategies and seek solutions, ensuring greater participation, joint construction, and results.”
