The course “Effective food and nutrition education from the Educational Centre, tools to achieve a healthy and sustainable diet” aimed at teachers, technicians and delegates of institutions related to food and nutrition, was launched on 22 November in the Dominican Republic.
This course will serve as a reference for the curriculum for the creation of an Effective Food and Nutrition Education strategy from the School at the national level. This course was part of the project “Healthy School Environment through Innovative Strategies for the Strengthening of the School Feeding Programme” which is framed in the adoption and implementation of an effective school feeding model based on evidence, innovation and effective coordination, under the leadership of the National Institute for Student Welfare (INABIE), with the technical assistance of FAO and the participation and involvement of the Ministry of Education, Ministry of the Presidency, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Public Health, Supérate Programme and other allies.
The activities will have a national scope, prioritising five (5) Regional Education Offices: Regional 02-
San Juan, Regional 03-Azua, Regional 06-La Vega, Regional 08- Santiago y Regional 17- Monte Plata; to
through the implementation of 6 products with a holistic design approach. The INABIE, aware of the great challenges faced in social and food issues, enhanced by the recent COVID 19 pandemic, seeks to strengthen the PAE to contribute to the reduction of malnutrition in the student population in the Dominican Republic.
It should be noted that it has been promoting the exchange, cooperation and strengthening of the
FNE from the school environment with the collaboration of the Brazil-FAO International Cooperation Programme, the Brazilian Cooperation Agency of the Ministry of External Relations (ABC/MRE), the
National Fund for Educational Development of the Ministry of Education (FNDE/MEC) and the
Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO).
