Cornelia Speich

NICE showcasing its multisectoral governance efforts at #WPHNCongress2024

by Cornelia SpeichNews June 17, 2024June 17, 2024Comments are Disabled

What makes a successful nutrition collaboration? was one of the key questions during the World Public Health and Nutrition Congress 2024, June 10-13, in London. We as NICE were extremly honoured to contribute to the discussion by briefly presenting our NICE project in an oral parallel session and contributing to the discussion on the HOW …

NICE showcasing its multisectoral governance efforts at Geneva Health Forum 2024

by Cornelia SpeichNews June 5, 2024June 5, 2024Comments are Disabled

27May2024 was Health and Environment: A Time for Solutions Day at Geneva Health Forum accompanying the 77th World Health Assembly. The event’s call has been clear, we need to work interdisciplinary and in a mutlisectoral, mutli-stakeholder approach bringing all, CSO, authorities, science etc. on the same table. The momentum of such discussion is now key …

NICE discussing how multi-level governance helps secure urban food security, the right to food and healthy diets

by Cornelia SpeichNews February 15, 2024March 25, 2024Comments are Disabled

Cities stand as pivotal players in shaping the trajectory of food systems across urban, peri-urban and rural landscapes, as well as in implementing the right to food and enabling healthy diets. This urban shift brings both opportunities and challenges to the forefront. The critical role of cities in addressing challenges within food systems and countering …

NICE @ ETH Food Day 2023

by Cornelia SpeichNews November 13, 2023November 13, 2023Comments are Disabled

NICE participated with 3 posters in the 2023 edition of ETH World Food Center’s Food Day 02Nov2023 in Zurich and appreciated the great opportunity for exchanging on ideas, insights and innovations with like-minded people and initiatives, and simple networking.

NICE organizing a sponsored session “Cities Session: Nutrition Interventions to Close the Micronutrient Gap in Secondary Cities” at the 6th Micronutrient Forum Global Conference 16-20Oct2023 in The Hague

by Cornelia SpeichNews October 27, 2023October 27, 2023Comments are Disabled

Secondary cities tend to be better linked with their surrounding foodshed than primate cities and act as important platforms to trade agricultural produce within their rural surrounding. With more and more people living in cities, urban food systems become increasingly important, and urban contexts and modern lifestyles also present opportunities to better reach consumers through …

NICE attending the Africa Food Systems Forum 2023, 5-8Sep2023, Dar Es Salaam

by Cornelia SpeichNews July 25, 2023October 27, 2023Comments are Disabled

Elizabeth Imbo, NICE Project Manager Kenya, had the honour to present the NICE project in a panel discussion on the cost of a healthy diet during the Africa Food Systems Forum 2023 in Dar Es Salaam.

Rwandan NICE Team Trained on Gender Aspects

by Cornelia SpeichRwanda July 24, 2023September 15, 2023Comments are Disabled

On 14Jul2023, the NICE Project held a training on “Gender aspects in project planning and implementation to strengthen the team’s capacity in integrating gender aspects into project planning and implementation” at Lemigo Hotel in Kigali. NICE city coordinators, Farmers’ hub officers, Districts focal persons, and other community representatives involved in project interventions in Rubavu and …

NICE hosting a Breakfast Partner Side Event at Women Deliver 2023 in Kigali on “Empowering women as change agents in nutrition-sensitive food systems”

by Cornelia SpeichNews, Rwanda July 21, 2023July 24, 2023Comments are Disabled

Women play an essential role in food systems, often leading growing, processing, and marketing of food. When women are given equal opportunities to succeed, they can be powerful agents driving economic growth, peace, and improved quality of life. On 19Jul2023, NICE hold an inspiring #Women Deliver 2023 Partner Side Event on “Empowering women as change …

NICE at the 2023 World Congress of the International Association for Landscape Ecology, Nairobi

by Cornelia SpeichNews, Rwanda July 12, 2023July 24, 2023Comments are Disabled

On 12Jul2023, Straton Habumugisha, NICE Country Manager Rwanda, took the opportunity to showcase the NICE project in IALE World Congress‘ special session on Food sensitive planning levers for sustainability: scales and spaces. In the presentation, the numerous dimensions of malnutrition in Western Rwanda and their request for collaborative, multisectoral, social-ecological interventions have been shared with …

NICE at the 8th Annual Agriculture, Nutrition and Health (ANH) Academy Week #ANH2023

by Cornelia SpeichNews June 30, 2023July 24, 2023Comments are Disabled

The NICE project has been contributing to fostering knowledge exchange, innovation, and learning around interdisciplinary agriculture, nutrition, and health topics by two poster presentations at ANH2023 19-30Jun2023 in Lilongwe (and hybrid). Topics of NICE’s contributions were: