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World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe Weltgesundheitsorganisation Regionalb ü ro f üR Europa \* mergeformat Organisation Mondiale de la SantÉ Bureau R É gional de l'Europe ВсемирнаЯ организациЯ здравоохранениЯ Европейское региональное бюро Project Meeting on Strengthening Policy for Healthy and Sustainable Diets: learning from innovation in practice Seminar on Health in Trade and Investment Agreements Zoom connections Topic: 14 June – Health in Trade and Investment Agreements Time: Jun 14, 2024 09:00 AM Amsterdam, Berlin, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna https://who.zoom.us/j/91998856079 Meeting ID: 919 9885 6079 Passcode: HIA_2024 Hybrid meeting 14 June 202 4 09 : 00 - 1 5 : 0 0 pm CEST 1 0 May 202 4 Original: English Provisional programme 0 8 : 45 – 09 :00 Participants registration / log-on PART ONE : Strengthening Policy for Healthy and Sustainable Diets: learning from innovation in practice 09 :00 – 09 : 1 5 Welcome , opening remarks and introductions Kremlin Wickramasinghe Regional Advisor (Nutrition), Special Initiative on NCDs and Innovation, WHO Regional Office for Europe Anne Marie Thow Professor of Public Policy and Health , University of Sydney Overall structure and purpose of meeting Participant introductions 09 : 1 5 – 09 : 30 09: 30 -1 0 : 4 0 Overview of the first round of research case studies planned (University of Sydney) Anne Marie Thow , Professor of Public Policy and Health, University of Sydney U pdate on the current status of key policy areas in the Region TBC Public procurement Digital marketing Food systems governance 1 0 . 45 - 1 1 . 0 0 Coffee b reak and networking 1 1 : 0 0 –1 2 : 2 0 Discussion Moderator : Holly Rippin , Consultant, Special Initiative on NCDs and Innovation, WHO Regional Office for Europe P olicy areas and any others arising to support healthy and sustainable food systems P riority countries and additional research case study areas Next steps and plan Melbourne meeting 12 : 2 0 –1 2 : 3 0 12:30-13:00 Final remarks Lunch and networking PART TWO: Health in Trade and Investment Agreements 13: 0 0-1 3 : 1 0 1 3 : 10 -1 4 : 00 1 4 : 00 - 1 4 : 1 5 14:15- 15:00 Introduction and opening remarks Kremlin Wickramasinghe Regional Advisor (Nutrition), Special Initiative on NCDs and Innovation, WHO Regional Office for Europe Gauden Galea Strategic Adviser to the Regional Director, Special Initiative on NCDs and Innovation, WHO Regional Office for Europe Introduction to trade and investment agreements and health and presenting findings from the Health -IIA research project Anne Marie Thow Professor of Public Policy and Health , University of Sydney Introduction to Trade and Investment Agreements, how they may impact public health policy making and health determinants . Health safeguards in International Investment Agreements . Sustainable Food System inclusions in TIA: the EU-New Zealand FTA, EU-Chile FTA, and the Singapore-Australia Green Economy Agreement . Policy learning from recent ISDS cases on protecting policy space for environmental and health regulations . Healthy break and end of seminar Discussion and feedback : internal Moderator : Holly Rippin , Consultant, Special Initiative on NCDs and Innovation, WHO Regional Office for Europe Health-IIA research project findings . O pportunities for Sustainable Food Systems in TIAs . O pportunities for adopting health (and environmental) safeguards in TIAs – dissemination, next steps and raising awareness . 1 5 : 00 F inal remarks and close Kremlin Wickramasinghe , Regional Advisor (Nutrition), Special Initiative on NCDs and Innovation, WHO Regional Office for Europe Anne Marie Thow Professor of Public Policy and Health , University of Sydney Saatja: EURO Nutrition <[email protected]> Saaja: EURO Nutrition Teema: RE: ATTN: Member State Nominated Nutrition and Obesity Focal points - Project Meeting on Strengthening Policy for Healthy and Sustainable Diets: learning from innovation in practice. Seminar on Health in Trade and Investment Agreements Dear colleagues, We are looking forward to welcoming you to the Meeting on Strengthening Policy for Healthy and Sustainable Diets: learning from innovation in practice and Seminar on Health in Trade and Investment Agreements on Friday 14th June. We have made some minor changes to the programme, which has resulted in the start of the afternoon session on Health in Trade and Investment Agreements starting 15 minutes early at 12:45 CEST. We hope that this minor change is not inconvenient. Please find attached the updated provisional programme – the zoom details remain the same and are located at the top of the agenda. Kind regards, Holly Rippin EU/SNI Special Initiative on NCDs and Innovation From: EURO Nutrition Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2024 12:59 PM To: EURO Nutrition <[email protected]> Subject: ATTN: Member State Nominated Nutrition and Obesity Focal points - Project Meeting on Strengthening Policy for Healthy and Sustainable Diets: learning from innovation in practice. Seminar on Health in Trade and Investment Agreements Message sent on behalf of Dr Kremlin Wickramasinghe, Regional Adviser for Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity, WHO Regional Office for Europe, Special Initiative on Noncommunicable Diseases and Innovation Dear colleagues, I hope you’re all well. Some of you may be aware that we have been working on two projects with Professor Anne Marie Thow at the University of Sydney. The concept notes for each of the projects are attached. Briefly, one is looking at strengthening policy for healthy and sustainable diets and learning through innovation in practice. The other investigates health in investment agreements. The morning is given over to the former project and the afternoon to the latter – please see the agenda attached. it would be fantastic to see colleagues either in person or online depending on your location and availability. Please do let me know if you have any questions or would like to chat about either project. Please direct all correspondence to Holly Rippin, email: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Very best wishes, Holly EU/SNI Special Initiative on NCDs and Innovation Strengthening policy for healthy and sustainable diets: learning from innovation in practice Concept note and Agenda Date: June 14, 2024 09:00-12:00 Venue: UN City, Copenhagen Background Unhealthy food systems – spanning food production through to trade, marketing and retail – are a major driver of unhealthy diets, and consequently a major contributor to NCDs as well as negative climate impacts. The transformation of food systems so that they promote good nutrition and health (and also safeguard against biodiversity losses and climate change) is a critical contemporary challenge. In Australia, state and federal Governments have committed to adopting effective evidence-based measures to transform food systems to support healthy diets. These policies could play a pivotal role in improving the healthiness of food systems, but translating and operationalising best-practice cross-sectoral policy has proved challenging for governments . Although we have clear evidence on ‘what works’, the World Health Organization, in support of governments in Australia and the European Region, has identified an urgent need for evidence regarding the ‘how’ of effective design, coordination and implementation of food system policy, and supports policy makers to design and implement effective policies to promote health, environmental and economic dimensions of food systems to enable a ‘win-win-win’ (health-environment-economic) outcomes in a rapidly changing food system context. This project brings together government partners in Australia and the WHO European Region with leading Australian nutrition policy researchers to directly address this gap and support implementation of the full policy package envisaged by WHO and in Australia’s new preventive health and obesity policy framework. Australia and countries in the WHO European Region have been global leaders in implementing evidence-informed food systems policies, but report numerous challenges in achieving policy success . This project aims to examine the ‘how’ of nutrition and food systems policy making, and to identify strategies to address the real challenges of designing, coordinating and implementing effective policies. The research will lead to recommendations to support best-practice nutrition actions in national and sub-national food system policies across relevant sectors of government. The study aims are to: 1. Use co-designed research methods to (a) understand approaches to successful food systems and nutrition policy innovation and implementation in Australia and countries in the WHO European Region, and (b) identify factors that have facilitated the adoption of strong national and subnational food systems and nutrition policy measures . 2. Develop strategies and resources that would support public health policy makers with the adoption, coordination and implementation of policies to improve food systems and nutrition . The proposed seminar will provide a n overview of the first round of research case studies planned and give an update on the current status of key policy areas in the region such as procurement, digital marketing, food systems governance mechanisms and other policy innovations to support healthy and sustainable food systems. It will also identify priority countries and any additional key policy areas. Objectives : Sharing the proposed research case studies planned for the project and receiv ing feedback . Discussing the status of key policy areas (procurement, digital marketing, food systems governance ) to support healthy and sustainable diets. Identify priority countries and policy areas. Plan next steps for the partnership project (including an in-person meeting in Melbourne in November 2024) . Saatja: "EURO Nutrition" <[email protected]> Saaja: "EURO Nutrition" <[email protected]> Teema: ATTN: Member State Nominated Nutrition and Obesity Focal points - Project Meeting on Strengthening Policy for Healthy and Sustainable Diets: learning from innovation in practice. Seminar on Health in Trade and Investment Agreements Kuupäev: 2024-05-14 06:58 Message sent on behalf of Dr Kremlin Wickramasinghe, Regional Adviser for Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity, WHO Regional Office for Europe, Special Initiative on Noncommunicable Diseases and Innovation Dear colleagues, I hope you’re all well. Some of you may be aware that we have been working on two projects with Professor Anne Marie Thow at the University of Sydney. The concept notes for each of the projects are attached. Briefly, one is looking at strengthening policy for healthy and sustainable diets and learning through innovation in practice. The other investigates health in investment agreements. The morning is given over to the former project and the afternoon to the latter – please see the agenda attached. it would be fantastic to see colleagues either in person or online depending on your location and availability. Please do let me know if you have any questions or would like to chat about either project. Please direct all correspondence to Holly Rippin, email: <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] Very best wishes, Holly EU/SNI Special Initiative on NCDs and Innovation Trade and Investment Agreements and Health Sustainable Food System inclusions in International Investment Agreements Study Concept note and Agenda Date: June 14, 2024 13:00-15:00 Venue: UN City, Copenhagen Background Trade and Investment Agreements (TIAs) are an important component of economic policy. However, policy coherence between trade , environment and health has proved challenging; for example, industry actors have used such agreements to dispute environmental and health policy measures in critical areas, including environmental laws and tobacco control. Recognising these risks, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and World Health Organization (WHO) ha ve recommended that environmental and health safeguards be built into TIAs. However, the ir adoption has been limited and inconsistent, reflecting limited engagement by the environment and health sector s and a lack of knowledge regarding best practice safeguards. The ‘International Investment Agreements and Health’ (Health-IIA) project a ims to support the adoption of TIAs that have greater potential to protect public health. and support a transition to sustainable food systems. The European Union (EU) has been a leader globally in the adoption of environmental and health safeguards, and there is an opportunity for environment, health and trade policy communities to learn from experience to date to address challenges including non-communicable diseases, planetary health and sustainable development. The proposed seminar will provide a forum to disseminate the outputs of the Health-IIA project to date and discuss findings from two case studies highly relevant to the EU. The event will also provide an opportunity to showcase EU innovation to support policy coherence, share learnings from successes and develop a dialogue on emerging issues and challenges, and ways forward. Objectives : Sharing the findings and raising awareness about the issue s investigated by the Health-IIA project, validate findings and receive feedback . E ncourag ing a dialogue among sectors and disciplines to identify lessons and opportunities to adopt TIAs that can support environmental and health imperatives besides promoting sustainable economic development.