The African Nutrition Leadership Programme

The African Nutrition

Leadership Programme

Fré Pepping, PhD

Nutrition, Food Technology, Agrobiotechnology and Health Sciences

A cooperative endeavour of four universities:

Wageningen, Maastricht, Nijmegen and Utrecht

(and five research institutes):

VLAG's two major tasks are:

• to provide its PhD students with a research and education programme of academic excellence

• to provide added value to its programme by funding research projects and by acquiring external funding for large-scale multidisciplinary research projects

•See www.vlaggraduateschool.nl

History-NLP’s

1994 1st edition of European NLPat this moment 12th edition going on target group final year PhD’s/young post

docs ‘guests’ from LAmerica, Africa, Asia

participated and established their own X-NLP (2006 guests from China/Iran)

History ANLP

4 editions 2002 – 2005,80 participants, good geographical

spreadOrganisation;

North West University (RSA) Univ. of Venda (RSA) Wageningen University (NL)

Successful??

Azza Gohar (ANLP 2003) now director of Nutrition institute in Egypt

Anna Lartey (ANLP 2002) elected in IUNS Council

Future

5th edition 1 – 10 November 20066th edition 18 – 28 March 2008extra (shorter) edition prior to FANUS,

Quarzazate, Morocco, 7-9 May 2007

www.africanutritionleadership.org

Not yet enough?

Asia- Also 4 edition between 2002-2005- 105 participants- 50% Indonesia, 10% from Vietnam,

Phillipines, Thailand and Malaysia, rest Lao PDR, Iran, Cambodia