Development of Regional Food Composition Data Base (FCDB) of BalkanFood platform with EuroFIR- Nexus & NCDNCEE First Symposium-Capacity Development in Nutrition and Food Research in Central and Eastern Europe (CAPNUTRA): Balkan Food Platform - Regional Food Composition Data Base development, January 2013, Belgrade, Serbia Mirjana Gurinović, Maria Glibetić, IMR, University of Belgrade

EuroFIR and CD The FP6 European Food Information Resource Network (EuroFIR, Network of Excellence) ( aims to develop and integrate food composition database through Europe including CEE countries. Part of this was to establish collaboration in research, training and education with other actors and national compilers in Europe and CEE countries - CD is essential

Background-EuroFIR-IMR-NCDNCEE Capacity development (CD) in Food Composition Database (FCDB) is a long-term, continuous process, which focuses on national priorities, plans, policies and processes Institute for Medical Research ( IMR) became a partner in NoE FP6 Euro FIR project ( ( ) Achievement in FCDB capacity development in Serbia as the partner in EuroFIR IMR research team developed the tool: Food Comp Data Management (FCDM) - web based software for creation new harmonized FCDB according to technical annex, EuroFIR standards and recommendations. Created the first online Serbian FCDB harmonized with EuroFIR recommendations Langual food indexing 1046 foods Training –education at food comp courses

Data overview trough the WEB site: (for mobile devices) Web based application Food Comp Data Management (FCDM)-EuroFIR for creating FCDB (national/regional) Developed according to EuroFIR Technical Annex and recommendations +Langual coding

Food Composition 2005 DK SE FI DE CZ CD FR BE NL PT SP GL IT SP FO IS USABE UK GR CY IL LV EE TR PL CH LT EI MA RO DZ TN NO AU SK BA HR SI AL UA BU BY MD GE CS HU RU Online Databases Static information ( data in table format) Offline Information (publications) Information pending Image © 2005 EarthSat July 2005 Other online databases JP

DK SE FI DE CZ FR BE NL SP GL IT SP FO IS USA European Food Composition Platform: >25 in 2012 BE GR CY LV EE TR PL EI MA RO DZ TN AU SK BA HR SI AL UA BU BY MD GE HU RU Online Databases Static information ( data in table format) Offline Information (publications) Information Pending Image © 2005 EarthSatFebruary 2009 JP IS FR 2008 FR CD IL US AU US Specialized Datasets EuroFIR BASIS CH SE DK IT NL 2009 ES Databases under Implementation UK SR NO Other online databases LT IT 2008 PL AU 2009 LV 2009/2010 DK 2008 GR SK Foods – (total) Generic Recipes Branded PT

Background-EuroFIR-IMR-NCDNCEE Establish contacts with compilers in non-EuroFIR countries Partnership with EuroFIR together with the UNU/SCN Network for CD in Nutrition in Central and Eastern Europe (NCDNCEE) ( was central in this endeavourhttp:// Established collaboration with national contacts in non EuroFIR countries in CEE and MENANA An inventory of Food Composition Database Status (FCDB)- Identified the FCDB status in CEE countries and MENANA Specific training needs and opportunities for collaboration in food and nutrition in non- EuroFIR countries have been identified Identified lack of FCDB and software for database management Tailor made FCDB training workshops and CD and courses were organized with EuroFIR and NCDNCEE support and individual EuroFIR training bursaries were given to CEE and MENANA participants This collaboration aimed to develop and integrate food composition database with EuroFIR through all of Europe, particularly for the CEE countries.

4th UNU/SCN NCDNCEE. Belgrade, November participants from 15 CEE countries. 2nd Meeting of the NCDNCEE. 16th -17th November Budapest, Hungary FAO-SEUR office. 18 participants from 9 CEE countries 5th Meeting of the NCDNCEE Belgrade, Serbia, November participants from 10 CEE countries 6th Meeting of the UNU/SCN NCDNCEE, Belgrade, 25th-26th May, 2011, 32 participants from 15 CEE countries

Publications in Journals Gurinović M, et all.(2010). Capacity development in food composition database management and nutritional research and education in Central and Easter European, Middle Eastern and North African countries. EJCN 64, S134-S138. Pavlovic M, et all.(2009). Turning dilemmas into opportunities: a UNU/SCN capacity development network in public nutrition in Central and Eastern Europe. Public Health Nutrition: 12(8), Pavlovic M, et all. (2009). Training and capacity building in central and eastern Europe through the EuroFIR and CEE networks. Food Chemistry 113 (8): Glibetic M, et all. (2010). Management of food composition database harmonized with EuroFIR criteria using a web application. Journal of Food Composition and Analysis.

EuroFIR Nexus FP7+IMR+NCDNCEE EuroFIR Nexus-EuroFIR Food Platform: Further integration, refinement and exploitation for its long-term self-sustainability, EU FP ) ( During the 2011 IMR became a partner of the EuroFIR-Nexus FP 7 project EuroFIR Nexus WP 4-Work Package 4. Training and spreading of excellence within EuroFIR-Nexus - Task 4 – Shaping and implementing Balkan Food platform with Network for Capacity Development in Central & Eastern European Countries. EuroFIR-Nexus together with IMR &NCDNCEE initiated a Balkan platform - with aim to develop a first Regional FCDB for West Balkan Countries (WBC) using a web based application Food Comp Data Management (FCDM) for creating a FCDB. Develop and sign MoUs with Balkan and CEE countries Identify FCDB status /prioritise training needs Development of a regional FCDB requires involvement of many compilers from different countries and is a long and continuous process.

Regional Workshop for Food Composition Data Base Development, Belgrade, June 11th participants from CEE 5 countries NCDNCEE

Objective Our goal was to develop a Regional online food composition database specific for some countries of Central and Eastern Europe and West Balkan. Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Slovenia Balkan Food Platform Russia, Ukraina, Cyprus

IMR - Institute for Medical Research, Belgrade, Serbia Regional FCDB Internet Server Balkan Food Platform: design and resources Food Comp Data Management (FCDM) ( Regional partners – compilers ) WEB (End users)

FCDB status based on questionnaires for Balkan countries NO FCDB NO electronic version of FCDB YES - electronic version of FCDB YES- software and electronic version of FCDB FCDB status: Ukraine NO FCDB Cyprus Yes but not electronic

Workshop: Regional Food Composition Data Base, A FCDM software application in Balkan Food Platform development, Belgrade 26 th May 2011, EuroFIR-Nexus &NCDNCEE

Food Composition Data Base (FCDB) Development through NCDNCEE activities and future activities: partnership with EuroFIR NoE & EuroFIR AISBL- Belgrade 26 May 2011 Workshop: Regional Food Composition Data Base: Web based Food Comp Data Management (FCDM) software application in BalkanFood Platform development

Updates FCDM software update Food coding to EFSA codes -Food EX2 Food coding to EFSA facets Recipe input –composite dishes data input Link with DIETASSES software for calculation nutrition values Balkan Food platform Serbia, Slovenia, Croatia, Macedonia –contributed to Regional FCDB with their national food composition data (Serbia recipes) Training -Workshop January Belgrade Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)

Food Comp Data Management (FCDM) – Recipe calculation

Conclusions Regional FCDB containing data relevant to this population is important in order to provide Balkan researchers and policy makers with population- specific FCDB. Food Comp Data Management (FCDM) tool was proved to be a useful for the initiation of new FCDB and important for creation of a Regional Food Composition data base harmonized with EuroFIR The development of the Regional Food Composition data base is a concrete result of collaboration between EU funded project EuroFIR- Nexus and NCDNCEE network. This activity is important in communication, data exchange between different countries and for integration of any new food data in the future.

Thank you for your attention! Acknowledgement UNU/SCN NCDNCEE CENM EuroFIR & EuroFIR Nexus FAOREU UNUFNP