1. CAPACITY STRENGTHENING IN NUTRITION-ASIA (CASNA)
Summary of progress
Emorn Wasantwisut
Institute of Nutrition, Mahidol University

2. Standing Committee on Nutrition
United Nations System
Standing Committee on Nutrition
Working Group on Capacity Development
Task Forces / Steering Committees
Africa
Asia
Middle East
Others
Nominations of Task Force Members
from UNU, IUNS, INF, ADB, IAEA…...

3. Capacity Strengthening in Nutrition in Asia (CASNA)
A/Prof Dr Emorn Wasantwisut (Thailand) - Chair
Dr V Prakash (India)
Dr CR Yajnik (India)
Dr Nguyen Cong Khan (Vietnam)
Prof Geok Lin Khor (Malaysia)
A/Prof Dr Widjaja Lukito (Indonesia)
Prof Eiji Marui (Japan)
Prof Xiao Guang Yang (China)
Dr Abdul R Kemal (Pakistan)

4. CASNA FOCUS: INSTITUTION CAPACITY
Core areas
Double burden of malnutrition
- life course approach
Food safety
Food & Nutrition security
Traditional foods
Evaluation of program impact

5. CASNA Supportive Skills Development
Regional Workshops on
1. Leadership in Nutrition
2. Research Management
3. Technical Writing

6. CASNA Mechanisms 1. Fellowship programs : 2 levels (Junior and Senior)
2. Provide support for institutional training
3. Undertake expert mission
These must fit into the CASNA core areas and have to
lead to institutional capacity development

7. CASNA Capacity Strengthening in Nutrition in Asia: Built to Last I I I
Food
Security
Food
Safety I I I I
CASNA I I I I I I I I
Double
Burden
Double
Burden I I I I I I
Leadership
Research Management
Technical Writing

8. 2002 - 2005 Activities - CASNA Survey : 51 Insts. In Asia
- priority capacity needs
- Symposium “Traditional Foods”
CFTRI/India
Inst. Linkage - NIHN/Japan
- Workshop “Raising the Profile of
Nutrition” Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Applicants to SEA-NLP, Jakarta, Indonesia
- Website :

9. CASNA Plan 2006 - 2007 Training Course “Food Safety”
Intl. Symposium “Capacity Building”
Joint WHO/SEARO Workshop “New Growth Reference Standards”
South-East Asia Nutrition Leadership Program