Parliamentary action for food systems and nutrition: Creating an enabling environment

This course is designed for:

• Parliamentarians
• Parliamentary advisors
• Media and the general public

• The nutrition challenges and drivers which influence dietary changes.
• The agrifood systems approach, its’s benefits, and lessons from existing adoption experiences.
• Legislative and policy entry points for parliamentarians.
• Key concepts and features of an effective and enabling legal framework, and how parliamentarians can create and strengthen it.
• Constitutional, legislative, institutional and policy measures that address the right to adequate food.
• The importance of national and international parliamentary networks and alliances.

This course consists of three lessons of approximately 25 - 40 minutes duration each:

• Lesson 1 – An overview of nutrition and legal entry points
• Lesson 2 – Legislating nutrition and food systems in line with international frameworks
• Lesson 3 – The role of parliamentarians in advancing the nutrition agenda

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