1. Leadership training; best practices and regional strategies Fre Pepping www.vlaggraduateschool.nl www.africanutritionleadership.org www.vlaggraduateschool.nl www.africanutritionleadership.org

2. Work done in 2006 ENLP - Luxemburg03/0612 th 32 part. SLAN – Brazil11/064th 21 ANLP – South Africa11/065th 27 South-east Asiano course in 06 (4th edition was 11/05)

3. Participantes IV Taller de futuros líderes de América Latina

4. Work in progress 2007 ENLP - Luxemburg03/0713 th > 30 part. ‘Extra’ ANLP for West Africa = PLAN 05/07target 25 South East Asia05/07 5th ANLP – South Africa03/08 6th

5. Duration, core elements Duration varies from 5-6 (SLAN, SEA-NLP) to 10 days (ENLP/ANLP) Exchange of junior faculty between NLP’s Alumni associations are quite active Core course elements are; - Team building/how to organise teams - Leadership skills - Social responsibility - Presentation skills - Grant writing - Case studies (fortification, NEPAD, etc.) - All based on group work incl. drafting a ‘declaration’

6. Leadership skills Foremost based on Hackmans’ book Leadership a communication perspective Creative Interactive Visionary Empowering Passionate Adopted for various regional courses

7. Make a declaration! Florianopolis Declaration We the participants of the IV UNU/IUNS Latin American Nutrition Leadership Workshop held in Florianopolis November 2006 reviewed and discussed the food and nutrition problems facing the region, based on this analysis we declare the following

8. Florianopolis declaration Thus, we propose that the following actions be taken: Strengthen integration and collaboration between Latin American countries constructing a regional identity to address food and nutrition problems as a joint effort. Address the existing major inequalities within and between countries in the region, focusing specially on groups that are less developed and most affected by malnutrition. Assure that all relevant actors in the various sectors related to nutrition at the national and international level work synergistically through regional cooperation networks.

9. Constraints, future plans Some concern about the level/the geographical spread of S-e Asia course Self paying participants are scarce except for ENLP Plans for leadership programme in India, perhaps M East Get-to-gether of 25-30 alumni (on invitation) prior to ICN Bangkok Oct. 09 for 2 days to work on asssigment given to this group