Vision, Mission & AIMs
VISION
To establish the NNEdPro Global Institute for Food, Nutrition and Health as a world-leading and highly innovative think-tank, training academy and knowledge network, bringing together the best of education, research, evaluation and advocacy, particularly in Nutrition-related aspects of health and healthcare systems.
MISSION
To tackle the global crisis of malnutrition (in all its forms) by conducting research and delivering education in gap areas, empowering professionals, policymakers and the public; to facilitate sustainable improvements in nutrition and health behaviours, accelerating progress towards the United Nations 2030 goals
POSITION
Over 15 years of experience as a diverse group of highly skilled researchers and educators as well as food and health professionals located worldwide; enabled by lean and agile digital infrastructure, to function as an action-orientated global nutrition think-tank.
PROPOSITION
To harness research, innovation and education, in developing rigorous, adaptable, scalable and enduring models; to improve nutrition knowledge, skills and application for public benefit, enabling change across food and health systems.
STRATEGIC AIMS
1. To become a globally recognised apex body for interdisciplinary data insights and knowledge exchange in nutrition, health, and closely related domains.
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2. To continue to lead sustainable voluntary regional networks for nutrition knowledge exchange and advocacy across the globe, aligning to relevant national and international organisations.
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3. To continue to deliver a range of ‘gold-standard' nutrition education programmes that encourage capacity building across international and interdisciplinary networks, driving the inclusion of nutrition in clinical education and practice.
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4. To advance high-priority and rigorously conducted nutrition research including human interventions, population studies, evidence syntheses and data science methodologies, as well as curating in an associated peer-reviewed publication platform.
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5. To work towards minimising nutrition, social care and health inequities by creating models that empower individuals and drive systemic change for underserved populations.
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6. To drive the implementation of nutrition knowledge into policy, practice, and wider food and health systems, by providing leadership, advocacy, as well as encouraging collaboration with like-minded individuals and organisations.
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7. To function as an agile nutrition think-tank with high quality infrastructure for provision of consultancy services.
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8. To facilitate the funding and commissioning of nutrition related projects in priority areas.
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9. To advocate for a focus on sustainability and climate change within food and nutrition related research and practice.
APPROACH
We prioritise nutrition education as a key strategy to achieve our vision, seeking to improve the health of individuals and populations by embedding nutrition into medical/healthcare systems.
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We strive for medical, healthcare and public health professionals to have sufficient knowledge, skills and attitudes to provide effective nutrition advice and care to patients as well as the public.
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We believe in multi- and inter-disciplinary approaches including doctors, dietitians, nutritionists, nurses, pharmacists, researchers, academics and other stakeholders.
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We collaborate widely with practitioners, students, educators, researchers, professional associations, learned societies, the third sector and industry partners.
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We promote research capacity building as well as ‘Good Research Practice’ to enhance the quantity and quality of potentially translatable evidence relating to key nutritional problems of clinical and public health importance.
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We draw from a range of implementation science approaches in line with the ‘Knowledge-to-Action Framework‘.
CORE VALUES
Individuals in NNEdPro are:
Collaborative, Passionate, Committed
As an organisation NNEdPro is:
Collaborative, Evidence-informed, Impactful
NNEdPro processes are:
Evidence-informed, Transparent, Democratic
LET'S END MALNUTRITION BY 2030
The NNEdPro Global Institute for Food, Nutrition and Health is aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, the UN Decade of Action on Nutrition (2016-2025) and the UN Decade of Family Farming (2019-2028). We are committed to tackling the burden of malnutrition in all its forms – undernutrition, overnutrition and micronutrient deficiencies – through the effective use of education, research and advocacy as well as developing in-depth and scalable change models for population level impact.
