The theme of this triennial Congress, which took place from 11 to 15 September 2011, was “Developing a culture of prevention for a healthy and safe future”.

This year’s Congress saw the largest gathering of health and safety at work experts with some 5,400 participants from more than 140 countries.  During his opening speech, the Prime Minister of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, emphasized that a productive economy required a competent and skilled workforce. He called on the participants to adopt a “protective and preventive” approach.

During the plenary session, the FOOD programme was cited by Hans-Horst Konkolewsky, Secretary General of the ISSA, as an example of the best European practices in terms of prevention of health and safety issues at work.

Throughout the Congress, two posters were displayed by Edenred: one on Childcare Vouchers* solution and the other on the FOOD programme*.

The next World Congress on Safety and Health at Work will be held in Frankfurt, Germany, in August 2014.

To find out more about the FOOD programme: www.food-programme.eu

•  nathalie.renaudin@edenred.com 
•  nolwenn.bertrand@edenred.com
• delphine.chilese@edenred.com

* The Childcare Vouchers PDF
* The FOOD Programme PDF

Under the high patronage of the Hungarian Presidency of the European Union, the FOOD (Fighting Obesity through Offer and Demand) conference is taking place at the European Parliament in Brussels. The main results of the project will be presented at this conference, which will mark the beginning of a new implementation phase in other member countries.

Experts from all over Europe will join 30 partners from the public and private sector in order to share their experience and to contribute to the next phases of this programme.

The conference programme:

A plenary conference from 10 am to 1 pm consisting of two round tables

• A first round table on the importance of eating a balanced diet during the working day chaired by Christopher Wanjek, author of Food at Work, published by the International Labour Organisation
• A second round table presenting the results of the FOOD (Fighting Obesity through Offer and Demand) project: a successful Public-Private Partnership, headed by Professor Martin Caraher from City University in London

Following this plenary conference, there will be the opportunity to taste national specialities from the six FOOD countries created by EuroToques and Chef Jiří Král.

Practical workshops from 2.30 pm to 4.30 pm

• A first workshop for companies looking to develop the FOOD programme
• A second workshop aimed at understanding the programme through discussions with nutritionists

The Conference is being attended by high-level participants, including:

• Vice-President of the European Commission, Antonio Tajani
• Despina Spanou, DG SANCO, President of the EU Action Platform on Diet, Physical Activity and Health
• Gábor Baranyai, Hungarian Deputy European Affairs Minister
• European representatives Elisabetta Gardini and Mario Mauro
• Jacques Stern, President and Managing Director of Edenred
• Caroline Bollars, World Health Organisation (WHO), Regional Office for Europe
• Professor Ambroise Martin from Claude Bernard Faculty of Medicine
• Olivier Christiaens from the Federal Public Service for Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment, Belgium
• Juan Ballesteros from the Spanish Food Safety and Nutrition Agency (AESAN)
• Professor Martin Caraher, City University in London
• Professor Agneta Yngve from the Karolinska Institutet

• The FOOD website
• For more information on the conference, go to: www.foodconference2011.eu

The FOOD (Fighting Obesity through Offer and Demand) will be held under the high patronage of the Hungarian Presidency of the European Union on 31st May 2011 at the European Parliament in Brussels. The main results of the project will be presented at this conference which will mark the beginning of a new implementation phase in other member countries.

Experts from all over Europe will join 25 partners from the public and private sector in order to share their experience and to contribute to the next phases of this programme. The conference will also provide the opportunity to sensitize new partners with the aim of fine-tuning the tools and the recommendations and to further develop the FOOD programme within the 6 countries in which the pilot has been undertaken – and beyond their borders.

Agenda of the Food Conference on 31st May 2011 at the European Parliament:

• From 10 am to 1 pm: Plenary conference consisting of two round-tables
• 2.30 pm to 4.30 pm: Workshops

The conference is aimed at scientists, political decision-makers, national and local government representatives, and health professionals, but also at HR managers, sustainable development leaders and at anyone interested in balanced eating.

For more information on the conference, go to: www.foodconference2011.eu

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Food groups are divided by horizontal lines in the graphic and thus suggesting the percentage of food for a daily diet.

There are several sorts of pyramid, according to the national specificities but generally, here are the main food groups presented:

• Cereals and grains
• Vegetables and fruit
• Dairy products
• Meat, fish, poultry, eggs
• Fats (unsaturated)
• Sweets and saturated fats

The FOOD partner AESAN goes further in a guide which proposes a pyramid and several tables of food equivalences per geographic regions. It enables to adapt balanced diet, including when eating foreign food.

• Spanish food pyramid (equivalences) on FOOD Website

“A healthy diet for all!”

There is no strong project without a strong evaluation.

In effect, an evaluation plan forces the partners to concentrate on impact indictors and to follow a strict methodology. The purpose is to obtain good results as well as a solid process quality.

It has been proved that general meetings are often more efficient when it comes to a general concern. This is why the coordinator has decided to invite all associated partners to take part in the 2nd Steering Committee meeting in Madrid which agenda focused on the evaluation plan.
A first plan was submitted in Paris in July but this meeting has been the opportunity to discuss concrete actions and to go deeply into the details of implementation and responsibilities.
The evaluator took notes about the constraints of time and budget in order to find solutions which would not hamper the quality of the actions.

After long debates, a clear structure has been identified which will lead the Work package leaders and all partners’ work.

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All the information concerning the implementation of the project, the presentation of the partners, as well as a detailed diary of the international meetings and conferences on the balanced food subject is henceforth open to the public.

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• http://www.food-programme.eu/

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