Technical Consultant- School Food Environment, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Office based, 6 Months. (Open For Nationals Of Bangladesh Only), Req#595397

Under the overall supervision of UNICEF and in close coordination with the Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education (DSHE) and Directorate of Primary Education (DPE), the consultant in coordination with DSHE, DPE and UNICEF, will establish national food standards for foods and beverages sold, provided, marketed, or otherwise made available in and around schools in Bangladesh.

• Conduct Situation Analysis /Desk review related to the Food Environment Standard
• Conduct a comprehensive review of existing evidence on school food and nutrition policies, legislation, standards, guidelines and programmes related to nutrition, food safety, education, and child health services to help inform the development of the standard.
• Review international and regional experiences, best practices, standards, and nutrient profiling approaches.
• Review the findings of the national assessment on “Food Environment in and around Schools”.
• Conduct Key Informant Interview (KII) and consultation workshops
• Conduct Key Informant/In-depth Interviews (KII) with relevant government ministries and departments, school authorities, teachers, students, parents, food vendors, school management committees, health managers, and local government representatives.
• Design and facilitate key stakeholder consultation workshop with representatives from:

▪ Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

▪ Ministry of Education

▪ Ministry of Primary and Mass Education

▪ Ministry of Food

▪ Bangladesh Food Safety Authorit

▪ Institute of Public Health Nutrition

▪ Bangladesh National Nutrition Council

▪ Department of Public Health Engineering

▪ Consumer Association of Bangladesh (CAB)

▪ School authorities

▪ Parents and student

▪ Youth Network

▪ Academia, Nutrition and public health experts

▪ Development partners, UN Organizations, INGOs/NGOs and civil society organizations

▪ Food industry, where appropriate

• Develop a comprehensive school food environment standards framework that includes:
• Nutritional standards, Food classification system (categorize foods and beverages into recommended/healthy foods, foods permitted under specified conditions, foods not permitted for sale, distribution, or marketing etc) in alignment with the National Dietary Guidelines national/regional Nutrient Profile Model etc
• School food environment standards (school canteens; school meal programmes; mobile food vendors; street vendors operating near schools, vending machines (if applicable), fundraising activities involving food etc)
• Unhealthy Food Marketing Restrictions (recommendations regarding: Advertising, sponsorship, product promotion, branding and marketing targeting children within school environments)
• Consultants should add more area based on gathering information from KII and stakeholder consultation.
• Draft implementation/operational guidance
• Develop implementation/operational guidance, include roles and responsibilities of stakeholders, compliance monitoring including monitoring indicators, enforcement procedures, capacity-building system, communication and awareness strategies
• Validation and Finalization of Food standards and implementation/operational guidance
• Present draft standards to stakeholders.
• Facilitate validation of workshop(s).
• Revise documents based on feedback.
• Submit final approved documents.

If you would like to know more about this consultancy, please review the complete Terms of Reference here: Terms of Reference TMC0005009.pdf

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