Towards a community of practice : a way to improve research, advocacy, and policy in health food systems in Latin America and the Caribbean

This project aims to establish and sustain a community of practice for healthy food systems in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Its goal is to foster collaborative learning and quality information exchange among different individuals, groups, and organizations involved with research and/or advocacy to provide new forms of engagement and to reinforce international cooperation to promote healthier food systems and prevent non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in LAC. The community of practice (CoP) intends to strengthen research and advocacy tools and regional capacities, enhance regional collaboration and develop strategic directions in food systems through the establishment of inter-country and multi-actor knowledge hubs, to embed gender analysis and promote women empowerment, to implement a regional strategy on front-of-package labeling (FOPL) as a pilot of collaboration for other priority action lines, and to raise public awareness and influence policies on food systems for NCD prevention and to promote healthier food systems in LAC