Establish 10 full scholarships for the Programme for students from Least Developed countries by 2030.
Description
It is planned that at least five scholarships will be established for the programme, enabling more students from least developed countries to participate. The action plan is to identify public, private and philanthropic donors to maintain at least five scholarships by 2025/26 and to increase that number by 2030.
Overarching commitment (for commitments submitted pre-2025)
Title
New Generation 4 Food & Nutrition Security
Description
The MSc in Food Security Policy and Management at University College Cork is in its third year. The aim is to help build a cadre of professionals to deal with the complexity of working in the field of food and nutrition security, helping to meet the SDG 2 targets of ending famine and hunger, improving nutrition and promoting sustainable agri-food systems.
The MSc team has trained students from a wide range of countries, but most of the demand is from the developing world, nearly all of whom are dependent on the small number of scholarships available. We are, therefore, committing to increasing the number of graduates trained and ensuring that the number of students from developing countries who graduate is at least double, and to establishing a much larger number of scholarships available to students from least developed countries each year.
We have three commitments:
1. Double the number of graduates trained to combat malnutrition using a multisectoral approach by 2025.
2. Double the number of students from developing countries graduating from the programme by 2025.
3. Establish at least five programme scholarships for students from least developed countries by 2025 and increase that number by 2030.
In this way, we hope to improve our contribution towards building the next generation of food and nutrition experts, particularly in developing and least developed countries.
GNR assessment
| Verification status |
Verified
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| SMARTness index |
High
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Details
| Target population characteristic |
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| Global nutrition target(s) |
Salt/sodium intake
Anaemia
Low birth weight
Exclusive breastfeeding
Childhood stunting
Childhood wasting
Childhood overweight
Adult obesity
Adult diabetes
Raised blood pressure
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| Nutrition Action Classification(s) |
Enabling >
Operational
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Measurement
| Key indicator | Number of scholarships for students from the least developed countries |
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| Measurement plan | Collect own data |
| Value | Measurement date | |
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| Baseline | 2 Scholarships | 2022 |
| Target | 10 Scholarships | December 2030 |
Progress
| Value | Measurement date | Status | |
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| Progress report | 0 scholarships | August 2022 |
Off Course
Given the current trajectory, the target is off course to be met by the end date.
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