Food Security Governance

I am a Sustainable Development Practitioner with a diverse expanse of interests and subsequent expertise, which are founded on a keen understanding and appreciation for the significance attributed to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

I’m a Nutrition and Health professional with extensive skills in Nutrition Assessment and Counseling Services, ensuring food safety and demonstrating food preparation techniques while upholding strict hygiene standards. My expertise extends to diagnosing and effectively managing moderate and severe acute malnutrition, achieving significant results in Growth monitoring and promotion. I have a strong background in managing infant and young child feeding programs in challenging context like HIV, COVID-19, Hepatitis, Influenza and emergency situations. I specialize in Nutrition education aiming at promoting, protecting and supporting Infant and Young Child feeding, Maternal and Adolescent Nutrition, and the Management of at risk mothers and infants under six months. I excel in defining Nutrition indicators and developing food and Nutrition security strategies. I possess strong analytical skills using tools like Nutrisurvey, WHO Anthro, SPSS, Epi Info, R-studio for Research data analysis. My expertise extends to training trainers, volunteers, change agents and community health workers in maternal ,Infant and young child feeding practices. I am adept at prioritizing Behavior and designing social Behavior Change strategy for complementary feeding, as well as implementing Nutrition sensitive Agriculture strategies for malnutrition prevention. I am well versed in the Care Group Model and Baby Friendly Health Facility Initiative. I excel in conducting various research methodology such as focus group discussions, key informants interviews, surveys for data collection and comprehensive report writing. My ability to identify and foster social networks within and outside Nutrition community further enhances my professional capabilities.

Dr. Florent BLANC, Ph.D. is Director of the “Negotiators of Europe” research and training program at ESSEC Business School.
He is the consortium team leader for the implementation of the Framework Contract (HR/R1/PO/2019/024 - LOT 3) covering the conception and delivery of negotiation-related trainings and services for the European institutions. This consortium joins the teams of College of Europe and the European Institute for Public Administration (EIPA).
As part of ESSEC IRENE’s negotiation training team, Florent delivers negotiation-related modules for the European Commission, public institutions in France and around the globe as well as private sector clients.
He contributed to capacity4dev activities as a member of the pool of trainers delivering Policy Dialogue and Negotiation as well as Context for Development modules under recent training contracts. For over 7 years, he also contributed to develop and adapt dedicated training modules for EUD teams (Nepal, Ivory Coast and Barbados). He also advised EUD on contractual negotiations for large infrastructure projects.

He contributed to the EU-PALOP-TL partnership by proposing a reflexion on the dialogue mechanisms and necessary capacity-building for Members of the partnership.

Florent holds a PhD from Northwestern University where he was George Lurcy scholar (Fulbright Program 2004-2005) and adjunct professor between 2006 and 2010. With a focus on national security policies and counterterrorism, Florent taught also courses in immigration policies, social changes, legal studies and journalism methodologies. From 2011 to 2016, he was West African Program manager for a French NGO where he oversaw and delivered projects on social cohesion, crisis prevention and education policy reform, with a focus on Mali. Florent also holds a doctorate from SciencesPo Paris.

I joined the Permanent Representation of Greece to the EU in September 2023. I am dealing mostly with EU International Development and Cooperation issues as a designated delegate at relevant working parties of the Council. My main WPs are CODEV-PI, RELEX-HQ and EFTA. I am looking forward to engage with colleagues and stakeholders from the EU Institutions and all over Europe.

Post-growth economist, citizen, runner. Network science, complex systems, digital anthropology, collective intelligence. Co-founder of Edgeryders, currently at UNDP Accelerator Labs. Ex minor rockstar.