Colansa – Comunidad Latinoamérica y Caribe Nutrición e Salud

A community that helps promote health and healthy, sustainable and inclusive eating in Latin America and the Caribbean

Get to Know Colansa

About us

We are a network of organizations and professionals that work collaboratively to contribute with the development of healthy, sustainable and equitable food systems, besides improving the nutrition and health of the populations in Latin America and the Caribbean, through the generation of scientific knowledge and contributing to the advancement of adequate public policies.

Acting Fronts

Policy Advocacy

We work with governments and other organizations to create policies that promote healthy and accessible food while supporting sustainable agriculture.

Research

We collect and share evidence with policymakers and stakeholders about effective interventions to promote healthy eating and sustainable food systems.

Capacity Building

We provide training and support to researchers, policymakers, and civil society organizations, enabling them to collaborate in implementing effective interventions to improve food systems and dietary habits.

As a cross-cutting axis in all its actions, Colansa integrates gender equity, seeking to ensure the full and equal participation of women in all areas of food systems—from production to consumption—while working to eliminate the barriers that prevent women and marginalized populations from accessing healthy and sustainable food.

Hubs

The Hubs are reference teams on priority topics for the region, made up of Colansa members who share a common interest in one of these topics and wish to work together on their development. The hubs carry out actions, produce technical documents, and offer training on their topics. They are responsible for consolidating information, contributing to broader work, and coordinating information and strategies with the advocacy and research areas, as well as across hubs. Currently, Colansa works with three hubs:

Our Members

The plurarity and transparency of actions guide Colansa members in creating a space for democratic debate and in generating ideas and solutions to improve the food systems and the nutrition and health of the region’s populations.