The virtual meeting of the sub-group on Food donation established under the EU Platform on Food Loses and Food Waste will focus on the recovery and redistribution of food during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The meeting will provide the opportunity to exchange lessons learned and to discuss on-line platforms to facilitate the recovery and redistribution of food during the Covid-19 pandemic. The Commission will also offer an update on the latest developments concerning the EU Contingency plan on food security and the European Fund for the Most Deprived (FEAD).

The meeting will be held exclusively in English and will be web streamed for everyone interested to follow the discussions. The recording and the presentations will be published on the European Commission’s food waste website shortly after the meeting takes place.

Watch the live webstreaming of the event.

food waste | food safety | animal health | foodstuffs legislation | EU food chain | environmental policy | pollution control measures | circular economy
Thursday 11 February 2021, 14:00 (CET)
Online only

Programme

11 Feb 2021, 14:00 - 16:30 (CET)
1. Welcome and adoption of the agenda
2. Update on the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD), presentation by Michele Calandrino and Michael Grosse, DG EMPL
3. EU food supply and food security contingency plan, presentation by Fabien Santini, DG AGRI
4. Stakeholders’ dialogues: disseminating the EU guidelines on food donation at national level, presentation by Angela Frigo, Secretary General, European Food Banks Federation
5. Recovery and redistribution of food during the Covid-19 pandemic (on-line platforms)
  - FeedUP@UN – Stepping up for food, presentation by Robert van Otterdijk, Agro-Industry Officer, FAO in Europe and Central Asia and Jai Sabanayagam, Information Systems Officer, Office of Information and Communications Technology of the United Nations (OICT)
  - Experiences with the Market Place “Good Food” and next steps, presentation by Toine Timmermans, Program Manager Sustainable Food Chains, Wageningen UR
  - Lessons learned from food rescue in a pandemic, presentation by Emma Walsh, International Partnerships Director, FoodCloud
6. Information sharing on food donation activities in Member States/by sectorial organisations
  - Quantifying the Impact of European Food Banks. From Farm to Fork, presentation by Laura Gavinelli, business consultant and trainer, on behalf of the European Food Banks Federation
7. AOB