Regional Conference on Food Loss and Waste Reduction in Europe and Central Asia “Enabling the change” will be organised in a hybrid format on 5-6 October 2022, in Istanbul, Türkiye, and virtually on Zoom.
The conference will focus on identifying essential elements of enabling environments and tools, including legislative and business innovations, food loss and waste reduction strategies, and practical interventions that support the transition to sustainable food value chains.
To this end, the conference will explore a broad spectrum of recent developments and challenges in the field of food loss and waste in Europe (including the European Union) and Central Asia, and offer opportunities for interactive exchange of experience and explore potential solutions.
Please register to participate in person or to follow the virtual event on the Zoom conferencing platform. The detailed programme is available here.
The speakers include experts from Copa-Cogeca, DG SANTE, Economic Cooperation Organization Regional Coordination Centre for Food Security (ECO-RCCFS), EIT Food, European Food Information Council (EUFIC), European Food Banks Federation (FEBA), Glovo, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), International Food Waste Coalition (IFWC), Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality of The Netherlands, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of Türkiye, Ogilvy Consulting, Rabobank, Sodexo, Tetra Pak, Too Good To Go, UNECE, WholeSurplus, WRAP, WRI, Wageningen University & Research (WUR).
The Conference is jointly organized by FAO, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of the Republic of Türkiye, and the Economic Cooperation Organization Regional Coordination Centre for Food Security (ECO-RCCFS), with the support of the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality of The Netherlands’’, under the FAO-Türkiye Partnership Programme on Food and Agriculture (FTPP-II) funded by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of the Republic of Türkiye.
The conference will focus on identifying essential elements of enabling environments and tools, including legislative and business innovations, food loss and waste reduction strategies, and practical interventions that support the transition to sustainable food value chains.
To this end, the conference will explore a broad spectrum of recent developments and challenges in the field of food loss and waste in Europe (including the European Union) and Central Asia, and offer opportunities for interactive exchange of experience and explore potential solutions.
Please register to participate in person or to follow the virtual event on the Zoom conferencing platform. The detailed programme is available here.
The speakers include experts from Copa-Cogeca, DG SANTE, Economic Cooperation Organization Regional Coordination Centre for Food Security (ECO-RCCFS), EIT Food, European Food Information Council (EUFIC), European Food Banks Federation (FEBA), Glovo, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), International Food Waste Coalition (IFWC), Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality of The Netherlands, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of Türkiye, Ogilvy Consulting, Rabobank, Sodexo, Tetra Pak, Too Good To Go, UNECE, WholeSurplus, WRAP, WRI, Wageningen University & Research (WUR).
The Conference is jointly organized by FAO, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of the Republic of Türkiye, and the Economic Cooperation Organization Regional Coordination Centre for Food Security (ECO-RCCFS), with the support of the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality of The Netherlands’’, under the FAO-Türkiye Partnership Programme on Food and Agriculture (FTPP-II) funded by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of the Republic of Türkiye.