Visit of Queen Sofía to Banco de Alimentos de Soria
On 6 June 2022, Her Majesty Queen Sofía visited the Food Bank of Soria. The reason for her visit is the involvement and collaboration that Queen Sofía has with the Food Banks throughout Spain, in order to learn more about the reality of food donation and redistribution and to join the process and development of […]
General Assembly June 2022 and Election of the FEBA Board of Directors
On 24 June the FEBA General Assembly was held online. The representatives from the Food Banks in our network voted on different resolutions and elected a new Board of Directors. 7 members were elected to the Board, including 4 new member: Katarzyna Bielawska (Poland), Paula Victoria Capodistrias (Norway), Veronika Láchová (Czech Republic), Jozef Mottar (Belgium), […]
Meeting of the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) Committee in Paris
On 9 June 2022, FEBA’s Secretary General Angela Frigo was invited to the Meeting of the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) Committee and Technical Working Group, which took place in Paris. In the intervention by FEBA, best practices from the field to support Ukrainian refugees were presented, beginning with a timeline since the outbreak of […]
FEBA EU Working Group Meeting 7 June 2022
16 participants from 11 countries joined the online session of the FEBA EU Working Group on 7 June 2022. During the 5th meeting of the year, a variety of topics have been discussed, among them: The follow- up on the Policy paper on binding targets to reduce food waste and stakeholder event in collaboration with […]
Visit of UN FAO Director-General to FoodCloud
FoodCloud were delighted to host UN FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, and his team including FAO Chief Economist, Maximo Torero and FAO Assistant Director-General, Mr Maurizio Martina, at their Dublin Hub earlier this month to demonstrate their circular solutions to tackle the dual issues of food waste and food insecurity. The Director-General received a tour of the hub […]
A team building weekend for Banca pentru Alimente in Romania
The The Federația Băncilor pentru Alimente din România (FBAR) organised a 3-day team building session on 6 May 2022. 42 Food Bankers from the 9 regional Food Banks of Bucuresti, Brasov, Cluj, Costanta, Craiova, Galati, Oradea, Roman and Timisoara joined together in Brasov, Romania. It was a great opportunity to spend time together and to discuss […]
Food Bank Greece inaugurates its 4th Food Bank on the island of Crete
On Tuesday 3 May 2022, the official opening of the Food Bank of Crete, which operates in Heraklion, took place. The new Food Bank will cover the entire island of Crete. It is the sixth Food Bank established in the country under the guidance of the Athens Food Bank which represents Greece in the Federation […]
FEBA presents its position on the proposal for EU-level food waste reduction targets. A webinar to dialogue on Food Donation and to present five best practices
On 20 May 2022 the European Food Banks Federation organized the webinar “Food Donation to prevent food waste. Best practices of Food Banks to foster equitable food security in times of social, economic, and environmental crises”. On this occasion FEBA published a policy report presenting the position of the organisation and its members on the European […]
FødevareBanken in Denmark elects its new President
The General Assembly of the FødevareBanken, FEBA Danish Full Members, voted for a new President on 9 May 2022. The newly elected President is Mr Flemming Nør-Pedersen, who is Head of members and markets and interim CEO of The Danish Agriculture and Food Council dealing with the food sector’s framework conditions, innovation, reputation, and marketing. […]
Cibus and MacFrut 2022: 21 tonnes of food saved from waste by Banco Alimentare
Cibus and MacFrut 2022 – 21 tonnes of food saved from waste by Banco Alimentare 19 tonnes of food were recovered by Banco Alimentare at the end of Cibus, the International Fair of Made in Italy agri-food, which took place in Parma from 3 to 6 May 2022. For the fourth consecutive year, the partnership […]
