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Protecting forests, protecting biodiversity, protecting our world
05/02/2020
What are the challenges that forests face and how do we best protect and restore them? That was the question which European Commission, European Parliamentarians, International Organizations, governments, civil society...
Have you read our Brussels in Brief Newsletter yet?
31/01/2020
Read the latest news from FAO Brussels. This month, read about our office's briefing to the Belgian Parliament, and the upscaling of our work with DG RTD.
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20/12/2019
Read the latest news from FAO Brussels. This month, read about the Director-General's first visit to Brussels, the constituent meeting of the European Parliamentary Alliance on Hunger and Malnutrition and...
First mission of the FAO Director-General to Brussels
16/12/2019
FAO Director-General QU Dongyu today hailed the European Union's pledge to achieve climate neutrality by 2050 and praised commitments to protect and restore the world's forests.
Making food and nutrition security a priority
10/12/2019
Members of the European Parliamentary Alliance against Hunger and Malnutrition gathered for the first time since the European Parliament elections at the end of May. The constituent meeting of the...
Putting sustainable agriculture, healthy diets and biodiversity at the top of the EU Agenda
18/11/2019
For the first time ever, FAO had the chance to exchange views at the European Parliament with Members of the European Parliament from four Committees. FAO Deputy Director-General for Climate...
Brussels celebrates World Food Day
16/10/2019
The World Food Day (WFD) - marked each year on 16 October - highlights the need to step up efforts to end hunger and other forms of malnutrition and the...
Minister-President of Flanders formally opens diplomatic post in Rome
25/02/2019
On 25 February, the government of Flanders opened a diplomatic post in Rome with the aim of strengthening the current cooperation with the Italian Government and the three Rome-based agencies....
Do Good: Save Food! Educating future generations for a zero food waste world
21/02/2019
With great interest and valuable contributions on the high social, economic and environmental cost of food waste, representatives from the European Commission, EU Member States, international organizations, civil society and...
Forests at the Heart of Sustainable Development
07/02/2019
FAO and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Benedek Jávor, together with MEPs Heidi Hautala, José Inácio Faria, Jo Leinen and Sirpa Pietikäinen organized on 7 February the High-level conference...
Agroecology in the spotlight at the European Parliament
20/03/2018
On the 20th of March, the European Parliamentary Alliance on the Fight Against Hunger, MEP Maria Heubuch and the FAO’s Liaison Office to the European Union and Belgium (FAOLOB) cohosted...
Policy Debate on addressing the links between food security, rural development and migration
20/11/2017
On the 20th of November, the FAO Liaison office to the European Union and Belgium (FAOLOB) and the World Food Programme (WFP) co-organized in cooperation with the European Parliamentary Alliance...
Harnessing technology and innovation to transform our forests
21/03/2024
World leaders have committed to halt deforestation & restore 1 billion hectares of degraded land by 2030.
To bridge this gap, FAO launched Open Foris over a decade ago. This ground-breaking open-source platform - the first of its kind in FAO - makes available the latest in technolo...