FAO Liaison Office with the European Union and Belgium

News

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.
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...