The FAO Liaison Office with the European Union (EU) and Belgium participated in an event titled “Europe Walk for Climate: Leaving No One Behind” organized by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Brussels Office. The walk placed a spotlight on the urgent need for inclusive and c...

Poland’s Permanent Representation to the European Union (EU) hosted a high-level event to mark World Food Safety Day 2025 under the theme “Food safety: science in action.” Organized in collaboration with the Agricultural and Food Quality Inspection (Poland) and the FAO Liaison Office in B...

Under the theme “Shaping history, feeding the future,” the second edition of the International Day of Potato was held in Brussels, featuring an interactive conference and a potato exhibition.  

Building on the legacy of the International Year of the Potato, observed ...

The FAO Liaison Office in Brussels, in collaboration with the FAO elearning Academy, hosted the event “Leveraging knowledge and elearning opportunities to transform agrifood systems” in Brussels. 
 
The event brought together more than 60 participants—including students, r...

The future of agriculture took centre stage at a major conference organized by Bauernbund, the association of German-speaking farmers in Belgium, in collaboration with their partners organization in the neighbouring German region (Bauern- und Winzerverband Rheinland-Nassau) and in Luxembo...

The 2025 edition of the EU Green Week took place in Brussels from 3 to 5 June. Organized by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Environment, this year’s theme was ‘Circular Solutions for a Competitive EU’, highlighting how circularity can drive innovation and sustainability....

A high-level conference on "Management Advice to Reduce Cormorant Predation Impacts" took place at the Permanent Representation of Poland to the EU. The event, hosted under the Polish Presidency of the Council of the European Union in collaboration with the European Inland Fisheries and A...

FAO Brussels Director Raschad Al-Khafaji presented a summary of the latest developments in the area of food and agriculture and shared upcoming events and activities at the Council Working Party on International Food and Agricultural Questions (AGRIFAO) of the Council of the European Unio...

The Polish Presidency of the Council of the EU invited the FAO Liaison Office Brussels to present the Organization’s perspective on Anticipatory Action (AA) at the Council Working Party on Humanitarian Aid and Food Aid (COHAFA) in Brussels. 

The presentation by the L...

FAO Chief Economist Máximo Torero participated in the Council of the European Union (EU) Working Party on Development Cooperation and International Partnerships (CODEV-PI) Party under the Polish Presidency, alongside representatives from the World Food Programme (WFP) and the Internationa...