Driven by the FAO mission to build strong connections with academia and to inspire students and youth to be part of the global efforts of transforming our agrifood systems, the Liaison Office in Brussels was proud to establish the Students4Food Inspirational Talks. Held in the framework o...

Raschad Al-Khafaji, Director of the FAO Liaison Office in Brussels, recently paid a visit to Namur to hold discussions with members of the Belgian Regional Government of Wallonia. The meetings provided an excellent opportunity to exchange on matters of mutual interest with a common object...

Namur, 19 October 2024 - This year’s edition of the Namur Internatio...

The FAO Liaison Office in Brussels organized a World Food Forum (WFF) satellite event titled "Brussels: A Fully Circular Journey from Tradition to Innovation," ...

The UN Brussels team Working Group on the Green Deal, which is co-chaired by FAO and UNEP, invited to an exchange between the Brussels-based UN agencies and the European Commission's Directorate-General for Climate Action (DG CLIMA). The meeting discussed key updates related to the upcomi...

The China-Europe-Africa Forum on Bamboo Technological Innovation and Green Industry Cooperation was held at the China Cultural Center in Brussels, focusing on bamboo as a sustainable alternative to plastic. The event opened with cultural activities, including tea art demonstrations and ba...

9 October, Brussels/Geneva/New York/Rome  - The FAO Liaison Offices in Brussels, Geneva and New York together with FAO’s Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment and the Land and Water Division held a briefing on the upcoming three Conferences of the Parties to the Rio Conve...

The FAO Liaison Office in Brussels organized a presentation of the latest edition of The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI 2024) Report to the Brussels audience.  
 
FAO’s Chief Economist Máximo Torero presented the key findings of the report. The eve...

On 14 October, FAO Brussels and FAO Geneva co-organized a World Food Forum Side Event with the title Women and Girls Empowerment – Leading the Change Towards Agrifood Systems Transformation. The event shed light on persistent barriers and challenges that women and girls still face nowaday...

The Deputy Director of FAO’s Office of Emergencies and Resilience, Maxwell Sibhensana, visited Brussels to provide key insights on the regional food security situation at the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Working Party of the Council of the EU. His presentation centered on the mid-...

FAO’s Deputy Director of the Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment, Piedad Martin, was invited by the European Economic and Social Committee to exchange on the upcoming Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).&...

On World Food Day, the Sustainable Development Directorate of the Walloon Public Services organized the

On the occasion of World Food Day, the Nutrition Research Facility. co-organized a webinar with the FAO Liaison Office in Brussels on the topic of “Validating the Minimum Dietary Diversity (MDD) indicator across population groups”. The Nutrition Research Facility, established by Agri...