New UN report focuses on food security and nutrition in Europe and Central Asia, points way towards more affordable and sustainable diets
14/03/2023
In Europe and Central Asia, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the outbreak of the war in Ukraine put food security and healthy nutrition under enormous pressure. Food prices peaked, posing a challenge for decision makers to ensure that no one is left behind.
Develope...
Green Climate Fund approves USD 39.2 million project with FAO and Philippine government to boost climate resilience and improve livelihoods
15/03/2023
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved a Philippine funding proposal on “Adapting Philippine Agriculture to Climate Change” at its 35th Board Meeting held in Songdo, Incheon in the Republic of Korea.
Under USD 39.2 million, seven-year initiative, the Food and Agri...
African, Caribbean and Pacific countries ready to show the true potential of their fisheries and aquaculture sectors
14/03/2023
One of the major fisheries and aquaculture development programs implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has highlighted considerable potential for enhancing these sectors in Côte d'Ivoire, Senegal, the United Republic of Tanzania, Guyana and the Marshall I...
Interview with Director of the United Nations in Brussels: Camilla Brückner
31/10/2022
Camilla, thank you so much for accepting to do this interview. You are the Director of the UN in Brussels since September 2021. Could you tell us a bit more...
FAO Brussels Director meets Ambassadors of FAO Member States in Brussels and Paris
22/02/2023
FAO Brussels Director Raschad Al-Khafaji paid a series of courtesy visits to Ambassadors of Member States in Brussels and Paris, during which the potential of a strengthened and fruitful collaboration...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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.
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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...
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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.
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...
Desert locusts swarm the Horn of Africa
14/02/2020
With the infestation of desert locusts in the Horn of Africa reaching critical levels, FAO Brussels Director Rodrigo de Lapuerta, updated the European Union Member States on the situation and...
Together for Albania
17/02/2020
The 17 February international donors’ conference in Brussels, Together for Albania, was convened by the European Union in support of reconstruction efforts after the November 2019 earthquake in Albania. The...
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28/02/2020
Read about the Liaison Office's activites during the month of February, including its work on the desert locust upsurge and the international conference on forests, biodiversity and climate.