12/10
2023
Packaging as a means to reduce food loss and waste
Evento virtual, 12/10/2023
9:30 – 11:30 CET. Packaging is essential to sustainability of our food systems. By preserving food quality and safety and providing sufficient and easy to understand information on product origin, use, storage requirements and tips, date marking, cooking advice, etc. packaging helps people to make viable food choices, which in turn decreases wasteful behaviour.
14/9
2023
15/9
2023
Advancing food standards and Codex participation in Europe and Central Asia
Baku (Azerbaijan), 14/09/2023 - 15/09/2023
Food safety authorities work each day to ensure that the way our food is produced, consumed, or traded causes no harm to our health. If a food product is not safe, it isn’t food.
2/10
2023
5/9
2023
Regional Science and Innovation Week for Europe and Central Asia
Evento híbrido, 02/10/2023 - 05/09/2023
In this event, FAO aims to provide a platform for governments, research institutions, civil society organizations and the private sector to discuss and share experiences related to the needs, gaps and opportunities for integrating science, research, innovation as well as the policy interface mechanisms in accelerating the transformation to more sustainable, inclusive and resilient agrifood syst...
7/9
2023
8/9
2023
International Conference on Food Security
Samarkand (Uzbekistan), 07/09/2023 - 08/09/2023
The International Conference aims to review the current state of food security in the world and Central Asia member states, deliberate on some key agrifood system challenges hindering progress towards SDG 2, and attempt to find solutions to these challenges. The state of implementation of measures to achieve the goal of SDG-2 “Zero Hunger”, which includes specific tasks to eliminate...
5/9
2023
Youth consultation: Take action and scale up initiatives to reduce food loss and waste
Evento virtual, 05/09/2023
Join us for the conversation on shaping food waste policy in Europe and Central Asia. Food waste has wide-ranging consequences, impacting resources, the environment, and social equity. At the World Food Forum, we are dedicated to reducing food waste globally. In response to its importance, our Europe and Central Asia team conducted a comprehensive analysis of food waste policy in the region, id...
5/9
2023
7/9
2023
14th International LANDNET Workshop
İstanbul (Türkiye), 05/09/2023 - 07/09/2023
The 14th international LANDNET workshop will take place from 5 to 7 September 2023 in Istanbul, Türkiye, organized by FAO in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of Türkiye.
11/8
2023
12/10
2023
World Food Day video challenge for Europe and Central Asia: ‘Embody the change – Join the wave’
Evento virtual, 11/08/2023 - 12/10/2023
FAO is launching a video challenge for people across Europe and Central Asia to call attention to the essential role of water for human and environmental health, as well as i...
4/9
2023
6/9
2023
International Plant Protection Convention regional workshop 2023
Podgorica (Montenegro), 04/09/2023 - 06/09/2023
The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) is an intergovernmental treaty signed by over 180 countries, which aims to protect the world's plant resources from the spread and introduction of pests, and promote safe trade. The IPPC regional workshops help participants understand the regional phytosanitary realities and ch...
27/9
2023
28/9
2023
43.ª reunión de la Comisión Europea de Agricultura
27/09/2023 - 28/09/2023
A fin de ayudar a los Miembros de la región de Europa y Asia Central a trabajar colaborativamente en los problemas agrícolas y formular recomendaciones sobre cuestiones de actualidad sujetas a la competencia geográfica y técnica de la Comisión Europea de Agricultura (CEA), la...
24/7
2023
Food Systems Talk: Feeding Europe in a changing climate
Evento virtual, 24/07/2023
The next Food Systems Talk entitled “Feeding Europe in a changing climate: Challenges and opportunities for sustainable food systems transformation”, is jointly organized by the Issue-based Coalition on Sustainable Food Systems (IBC-SFS) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
11/7
2023
Food Systems Talk 4: Towards a circular economy of food: Views and perspectives for Europe and Central Asia
Evento virtual, 11/07/2023
“Towards a circular economy of food: Views and perspectives for Europe and Central Asia”, is part of the Food Systems Talk initiative, organized by the United Nations Issue-based Coalition on Sustainable Food Systems (IBC-SFS) for Europe and Central Asia in collaboration with the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE).
13/7
2023
Agrifood systems in Mediterranean cities: opportunities for collaboration
Evento virtual, 13/07/2023
Under the Framework of the Urban Food Agenda and the SFS-MED Platform, this webinar will present the outcomes of a recent FAO study conducted in partnership with the NGO Let's Food to identify urban food system initiatives in the Mediterranean.
10/10
2023
12/10
2023
Third regional meeting of the Global Agenda for Sustainable Livestock
Evento híbrido, 10/10/2023 - 12/10/2023
The third meeting of the Global Agenda for Sustainable Livestock (GASL) for Europe and Central Asia will continue to expand the dialogue established at the first regional GASL MSP meeting (April 2018, Uman, Ukraine) as well as through several virtual consultations, and the second regional GASL MSP meeting (June 2022, Tas...
27/6
2023
GEF-funded project “Integrated Natural Resources Management in Degraded Landscapes in the Forest-Steppe Zone of Ukraine” closes
Kyiv (Ukraine), Evento híbrido, 27/06/2023
Invited speakers will present the main achievements of the project, review its challenges, and describe further plans and opportunities. The project was a joint initiative of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Global Environment Facility (GEF), the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine, and the Ministry of Agrarian Policy a...
23/6
2023
39/8 Meeting of the Executive Committee of the ECA
Evento virtual, 23/06/2023
The 39/8 meeting of the Executive Committee (ExCom) of the European Commission on Agriculture (ECA) is scheduled for 23 June 2023. The Committee will be provided with an update on the impact of the war in Ukraine on food security and related matters in countries of Europe and Central Asia and beyond, and with technical information on REU’s work relating to agricultural matters and food se...
28/6
2023
World Food Safety Day webinar: One Health and food safety
Evento virtual, 28/06/2023
In addition to the worldwide events on World Food Safety Day, for Europe and Central Asia, FAO and WHO-EURO are organizing the webinar “One Health and food safety.” The webinar will foster a dynamic discussion among all relevant actors, and explore the interconnectedness of human, animal, and environmental health under the One Health approach and how this relationship is crucial to ...
7/6
2023
World Food Safety Day in Georgia
Tbilisi (Georgia), 07/06/2023
On 7 June, FAO and the World Health Organization (WHO), together with the National Food Agency of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia are organizing a public event and farmer’s market in Tbilisi to mark World Food Safety Day. It is followed by public lecture at the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Biosystems Engineering of the Georgian Technical Univers...
7/6
2023
International expert panel to discuss healthy and safe food in Kazakhstan
Evento híbrido, 07/06/2023
The event is organized in cooperation with the Kazakh Agro Technical University, named after S.Seifullin, in Astana, Kazakhstan. Experts from seven countries will participate in the session: Kazakakhstan, Sultanate of Oman, Pakistan, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Türkiye, Tajikistan.
11/7
2023
13/7
2023
Regional cross-border harmonization workshop on the freedom from Peste des petits ruminants
Budapest (Hungary), Evento híbrido, 11/07/2023 - 13/07/2023
FAO and the Secretariat of the FAO Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) Global Eradication Programme is organizing a regional training workshop for countries and territories that have never recently not reported PPR emergence. This workshop aims to build technical knowledge and capacities in support of PPR dossier preparation for participants, with a focus on surveillance and contingency planning....
14/6
2023
15/6
2023
Farmer rights to seeds for food and livelihood security: building more resilient agrifood systems
Evento virtual, 14/06/2023 - 15/06/2023
The workshop aims at raising the profile of farmers’ rights to seeds demonstrating their multiple benefits as well as sharing options for encouraging, guiding, and promoting the realization of these rights on national levels.