Food Waste and Food Donation – Charting Progress and Future Directions
On 12 April the FEBA team attended the event “Food Waste and Food Donation – Charting Progress and Future Directions” at the European Commission. During the event, Prof. Broad Leib, founder and director of the Harvard Food Law Policy Clinic (FLPC), highlighted key global themes crucial to addressing food waste and promoting food recovery. She […]
Eurostep fundraising challenge
On the weekend of 20 April 2024, Eurostep launched its annual hitchhiking- fundraising challenge for the benefit of FEBA. This year the students from Bordeaux hitchhiked to Lisbon, to raise funds for the benefit of FEBA Member in Portugal, Banco Alimentar, more specifically the Food Bank in Lisbon. The students managed to fundraise 14.323,18 EUR! […]
FEBA visits FareShare UK
From 17 to 18 April 2024 the FEBA Fundraising and Partnerships team had the opportunity to visit the London office of our UK member, FareShare UK to chat all things fundraising and partnerships. Highlights included 1:1 meetings with members of the Fareshare fundraising team, lunch at the Abbey Centre in Westminster, a social enterprise where […]
ESF+ CoP on Material Support meeting in Athens on the involvement of the ESF+ target groups
FEBA attended the latest meeting of the ESF+ Community of Practice (CoP) on Material Support that was held in Athens on 10 and 11 April 2024. Following the title Involving the target group: from decision-making to the provision of support, the agenda was designed to receive insights and spark discussion around that topic. In her opening […]
FEBA visited Food Bank Greece in the framework of its project on Data Collection & Digital Transformation
Food Bank Greece is conducting a pilot test that takes FEBA’s project on Data Collection & Digital Transformation to the next level: For the first time, the seven local/regional Food Banks belonging to their network used FEBA’s online Observatory on Food Donation to input their statistics, which are reviewed by the team of Food Bank […]
EU Working Group I 9 April 2024
The third session of the EU Working Group in 2024 was held online on 9 April 2024 and was tended by 8 participants from 7 countries. The session was an interactive discussion around Food Banks involvement in supporting children. In addition to that we mapped Urban Food Policy and discussed potential opportunities.
Food Waste Legislation in Moldova
Moldova adopted the new amendments to Law No. 299 of 03.11.2022 on the prevention of food loss and waste. On Friday, March 22, a legislative initiative in this direction was submitted by Ms. Mariana Cușnir which involves amendments to the Law and the Tax Code. Banca de Alimente (FEBA Member in Moldova) thinks that this […]
Tafel Deutschland’s Participation in the 4th Food Banking Summit in Istanbul
On the 7th of February 2024, Tafel Deutschland was invited to participate in the 4th Food Banking Summit organized by Temel İhtiyaç Derneği (TİDER), in Istanbul, Turkey. Translating to “Association for Basic Needs,” TİDER serves as the umbrella organization for food banks in Turkey and is a member of the Global FoodBanking Network (GFN). GFN […]
40 years Fédération Française des Banques Alimentaires!
In 1984, food insecurity became more pressing. On March 13, 1984, Bernard Dandrel read an article published in La Croix entitled “J’ai Faim,” in which Sister Cécile Bigo denounced the scandal of poverty that coincided with the waste of food. From this editorial spark the idea was born of the 1st food aid network in […]
FEBA Visit to Slovenia
Senior Network Development Advisor of FEBA, Balazs Cseh visited the FEBA Member in Slovenia. SIBAHE has been operating in the country since 2012. The Food Bank’s central warehouse is in Polzela, and they also operate three branches in Lendava, Trbovlje, and Store. SIBAHE regularly receive donations from 40 food companies, in total 720 tonnes in […]
