Ensuring access to quality food for all. Local solutions and challenges in making the right to food effective in European policies

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MEP EVENT - CONFERENCE

Ensuring Access to Quality Food for All

Food Security, Social Justice and Agricultural Transition: What Synergies?

📅 Date:

Tuesday, 14 October 2025

🕐 Time:

09:30 – 12:30

📍 Location:

Room SPAAK 4B1
European Parliament, Brussels

🎙️ Interpretation: EN, ES, FR

Hosted by

Estelle CEULEMANS

MEP

EMPL Committee Coordinator

S&D Group

Parti Socialiste (BE)

Dario NARDELLA

MEP

AGRI Committee Member

S&D Group

Partito Democratico (IT)

Victor NEGRESCU

MEP

Vice-President of the European Parliament

S&D Group

PSD (RO)

Eric SARGIACOMO

MEP

AGRI Committee Vice-President

S&D Group

Parti Socialiste (FR)

In 2024, around 38.5 million Europeans (8.5% of the EU-27 population) were unable to afford a proper meal every second day. Due to food inflation, food poverty has increased to an unprecedented level.

Many local solutions are developed to face these issues, especially by connecting people in need and the agricultural and food production sectors. At European level, the right to food must also become more effective, for instance by allowing adequate funds to food banks, implementing ambitious School Scheme programmes, giving a social dimension to strategic food stocks or adopting more efficient market crisis management measures.

This conference brings together associations involved in the ECHOP project, experts and representatives from the European Commission to discuss these topics.

Programme

Round Table 1

Local solutions and challenges faced by food aid providers and the agricultural sector

Round Table 2

Challenges in making the right to food effective in European policies

Speakers

Frédéric HALLEZ

Director
Social Grocery Perspectiv'
President, CPAS Comines-Warneton

Fanny GONZÁLEZ

Director
Economie Solidarité Partagée Association

Marie JONNARD

Project Manager
CIVAM Le Serpolet

Marion VILLAR

Project Manager
Active, Pôle de l'économie solidaire

Daniel MARTÍNEZ ALLER

Waste Management Coordinator
Fundació Espigoladors

Nora TORRENT ANGRILL

Project Manager
es-imperfect

Émilie MANY

Director
Social Grocery Les Capucines

Jean-Marie LE BUAN

Director
National Federation Paniers de la Mer

Magali RAMEL

Postdoctoral Researcher
CNRS-Nantes University

Esteban ARRIAGA

CEO
European Federation of Food Banks

Almudena GARCÍA SASTRE

EU Policy Officer
FIAN-Europe

Jonas JACCARD

Advocacy Officer
Humundi

Ruth PASERMAN

Director
DG Employment, Social Affairs & Inclusion
European Commission

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About the ECHOP Project

This conference is organised within the framework of the ECHOP project, a project supported by the European Union's Erasmus+ programme and a partnership between Pour La Solidarité, Active, Pôle de l'économie solidaire, Perspectiv' and CEPS. Over 2 years, the partners have worked to develop various tools to ensure skills development for leaders regarding innovative procurement practices.

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