Overview
Lobbying Costs
350,000€
Financial year: Jan 2020 - Dec 2020
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.5 Fte (4)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
5
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
European Food Banks Federation (FEBA)
EU Transparency Register
79355099508-47 First registered on 11 Sep 2012
Goals / Remit
The European Food Banks Federation (FEBA) is a European non-profit organization and works in collaboration with 24 full members and 5 associate members in European countries. Since 1986, FEBA mission has consisted in representing its membership at European and international level, supporting and strengthening Food Banks in Europe by providing training, sharing best practice and knowledge, and developing partnerships, and fostering the creation of new Food Banks. FEBA brings together 335 Food Banks which are committed to prevent food waste and reduce food insecurity. In 2020 our members redistributed 860,000 tons of food to 12.8 million most deprived people through 48,126 charitable organizations thanks to the professionalism of 37,016 co-workers (85% volunteers). FEBA members redistribute surplus food from the food supply chain, food from FEAD, EU and national withdrawn produce and food collections.
Main EU files targeted
Sustainable Development Goals
Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027
Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD)
European Social Fund Plus (ESF+)
REACT-EU
Circular Economy Package
Food waste prevention and surplus food redistribution
EU guidelines on food donation
Common Agricultural Policy
Market withdrawals of fruit and vegetables
European Green Deal
Farm to Fork StrategyAddress
Head Office
Chaussée de Louvain 775
Brussels 1140
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People
Total lobbyists declared
4
Employment time Lobbyists 75% 2 50% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 25 May 2021
Name Start date End Date Angela FRIGO 08 Jul 2023 05 Jul 2024 Anna Elisabeth FRIEDERITZ 06 Jul 2023 05 Jul 2024 Lilli RENNER 06 Jul 2023 05 Jul 2024 Mr Jacques VANDENSCHRIK 18 Feb 2020 01 Mar 2021 Angela FRIGO 05 Feb 2020 05 Feb 2021 Ms Anna OGGIONI 05 Feb 2020 05 Feb 2021 Mr Filippo BONO 25 Sep 2018 01 Feb 2019 Mr Jacques VANDENSCHRIK 19 Jun 2018 19 Jun 2019 Angela FRIGO 16 Jun 2018 15 Jun 2019 Mr Eric BRENY 16 Jun 2018 15 Jun 2019 Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
Person with legal responsibility
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
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Categories
Category
III - Non-governmental organisations
Subcategory
Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
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Networking
Affiliation
EAPN
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2020 - Dec 2020
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
350,000€
EU grant income for closed financial year
237,171 € (Source: EaSI DG EMPL (168k) DG Sante (68k))
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Expert Group for Agricultural Markets, in particular concerning aspects falling under the single CMO Regulation#E02730#http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetail&groupID=2730 #Not a member #C#Civil society#Subgroup on contingency plan for ensuring food supply and food security#EU Platform on Food Losses and Food Waste#E03421#http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetail&groupID=3421 #Member #C#Civil society#Sub-group to support EU activities on "action and implementation"#Sub-group to support EU activities to facilitate food donation
Groups (European Parliament)
Intergroup on Poverty
Communication activities
In 2018, FEBA Board of Directors decided to create an EU Working Group, which is coordinated by FEBA and is composed of representatives from the membership who deal with European issues. The main aims of this EU Working Group consist in developing thematic expertise on EU topics and facilitating the exchange of information and best practice between FEBA and the membership. In 2020 the EU Working Group was coordinated by FEBA and composed of 29 Food Bank representatives from 19 FEBA members.
Despite the situation caused by the pandemic, the EU Working Group did not stop its activity but continued – thanks to technology and online systems for conference calls – to advocate both at EU and national level. The objective of the EU Working Group was to convene in one single voice a common position towards the challenges that Europe is facing and set a common workplan to advocate for the interests of FEBA members in the upcoming months and year. Other than organising 4 meetings (one meeting in Brussels and 3 online meetings) and facilitating regular exchanges via email, FEBA drafted 8 EU Monitoring Reports covering the most important updates at EU level concerning the main interests and disseminated targeted briefings on the main important topics (e.g. European Green Deal, REACT-EU). Moreover, FEBA and the EU Working Group drafted 1 position paper on the Farm to Fork Strategy and the new food system and submitted a feedback to 5 open consultations published by the European Commission on relevant topics and policies (Circular Economy, Farm to Fork Strategy, Reg. (EC) No 852/2004 on food hygiene, Child Guarantee, Social Europe) to play a key role and position FEBA and the membership at the core of the decision-making process.
As member of the Advisory Group of the FEAD Community, FEBA also actively contributed to the organization and participated in the meetings organized by the FEAD Community. Moreover, FEBA circulated a survey about the implementation of FEAD in 2019 to 12 members which benefited from the FEAD (Belgium, Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia and Spain). The survey provided information and
knowledge from the largest network of Partner Organizations of the programme: results, key findings, successes and hurdles, issues, proposals to improve the impact (e.g. type of products, pace of deliveries, reporting, audit). FEBA analysed the results of the survey and the findings were presented in a report "FEAD and the European Food Banks Federation – 2019 Implementation Report".
The European Commission contracted an external study on the use of electronic vouchers or cards for delivering food/basic material assistance to the most deprived. FEBA drafted a document on the topic, upon request of the consultancy firm conducting the study on e-vouchers for the European Commission. FEBA was contacted by a consulting agency contracted by the European Commission, DG Employment to carry out a feasibility check on food donations to assess the most feasible simplified cost solutions that could be used in the framework of the ESF+.
FEBA actively contributed to the EU Platform on Food Losses and Food Waste, that was established in 2016 and brings together key players from the public and private sector, ranging from EU institutions, to experts from the EU countries, as well as relevant stakeholders. The European Food Banks Federation was invited as speaker to the meetings of the EU Platform on Food Losses and Waste in 2020.
Moreover, FEBA took part in the pilot project “Food redistribution in the EU – Analysis of the existing frameworks and dissemination opportunities” promoted by the European Commission (Directorate-General of Health and Food Safety – DG SANTE). In this framework, between 2019 and 2020, FEBA organised 10 stakeholders‘ dialogues.
Member of the Advisory Board of EU Horizon 2020 project FoodRUs, a project coordinated by the University of Deusto.Other activities
Member of the Advisory Group of the FEAD Community and participation in the meetings
FEBA is member of the Advisory Board of EU Horizon 2020 project FoodRUs, which is a 3.5-year project coordinated by the University of Deusto, with the objective to limit food losses and waste and to promote resource efficiency across all stages of the agri-food value chain.- Meetings
Meetings
5 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
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Date 12 Apr 2024 Location Brussels Subject Meeting to present the research on food waste management Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski Attending - Roberto Berutti (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists - EuroCommerce
- Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy Clinic
- FoodServiceEurope
- Valio Oy
- Fédération Européenne des Fabricants d'Aliments Composés
- Safe Food Advocacy Europe
- Cattaneo Zanetto & Co.
- FERRERO International
- Slow Food
- Independent Retail Europe (formerly UGAL - Union of Groups of Independent Retailers of Europe)
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Date 24 Apr 2023 Location online Subject Fead and support to most deprived Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit Portfolio Jobs and Social Rights Attending - Christoph Nerlich (Cabinet member)
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Date 11 Jan 2019 Location Brussels Subject Food bank Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis Portfolio Health & Food Safety Attending - Marco Valletta (Cabinet member)
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Date 29 Jun 2017 Location Brussels Subject Discussion on Food waste DG Health and Food Safety Attending - Xavier Prats Monné (Director-General)
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Date 26 Jan 2015 Location Brussels Subject Prochaines assises sur le thème des Banques Alimentaires et l’inclusion sociale DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion Attending - Michel Servoz (Director-General)
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