Dear readers,
The second meeting of the European Citizens’ Panel on food waste takes place online this weekend, from Friday, 20 until Sunday, 22 January. Citizens will continue their work to develop recommendations to accelerate reduction of food waste, which will help guide work carried out by Member States and the EU in this field. Find the detailed agenda here.
Follow the discussions through web-streaming, via the links below:
On 21 January, the discussions in small working groups will not be web-streamed.
Background information
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen proposed in her State of the Union address for the Commission to organise citizens’ panels ahead of certain legislative proposals, starting with the proposal to establish EU targets to reduce food waste.
The first such panel, gathering around 150 citizens (randomly selected and representative of EU diversity), is meeting on 3 weekends, between December 2022 and February 2023 to exchange views with citizens and harness their insights on how to step up action to reduce food waste in the EU. The outcome of this panel will be citizens’ recommendations to support the Commission’s work on food waste, including the legislative proposal to set EU food waste reduction targets. Recommendations will also serve as a guide to help Member States in achieving the EU food waste reduction targets.
A summary of the first meeting of the panel (16-18 December 2022) can be found here.
