Comité Económico e Social Europeu
A alimentação está no centro das nossas vidas e faz parte integrante da cultura europeia. No entanto, os alimentos que consumimos, a forma como os produzimos e as quantidades desperdiçadas têm um grande impacto na saúde humana, nos recursos naturais e na sociedade como um todo:
A pandemia de COVID-19 é um sinal de alerta para a mudança. A crise demonstrou que a obtenção de alimentos «do prado para o prato» está longe de constituir um dado adquirido e revelou a interconexão entre os intervenientes e as atividades em todo o sistema alimentar. São necessárias, mais do que nunca, cadeias de abastecimento justas, eficientes em termos de recursos, inclusivas e sustentáveis em todo o setor agrícola e alimentar, a fim de proporcionar os mesmos resultados aos cidadãos, agricultores, trabalhadores e empresas.
Há vários anos que o CESE é um dos principais defensores de uma política alimentar sustentável e abrangente. Este tipo de abordagem integrada e sistemática é fundamental para fazer face à natureza múltipla e inter-relacionada dos desafios que afetam os sistemas alimentares; para alcançar a sustentabilidade económica, ambiental e sociocultural; para assegurar a integração e coerência das políticas nos vários domínios de intervenção (por exemplo, na agricultura, ambiente, saúde, educação, comércio, economia e tecnologia); e para promover a cooperação entre os vários níveis de governação.
The EESC will host the third EU Youth Round Table on Wednesday 30 November, 14:30-16:00 CET. Janusz Wojciechowski, Commissioner for Agriculture, will participate in the event and will engage with the youth representatives on the topic: food security and sustainable food systems.
This thematic debate aims to discuss the impacts of the war on food security worldwide, with a focus on some specific world regions; further actions that will be needed to ensure food security while fostering resilient and sustainable food systems and the role civil society can play in ensuring food security both in Europe and beyond.
The aim of the conference is to look at how the European Union can be more active in this area, especially through better cooperation among the key stakeholders. The conference will take place in a hybrid format.
The event will take place both in Brussels and in Ljubljana in hybrid form. Registration for external participants will be open on this page until 25 November 2021.
The webinar will take place in the context of the EESC Thematic Study Group on Sustainable Food Systems, in cooperation with the EESC INT Section and will explore amongst other questions, how to better align food industry with the SDGs and stimulate sustainable food production, processing, and distribution across the chain.
This online public hearing will discuss how to transform the targets proposed in the Action Plan for the development of EU organic production into on-the-ground strategies related to organic production and consumption.
The online public hearing organised by the EESC in the context of the EESC Thematic Study Group (TSG) on Sustainable Food Systems aims to explore the vulnerabilities and inequalities of European food systems and to identify the enablers to achieve more equitable and fair supply chains.
The EESC’s Temporary Study Group on Sustainable Food, together with the Food Lawyers’ Network - FLN, invites you for an one-day conference on innovation in food. With high-levels speakers, including from the European Commission, and a multitude of expertise gathered in the conference room, there will be a focus on market access for regulated products, especially novel food and on science against food fraud as well as intellectual property for food including patents and data protection.
In the context of the UN 2030 Agenda, the European Economic and Social Committee will hold a public debate where we will explore how the EESC has worked towards implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in practice – both with civil society, and within the Committee itself.
