Animal Task Force
Budget
€100 — €0
EP Access
0
accredited persons
Staff
5
1.5 FTE
EU Grants
None
Mission & Goals
The Animal Task Force promotes a sustainable and competitive livestock sector in Europe. We are a knowledge-based organisation working on the forefront of livestock related issues. Our members are representatives from knowledge providers, industry organisations & farmers' organisations and have expertise of every aspect within the livestock value chain; from feeding & breeding to production & processing. We aim to create an integrated approach that is needed to contribute to the environmental & societal challenges our mission involves. Our goals are: - to stress the importance of sustainable livestock production for Europe’s future, promote a positive image of the entire sector; - to act as the leading body of expertise on livestock production, be recognised as such by European institutions, policymakers & industry; - to set a joint European research agenda for the livestock sector; - to provide informed commentary and start a dialogie with EU Directorates on priorities for R&D
EU Legislative Interests
Horizon2020 research and innovation programmes Era-Nets European Innovation Partnership for sustainable agriculture FACCE-JPI Common Agricultural Policy Bioeconomy strategy for Europe SCAR Standing Committee on Agricultural Research Farm to Fork Green Deal Horizon Europe research and innovation programmes
Communication Activities
- Animal Task Force White Paper 2013 - 1rst Addendum to the ATF White paper, Nov. 2014 - Animal Task Force 2nd White Paper 2016 - ATF Vision Paper, January 2019 - ATF-Plants for the Future ETP joint Position Paper, Sept. 2019 - ATF-Plants for the Future ETP Policy Brief, April 2020 - European Technology Platforms representing the Agri & Aqua Food sector call for a more ambitious budget for Horizon Europe, July 2020 - ATF Strategic Research & Innovation Agenda, April 2021 - ATF Policy Brief on What livestock has to offer to biodiversity and healthy soils, Nov.2021 - ATF Policy Brief on Agricultural Methane, July 2023 - ATF Vision Paper, May 2024 - ATF Strategic Research & Innovation Agenda, June 2024 - ATF Policy Brief: "Livestock are more than food", June 2025 Events: - EAAP-ATF Special Session, Tallinn, Estonia, Aug. 28th, 2017 - Animal Task Force 7th seminar, Brussels, Oct.26th, 2017 - EAAP-ATF Special Session, Dubrovnik, Croatia, Aug. 27th, 2018 - Animal Task Force 8th Seminar, Brussels, Nov. 7th, 2018 - ATF-EAAP Special Session, Ghent, Belgium, Aug. 26th, 2019 - 9th ATF Seminar, Brussels, Nov. 6th, 2019 - Fitter Livestock Farming workshop, Brussels, Belgium, Nov. 6th, 2019 - ATF-Plants for the Future ETP webinar, Nov. 4th, 2020 - ATF-EAAP Special Session, remote meeting, Dec. 1st, 2020 - 10th ATF Seminar, remote meeting, April 21st, 2021 - 1st one-day symposium co-organised by ATF and the EAAP Commission on Livestock Farming Systems, Davos, Switzerland + remotely, Aug. 30th, 2021 - 11th ATF Seminar, Brussels, Belgium + remotely, Nov.18th, 2021 - ATF-FEFAC-H2020 projects stakeholder event, Brussels, Belgium + remotely, Nov.18th, 2021 - 2nd one-day symposium co-organised by ATF and the EAAP Commission on Livestock Farming Systems, Porto, Portugal, Sept. 5h, 2022 - 12th ATF Seminar, Brussels, Nov.17th, 2022 - ATF-BAMST symposium: "The role of meat in society: presenting the Dublin Declaration of Scientists", Brussels, April 12th, 2023 - 3rd one-day symposium co-organised by ATF and the EAAP Commission on Livestock Farming Systems, Lyon, France, Aug.28th, 2023 - 13th ATF Seminar, Brussels, Nov.15th, 2023 - 4th one-day symposium co-organised by ATF and the EAAP Commission on Livestock Farming Systems, Florence, Italy, Sept.1st, 2024 - 14th ATF Seminar, Brussels, Nov.20h, 2024 - Joint session with the EAAP Commission on Livestock Farming Systems, Innsbruck, Austria, Aug.25th, 2025 - 15th ATF Seminar, Brussels, Nov.26th, 2025 For past events, see our website: www.animaltaskforce.eu
Interests Represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Organisation Members
The Animal Task Force is formed by a group of industry representative organisations, knowledge providers and farmers' organisations from all over Europe. Together our members represent 16 different EU member states + Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Norway, Serbia, and several sectors in the animal production chain. For last updates, please see our webpage: http://animaltaskforce.eu/Join-us/Members Industry representative organisations are: - AnimalHealthEurope, - FABRE-TP, - FEFAC - FEFANA, Knowledge providers: - Luke, Finland, - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences SLU, Sweden, - Aarhus University, Denmark, - Polish Academy of Science, Poland, - FBN, Germany, - Wageningen University, Netherlands, - Teagasc, Ireland, - INRAE, France, - INIA-CSIC, Spain, - CREA, Italy, - IAS Institute of Animal Science, Czech Republic, - Agroscope, Switzerland, - BIOS Science Austria, - INIAV, Portugal, - NMBU, Norway, - UK Agri-Tech Centre, UK - University of Ljubljana, Slovenia - Cyprus University of Technology - CRA-W, Belgium - Agricultural University of Athens & Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece - IBNA, Romania - Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Lithuania Promoting sustainable and competitive livestock in Europe requires a strong link with European policy and policymakers. We therefore have 8 observers who provide advice and guidance to our work.
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.