EIT Food ivzw
Budget
€50 — €0
EP Access
1
accredited persons
Staff
4
3 FTE
EU Grants
€1,055,703
Mission & Goals
EIT Food is Europe’s largest food innovation ecosystem. We are growing innovation to build a healthy, sustainable and resilient food system. We empower innovators and entrepreneurs, invest in ideas and talent, and we create space for science, research, industry and policymakers to accelerate systemic change across the food sector. By mobilising the collective power of our ecosystem, we tackle Europe’s most pressing food challenges - driving innovation in resilient agriculture, protein diversification, and agrifood biotech to build a sustainable future for people and the planet. EIT Food is an initiative of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), a body of the European Union, established in 2016 to accelerate food system innovation in Europe.
EU Legislative Interests
Green Deal; EU Farm to Fork Strategy; Horizon Europe; New European Innovation Agenda; Bioeconomy Strategy; Food 2030; Circular Economy Action Plan; General Food Law; Food Information to Consumers Regulation; Health Claims Regulation; Novel Food Regulation; Sustainable Food Labelling; Legislative framework for Sustainable Food Systems; Common Agriculture Policy; Carbon farming and carbon removal certification; Revision of the Regulation on the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions and removals from land use, land use change and forestry; Action plan for the development of organic production: on the way to 2030; Algae Strategy; European Skills Agenda for sustainable competitiveness, social fairness and resilience; Pact for Skills; Industrial strategy for Europe; Competitiveness Compass; Vision for Agriculture and Food; Biotech Act I; Bioeconomy Strategy Review; Life Sciences Strategy; Biotech Act II; Cardiovascular Health Plan, Food2040, Vision 2040, Oceans R&I Strategy, Protein Strategy, Livestock Strategy.
Communication Activities
Organisation of panel debates and conferences (own events Next Bite flagship annual event and satellite events) Participation to external events with panellists (EU Presidency events, policy discussions organised by sector organisations like FoodDrinkEurope, etc.). Information activities through consumer-facing multimedia platform Food Unfolded. Policy Advisory Board meetings (quarterly meetings with Commission services dealing with food policies) Responses to relevant public consultations. Research on consumer behaviour (Consumer Observatory) and results dissemination. Dissemination of results from EIT Food's Think and Do Tanks on Protein Diversification, Healthy Ageing and Resilient Agriculture.
Interests Represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Member Of
Observer in the Board of European Technology Platform ‘Food for Life’ (Leadership Team) http://etp.fooddrinkeurope.eu/ Member of the Stakeholder Advisory Board of FACCE JPI https://www.faccejpi.net/en/faccejpi.htm Member of the External Advisory Board of SUSFOOD2 http://susfood-db-era.net/main/ Member of the European Venture Philanthropy Association (EVPA): https://evpa.eu.com Special Member of the European Food Forum (EFF): https://europeanfoodforum.eu/ Member of Scientific and Stakeholder Advisory Board (SSAB) of FutureFoodS https://www.futurefoodspartnership.eu/ Supporting member of the Code of Conduct for Responsible Food Business and Marketing Practices: https://food.ec.europa.eu/horizontal-topics/farm-fork-strategy/sustainable-food-processing/code-conduct_en
Organisation Members
https://www.eitfood.eu/community/partners-2023 https://www.eitfood.eu/community/startups
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.