Politiques publiques urbaines contre les pertes et gaspillages alimentaires

Mr Al-Khafaji holds a Master of Arts in Economics from Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration in Austria. Mr Al-Khafaji has 25 years of UN experience. He joined FAO in 2003 and prior to his appointment as FAO Director in Brussels, he served as Special Assistant to the FAO Director-General.

Juan PRIETO (León, 1976), Deputy Permanent Representative of Spain to FAO (2020-present).

PhD. in Veterinary Medicine and a degree in Food Science and Technology (University of León), he has developed his entire academic and professional career in the field of food production, food safety and food policy.

With a clear international vocation, he started his professional experience in the German food industry. In 2005 he the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, highlighting his positions at the Spanish Permanent Representation to the World Trade Organization (Geneva), the European Commission and European Council linked to agrifood issues, and former Director of Cabinet of the Minister of Agriculture (2018-2019).

Member of the Royal Academy of Veterinary Sciences and collaborator at the Complutense University of Madrid in the Department of Nutrition and Bromatology.

Winner of several awards and author of numerous articles on food policy, he speaks Spanish, English, French, German and Italian.

Anne-Laure Gassin, Team Leader at the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety, is supporting the development of EU policy on food waste prevention.  Under the EU’s Farm to Fork Strategy, the European Commission is stepping up action to fight against food loss and waste as part of an integrated food systems approach. The Commission adopted, on 5 July 2023, a legislative proposal setting food waste reduction targets to be achieved by Member States by 2030.

Anne-Laure joined the European Commission in 2013. She previously served, from 2003, as Director of Communications at the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and, prior to that, at Kellogg Company, where her last appointment was as European Director, Nutrition Affairs.

Since 2001, Felicitas Schneider focuses among others on the development and implementation of national food loss and waste (FLW) prevention strategies, definitions, applied methodology for measurement and monitoring, impact assessment of measures along the food supply chain.

Since June 2017 she has been working at the German Federal Research Institute for Rural Areas, Forestry and Fisheries, Thünen Institute of Market Analysis. She is coordinator of the Collaboration Initiative Food Losses and Food Waste launched at the Meeting of Agricultural Chief Scientists (MACS-G20), manages the Global Platform for FLW experts and projects and organises annual regional FLW workshops.

Maïwenn L’Hoir is in charge of the respective subjects of the fight against food waste and food insecurity, as well as sustainable food at the Directorate-General for Food of the French Ministry of Agriculture’s and Food Sovereignty. She is an agronomic engineer specialising in environment and holds two masters’ degrees, one in Biology, Ecology and Evolution and the other in Biodiversity Dynamics and Conservation. She has a doctorate in agro-ecology/microbiology after completing a thesis on microbial biofertilizers.

Dr Minna Huttunen is a Ministerial Adviser at the food safety unit of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (since 2013). Her areas of work include food and nutrition policy and sustainability of food systems including food waste reduction and pesticide residue legislation.

Dr Huttunen is a member of the National Nutrition Council (2014-), national representative to the European food loss and waste platform and a co-coordinator of the food systems working group under the Standing Committee on Agricultural Research (SCAR). The SCAR food systems was in charge of the proposal of sustainable food systems partnership, followed by strategic research and innovation agenda proposal.

Prior to the governmental career, she had a business career in food industry. Her academic research was conducted at the University of Helsinki and the University of Michigan, USA. Her PhD (2007) is on food science (major subject: human nutrition, minor subject’s: food chemistry and microbiology).

Zeynep Ozkan graduated from the Middle East Technical University (METU), Department of International Relations in 2007. She completed her MA in European Studies at METU in 2019 and started her career in banking sector.

In 2011, Ms. Ozkan joined the General Directorate of EU Foreign Relations at the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of Türkiye as EU Expert and, in 2021, assigned as the head of European Union Harmonization Department.

During her service at the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of Türkiye, Ms. Ozkan was seconded to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Paris, and also has worked for FAO for several projects.

Since 2018, Ms. Ozkan is coordinating the national Save Your Food campaign against food loss and waste in Türkiye.

Ingénieur agronome. Elle a travaillé dans des entreprises privées sur les intrants agricoles et la commercialisation des fruits et légumes. Elle est fonctionnaire au ministère de l’agriculture, de la pêche et de l’alimentation, où elle a travaillé sur les questions des appellations d’origine et de la qualité différenciée, de la promotion de la compétitivité et de l’investissement dans les industries alimentaires. Elle est actuellement conseillère technique à la sous-direction générale de la qualité et de la durabilité des aliments de la direction générale de l’industrie alimentaire.

Massimo S. Perrino is a Policy Officer at United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG). Since 2019, he has been working on international policy processes related to local and regional governments, food systems, smart cities, and public transportation, among others. As part of UCLG’s policy team he leads different files including United Nations relations (High-Level Political Forum, UNGA) and Urban 20, the official G20 engagement group on cities.

Previously, Massimo worked for the metropolitan government of the city of Milan and for the private sector in New York, mainly in law and corporate social responsibility. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in political science from Syracuse University and a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in international law and sustainable development from the University of Milan.

Angèle Tasse co-leads ICLEI’s Global CityFood Program, where she manages urban food systems projects and advocates for multi-level food governance. Before joining ICLEI, Angèle worked on global policy engagement for healthy and sustainable food systems at the CGIAR, in cities and in the private sector. Angèle has a background in Public Policy and Biology.

Anja Katalin De Cunto is head of the food team at Eurocities, the network of major European cities.

Since 2013 she has worked on European projects and initiatives that support cities in developing successful strategies and policies and replicating them across Europe, particularly on climate and food policy.

She represents cities’ interests in developing the EU proposals for a legislative framework for sustainable food systems, part of the Farm to Fork strategy, which includes more strategic use of public procurement for food system transformation and acknowledging the role of food environments.

She leads the Eurocities activities in two Horizon-funded projects focusing on urban food systems, Food Trails and CLEVERFOOD, recognising the central role of local authorities in food system transformation.

She graduated in European Studies and environmental management.

Filippo is responsible for the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact Secretariat & Knowledge Sharing programmes animating a network of more than 270 cities committed to working on sustainable urban food policies. The Secretariat supports signatory cities to exchange and learn best food practices and is committed to highlighting mayoral role in the international food agenda.

He previously was Policy advisor of the Milan Vice Mayor, overseeing the implementation of the Milan Food Policy and contributing to the designing and development of different policies related to school canteens, food losses prevention, including the Zero Food Waste Hub model that has been awarded with The Earthshot Prize. He also played a primary role in developing the Milan Food Aid System during the pandemic outbreak.