Paving the way of the European Partnership for Sustainable Food Systems
How to ensure that the future European food system is healthy, sustainable, safe, and fair? How to safeguard that all voices are heard, and all actors included?
Join us as we build the FOODPathS of a sustainable future. Together, we can accelerate the transition towards a better food system in Europe.
Become part of the network, become part of the change.
The role of FoodPathS
FOODPathS is a project funded by the European Commission that aims to offer a concrete pathway and necessary tools for establishing an appropriate operational environment for the future European Partnership for Sustainable Food Systems (SFS) for People, Planet & Climate, to be launched in 2024 and that will fund research and innovation activities.
The project seeks to engage actors from the entire food system to create the framework in which the Partnership will operate, such as the definition of a Strategic Research & Innovation Agenda (SRIA) supporting Food2030 priorities, the creation of a network of European universities working on food systems, a Hub for all Living Labs working in the sector, and much more. Discover it!
FOODPathS Festival
Register now for the FOODPathS Festival!
Join us in Brussels, Belgium, May 20-22, 2025, for the FOODPathS Festival—a global gathering of experts, stakeholders, and changemakers dedicated to creating a sustainable future for food systems.
This is your chance to explore inclusive partnerships, engage in collaborative workshops, and contribute to building tomorrow’s sustainable food solutions.
News
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Events & Media Survey | 23 Apr 2025
FAO Launches an Online Survey for a Bioeconomy Partnership
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27 May 2025
External
Overcoming the Barriers to Food Systems Transformation
Brasilia, Brazil
23 May 2025
External
FutureFoodS Workshop: Research-based advice to policy makers in support of sustainable food systems transition
20 May 2025
FOODPathS Festival: Building tomorrow’s Sustainable Food Systems together
Brussels, Belgium
#FOODPathS in social media
Join the conversation and follow the creation of the future Partnership’s prototype.Find us in Twitter and in the Sustainable Food System Network (SFSN).
; 🌱What makes a food system truly resilient?
At the #FOODPathS Festival, Esteban Arriaga Miranda from @EuroFoodBanks will unpack the role of accessibility & affordability for resilient #foodsystems.
Join us in Brussels or live on YouTube.📺
More info👉https://www.foodpaths.eu/event/foodpaths-festival-building-tomorrows-sustainable-food-systems-together/
🧩How do we really make a sustainable #FoodSystems partnership work?
At Day 2 of the #FOODPathS Festival, we’ll try to compose the pieces by including R&I, education, funding & more!
🎙️Explore the panelists’ below!
📍Join on-site or live. More info 👇
🌟The #FOODPathS Festival is approaching!
🎤Meet @CarolineGruyter who will discuss the fragile role of partnerships in Europe’s changing landscape and let us do some critical thinking for our #foodsystems.
Meet us in person or live (on YouTube).
Draft Agenda…
The Sustainable Food System Network (SFSN)
Join 1400 global actors on Sustainable Food Systems to learn new perspectives and forge new connections. You can sign in with you LinkedIn account or sign up with your email address.
Why? To connect, inspire and engage stakeholders working to create sustainable food systems by setting up an active and self-sustained network of people exchanging knowledge and resources.
Map of funders
Explore the network of funders that FOODPathS is building through the map below, where stakeholders interested in becoming part of this network to shape and prepare the future funding mechanisms for the Partnership are shown.
Estonian Research Council
Funding level: National
Entity: Other
Source of funding: Public
Funding priorities: Nutrition and health, Production and processing, Connection of citizens to food, Politics, policies and governance
CDTI
Funding level: National
Entity: Government
Source of funding: Public
Funding priorities: Nutrition and health, Production and processing, Connection of citizens to food
Sapropel Organics LLC
Funding level: National
Entity: Other
Source of funding: Private
Funding priorities: Nutrition and health, Production and processing
French National Research Agency
Funding level: National
Entity: Government
Source of funding: Public
Funding priorities: Nutrition and health, Production and processing, Connection of citizens to food, Politics, policies and governance
Icelandic Centre for Research
Funding level: National
Entity: Government
Source of funding: Public
Funding priorities: Nutrition and health, Production and processing, Connection of citizens to food, Politics, policies and governance
Research Council of Norway
Funding level: National
Entity: Government
Source of funding: Public
Funding priorities: Production and processing
Vinnova, the Swedish Innovation Agency
Funding level: National
Entity: Government
Source of funding: Public
Funding priorities: Nutrition and health, Production and processing, Connection of citizens to food, Politics, policies and governance
Fund for Scientific Research – FNRS
Funding level: Regional
Entity: NGO
Source of funding: Public
Funding priorities: Nutrition and health, Production and processing, Connection of citizens to food, Politics, policies and governance
Basque Government – Department of Economic Development, Sustainability and Environment
Funding level: Regional
Entity: Government
Source of funding: Public
Funding priorities: Nutrition and health, Production and processing, Connection of citizens to food, Politics, policies and governance
Austrian Science Fund
Funding level: National, International
Entity: NGO
Source of funding: Public
Funding priorities: Nutrition and health
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of the Slovak Republic
Funding level: National
Entity: Government
Source of funding: Public
Funding priorities:
Center for Research and development in Agrifood Systems and Sustainability (IPVC CISAS)
Funding level: National
Entity: NGO
Source of funding: Public
Funding priorities: Nutrition and health, Production and processing
Taskforce for Applied Research SIA
Funding level: National
Entity: Government
Source of funding:
Funding priorities: Nutrition and health, Production and processing, Connection of citizens to food
Flanders’ FOOD (FF)
Funding level: Regional
Entity: Other
Source of funding: Public
Funding priorities: Nutrition and health, Production and processing
Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development (ZonMw)
Funding level: International, National
Entity: Government
Source of funding: Public
Funding priorities: Nutrition and health, Production and processing, Connection of citizens to food, Politics, policies and governance
Dutch Research Council (NWO)
Funding level: National
Entity: Government
Source of funding: Public
Funding priorities: Nutrition and health, Production and processing, Connection of citizens to food, Politics, policies and governance
Fund for Innovation and Entrepreneurship / Flemish Agency for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (FIO/VLAIO)
Funding level: Regional
Entity: Government
Source of funding: Public
Funding priorities: Nutrition and health, Production and processing
Regional development agency (Oost NL)
Funding level: Regional
Entity: NGO
Source of funding: Public
Funding priorities: Production and processing
Valorial (VAL)
Funding level: Regional, International, National
Entity: Other
Source of funding: Public, Private
Funding priorities: Nutrition and health, Production and processing, Connection of citizens to food, Politics, policies and governance
The Ministry of Agriculture of Lithuania
Funding level: Regional, International, National
Entity: Government
Source of funding: Public
Funding priorities: Nutrition and health, Production and processing
Province of Flevoland
Funding level: Regional
Entity: Government
Source of funding: Public
Funding priorities: Nutrition and health, Production and processing, Connection of citizens to food, Politics, policies and governance
Agrifood & Bioeconomy FVG Foundation (FAB FVG)
Funding level: Regional
Entity: Other
Source of funding: Public, Private
Funding priorities: Nutrition and health, Production and processing
Formas
Funding level: National
Entity: Government
Source of funding: Public
Funding priorities: Production and processing, Politics, policies and governance
Federal ministry of food and agriculture (BMEL)
Funding level: National
Entity: Government
Source of funding: Public
Funding priorities: Nutrition and health, Production and processing, Politics, policies and governance
Ministry of Rural Affairs (MEM)
Funding level: National
Entity: Government
Source of funding: Public
Funding priorities: Production and processing, Politics, policies and governance
The Executive Unit for the Financing of Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation (UEFISCDI)
Funding level: National
Entity: Government
Source of funding: Public
Funding priorities: Nutrition and health, Production and processing
Ministry of Universities and Research (MUR)
Funding level: National, International
Entity: Government
Source of funding: Public
Funding priorities: Nutrition and health, Production and processing, Connection of citizens to food, Politics, policies and governance
Danish Agency for Science and Higher Education (UFS/DASHE)
Funding level: International, National
Entity: Government
Source of funding: Public
Funding priorities: Production and processing, Connection of citizens to food
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MMM)
Funding level: National
Entity: Government
Source of funding: Public
Funding priorities: Nutrition and health, Connection of citizens to food, Politics, policies and governance
Agrifood campus of international excellence (ceiA3)
Funding level: Regional
Entity: Other
Source of funding: Public
Funding priorities: Politics, policies and governance
University of Pavia (UNIPV)
Funding level: National
Entity: NGO
Source of funding: Public
Funding priorities: Nutrition and health
Science Foundation Ireland (SFI)
Funding level: National
Entity: Government
Source of funding: Public
Funding priorities:
Regional Council of South Ostrobothnia (RCSO)
Funding level: Regional
Entity: NGO
Source of funding: Public
Funding priorities: Production and processing, Connection of citizens to food, Politics, policies and governance
CDTI, E.P.E.
Funding level: National
Entity: Government
Source of funding: Public
Funding priorities: Nutrition and health, Production and processing, Connection of citizens to food
The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK)
Funding level: National
Entity: Government
Source of funding: Public
Funding priorities: Nutrition and health, Production and processing
Ministry of agriculture food and forestry policies (Mipaaf)
Funding level: National
Entity: Government
Source of funding: Public
Funding priorities: Production and processing, Connection of citizens to food, Politics, policies and governance
Public Service of Wallonia (SPW)
Funding level: Regional
Entity: Government
Source of funding: Public
Funding priorities: Nutrition and health, Production and processing, Politics, policies and governance
Autonomous Province of Bolzano Bozen – South Tyrol (PROV.BZ)
Funding level: Regional
Entity: Government
Source of funding: Public
Funding priorities: Nutrition and health, Production and processing
ProAgria Oulu / Oulu Rural Women’s Advisory Organisation
Funding level: International, National
Entity: Other
Source of funding: Private, Public
Funding priorities: Nutrition and health, Politics, policies and governance
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM)
Funding level: National
Entity: Government
Source of funding: Public
Funding priorities: Nutrition and health, Politics, policies and governance
The Agriculture and Food Development Authority (Teagasc)
Funding level: National
Entity: Government
Source of funding: Public
Funding priorities: Production and processing
Department Economy, Science and Innovation, Flemish Government
Funding level: Regional
Entity: Government
Source of funding: Public
Funding priorities: Nutrition and health, Production and processing, Connection of citizens to food, Politics, policies and governance
Greenport West-Holland (GPWH)
Funding level: Regional
Entity: Other
Source of funding: Public, Private
Funding priorities: Nutrition and health, Production and processing, Politics, policies and governance
Swiss Federal Office for Agriculture (BLW/OFAG/FOAG)
Funding level: National
Entity: Government
Source of funding: Public
Funding priorities: Production and processing, Politics, policies and governance
Spanish State Research Agency (AEI)
Funding level: National
Entity: Government
Source of funding: Public
Funding priorities: Nutrition and health, Production and processing
Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT)
Funding level: International
Entity: Government
Source of funding: Public
Funding priorities: Nutrition and health, Production and processing, Connection of citizens to food, Politics, policies and governance
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