malnutrition

Promoting health in the future development agenda

EPHA took part in the Commission Consultation on the post-2015 Development Agenda. This was an opportunity to build on EPHA work prior to the UN Non-communicable Disease summit in 2011 and highlight the impact that chronic disease has on social cohesion and on the economy. It is becoming widely understood that there is a need to further elaborate on the role of the environment and environmental sustainability in the post-2015 Development Agenda. The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) aim (...)

Food For Everyone: Towards a Global Deal

On the 23rd of May the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) hosted a conference on global food security under the title “Food for Everyone: Towards a Global Deal”. The purpose of the event was to explore and understand the issue of food security and propose solutions supporting the achievement of the MGDs. With close to one billion people worldwide suffering from hunger1, and a much higher number from malnutrition, food security is again placed high on the political (...)

The missing option for the Common Agricultural Policy after 2013.

In November 2010, the European Commission presented its communication outlining objectives and scenarios for the EU Common Agricultural Policy after 2013. The Commission clearly opts for a more balanced and sustainable CAP aligned with the Europe 2020 strategy. Civil society working on the CAP proposed a fourth - healthier, stable and fairer - option put forward at the hearing organised at the European Parliament on 3 May, 2011. The European Commission communication outlines three options (...)

European Commission report on socio-economic aspects of GMO cultivation in Europe

The European Commission report on the socio-economic implicatoin of GMO cultivation reveals that the existing information is often statistically limited. Background In December 2008, the Environmental Council of Ministers requested the European Commission to collect and exchange relevant information on socio-economic implications of cultivation of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) along the food chain in the European Union. Key findings The experience with GMO cultivation in Europe (...)

MEPs want EU countries to be able to ban GMOs on environmental grounds

After MEPs from the Environment Committee, at the plenary sitting in Strasbourg (5 July 2011) all MEPs agree to give Member States a choice of whether to ban or restrict GMO (Genetically Modified Organisms) crops on their territory, adding environmental impacts to a European Commission’s list of grounds on which restrictions could be introduced. The European Commission issued in July 2010 a proposal for a regulation to revise the the current framework regarding the cultivation of (...)

EPHA and EPHAC analysis of the EP reports on the Common Agriculture Policy

The European Parliament works on its position on the reform of the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP). Based on its position on the reform of the CAP, EPHA and EPHAC (the European Public Health and Agriculture Consortium) have made an analysis of the draft reports of the European Parliament The EP draft report on the CAP towards 2020 was pubished by the Committee for Agriculture and Rural Development on Febuary 15. The draft report was prepared by Albert Dess MEP (Germany, EPP). The main (...)

DG SANCO meeting of the Advisory Group on the Food Chain, Animal and Plant Health on the assessment of SANCO policy impact in the CAP

On 17 February 2011, a meeting of the advisory group on the Food Chain, Animal and Plant Health took place to discuss the assessment of Sanco policy impact in the Common Agricultural Policy. The meeting was attended by Robert Pederson (EPHAC). The objective of the meeting was to gather concrete input in relation to the Sanco’s data and materials on the assessment of the impact of Sanco legislation in the areas of animal health and welfare, plant health, consumer choice, food and feed (...)

EPHA shares information with other NGOs on the CAP

On 23 February 2011, the EPHA Secretariat participated in a meeting of civil society organisations primarily working on the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). EPHA joined forces with EPHAC to advocate for stronger public health and agriculture links in the CAP debate. Alongside EPHA and EPHAC representatives, the meeting was attended by European Co-ordination Via Campesina, International Federation of Organic Argiculture Movement EU Group (IFOAM EU), Birdlife, Greenpeace (...)

SAVE THE DATE: Towards a healthier, sustainable CAP - Challenges and Opportunities in Poland, 18 November in Warsaw

On the 18 November, EPHA (the European Public Health Alliance) organises a one day seminar in Warsaw (Poland) on the Reform of the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP), entitled "Towards a healthier, sustainable CAP - Challenges and Opportunities in Poland”. The seminar is organised in partnership with EPHAC (the European Public Health and Agriculture Consortium). The reform of the CAP which is due to take place until 2013 has significant potentials to make European agriculture more (...)

European Parliament hearing on the EU towards the UN summit on the MDGs

Alliance2015 - a partnership of cross-European non-government organizations working in the field of development cooperation - urged the European Commission (EC) at a hearing in the European Parliament on June 1st to show bold and responsible leadership in the preparations towards the UN Summit on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). EPHA was present during the hearing. The sixth 2015-Watch Report "The EU’s Contribution to the Millennium Development Goals. Keeping the Goals (...)