Acknowledgements

Deep appreciation is due to all the people and the organizations who provided their valuable contribution to the SFS-MED Webinar Series, with a special mention to the SFS-MED Platform’s Coordination Desk.

Mercè
Boy Roura
Eugénia
Carrara
Peter
Defranceschi
Ilirian
Gjoni
Mohamed
Higazy
Jamie
Morrison
Elisa
Porreca
Michael
Scoullos
Süleyman
Üçel
Almotaz
Abadi
Ramy
Boujawdeh
Maroun
El Moujabber
Mona
Fakih
Dimitris
Faloutsos
Sasha
Koo-Oshima
Rabi
Mohtar
Domitille
Vallée
Laura
De Matteis
Arianna
Giuliodori
Paula
Hafner
Mahdi
Khomsi
Damiano
Petruzzella
Giuseppe
Provenzano
Angelo
Riccaboni
Kamel
Sallam
Ayşegül
Selışık
Giovanni
Stanghellini
Marco
De La Feld
Darine
Dogui
Hamid
El Bilali
Florence
Tartanac
Aravella
Zachariou
Roberto
Capone
Sandro
Dernini
Tommaso
Mattei
Jacopo
Schürch
Alessandra
Sensi
José
Valls Bedeau
Yasmine
Seghirate El Guerrab
Antonella
Autino
Guadaluna
Chaer
Rajae
Chafil
Anna
Dorangricchia
Shada
El Sharif
Sarine
Karajerjian
Frida
Krifca
Lauren
Phillips
Octavi
Quintana Trias
Gordana
Rokvić
Bernard
Ader
Nada
Al Freihat
Joan
Colón Jordá
Ebru
Edin
Nora
Ourabah Haddad
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Mercè Boy Roura Coordinator Interreg MED Green Growth & ENI CBC MED Med4Waste

BETA Technological Centre at the University of Vic

https://green-growth.interreg-med.eu/
https://www.enicbcmed.eu/projects/med4waste

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Eugénia Carrara Secretary General

World Union of Wholesale Markets (WUWM)

https://wuwm.org/

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Peter Defranceschi Head Global Food Program, Head of Brussels Office

ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability

https://iclei.org/

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Ilirian Gjoni

Former Executive Director

Food Bank Albania

https://foodbank.al/

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Mohamed Higazy Director of North Africa Regional Office

United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG)

https://www.uclga.org/regional-offices/north-africa-regional-office-naro/

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Jamie Morrison Senior Advisor

Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)

https://www.gainhealth.org/

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Elisa Porreca Food policy officer, Food Policy Department

Municipality of Milan

https://www.comune.milano.it/aree-tematiche/ambiente/food-policy-di-milano

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Michael Scoullos Chairman

Mediterranean Information Office for Environment, Culture and Sustainable Development (MIO-ECSDE)

https://mio-ecsde.org/

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Süleyman Üçel Lawyer

Union of Municipalities of Türkiye (TBB)

https://www.tbb.gov.tr/En/

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Almotaz Abadi Deputy Secretary General, Water, Environment and Blue Economy

Union for the Mediterranean (UfM)

https://ufmsecretariat.org/water-agenda/

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Ramy Boujawdeh Chief Operating Officer

Berytech

https://berytech.org/

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Maroun El Moujabber Scientific Officer

Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari (CIHEAM Bari)

https://www.iamb.it/

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Mona Fakih Director, Water Resources

Ministry of Energy and Water of Lebanon

https://energyandwater.gov.lb/

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Dimitris Faloutsos Deputy Regional Coordinator

Global Water Partnership Mediterranean (GWP-Med)

https://www.gwp.org/en/gwp-mediterranean/

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Sasha Koo-Oshima Deputy Director, Land and Water Division

FAO

https://www.fao.org/land-water/water/watergovernance/waterfoodenergynexus/en/

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Rabi Mohtar Dean, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences

American University of Beirut (AUB)

https://www.aub.edu.lb/fafs/pages/default.aspx

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Domitille Vallée Chief Technical Adviser, FAO Regional Office for Near East and North Africa

FAO

https://www.fao.org/neareast/en/

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Laura De Matteis Food Systems Expert

FAO

https://www.fao.org/food-systems

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Arianna Giuliodori Secretary General

World Farmers’ Organization (WFO)

https://www.wfo-oma.org/

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Paula Hafner Project manager

EIT Food

https://www.eitfood.eu/in-your-area/clc-south

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Mahdi Khomsi International Relations Coordinator

BusinessMED

https://www.businessmed-umce.org/

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Damiano Petruzzella Scientific Administrator

Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari (CIHEAM Bari)

https://www.iamb.it/

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Giuseppe Provenzano Project manager

Union for the Mediterranean (UfM)

https://ufmsecretariat.org/

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Angelo Riccaboni Co-Chair

Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area (PRIMA) Foundation

https://prima-med.org/

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Kamel Sallam Head of Development Finance

Commercial International Bank Egypt (CIB)

https://www.cibeg.com/

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Ayşegül Selışık Assistant FAO Representative in Türkiye

FAO

https://www.fao.org/turkiye/en/

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Giovanni Stanghellini Executive assistant

Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area (PRIMA) Foundation

https://prima-med.org/

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Marco De La Feld Head of R&D Unit

ENCO srl

https://www.enco-consulting.it/

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Darine Dogui Director of Studies, Research, Analysis and Comparative Trials

Tunisian National Institute for Consumer Affairs (INC)

https://www.inc.nat.tn/

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Hamid El Bilali Senior Researcher

Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari (CIHEAM Bari)

https://www.iamb.it/

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Florence Tartanac Senior Officer, Food and Nutrition Division

FAO

https://www.fao.org/economic/nutrition/en/

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Aravella Zachariou Head, Unit for Education for the Environment and Sustainable Development (EESD)

Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports and Youth of Cyprus

http://www.unesco.org.cy/Programmes-Education_For_Sustainable_Development_Cyprus,EN-PROGRAMMES-01-03-01,EN

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Roberto Capone Principal Administrator

Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari (CIHEAM Bari)

https://www.iamb.it/

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Sandro Dernini Senior Adviser

Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari (CIHEAM Bari)

https://www.iamb.it/

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Tommaso Mattei Project Management Specialist

FAO

https://www.fao.org/food-systems

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Jacopo Schürch Associate Professional Officer (Food Systems)

FAO

https://www.fao.org/food-systems

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Alessandra Sensi Head of Sector Environment, Green and Blue Economy

Union for the Mediterranean (UfM)

https://ufmsecretariat.org/what-we-do/water-environment/

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José Valls Bedeau Policy Officer (Food Systems)

FAO

https://www.fao.org/food-systems

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Yasmine Seghirate El Guerrab Administrator

International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM)

https://ciheam.org/

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Antonella Autino Project Coordinator

Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area (PRIMA) Foundation

https://prima-med.org/

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Guadaluna Chaer Co-founder

LUXEED Robotics

https://berytech.org/profiles/luxeed-robotics/

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Rajae Chafil Director

Climate Change Competence Center of Morocco (4C Maroc)

http://www.4c.ma/4c-maroc?lang=en

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Anna Dorangricchia Project Manager, Gender Equality, Social and Civil Affairs Division

Union for the Mediterranean (UfM)

https://ufmsecretariat.org/what-we-do/social-civil-affairs/

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Shada El Sharif Founder

SustainMENA

https://www.facebook.com/sustain.mena/

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Sarine Karajerjian Director, Environmental Politics Programme

Arab Reform Initiative (ARI)

https://www.arab-reform.net/

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Frida Krifca Minister

Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Albania

https://www.bujqesia.gov.al/

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Lauren Phillips Deputy Director, Inclusive Rural Transformation and Gender Equality Division

FAO

https://www.fao.org/economic/social-policies-rural-institutions/en/

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Octavi Quintana Trias Director

Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area (PRIMA) Foundation

https://prima-med.org/

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Gordana Rokvić Associate Professor, Faculty of Agriculture

University of Banja Luka

https://agro.unibl.org/

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Bernard Ader Vice-president

Committee of Professional Agricultural Organisations - General Confederation of Agricultural Cooperatives (COPA COGECA)

https://copa-cogeca.eu/

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Nada Al Freihat Head of the Organizations Section, Directorate of Agreements and International Cooperation

Ministry of Agriculture of Jordan

https://form.jordan.gov.jo/wps/portal/Home/GovernmentEntities/Ministries/Ministry/Ministry%20of%20Agriculture?nameEntity=Ministry%20of%20Agriculture&entityType=ministry

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Joan Colón Jordá Head of the Sustainability Accounting and Optimization Unit

BETA Technological Centre at the University of Vic

https://betatechcenter.com/

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Ebru Edin Chairperson

Business Council for Sustainable Development Türkiye (SKD Türkiye)

https://www.skdturkiye.org/en

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Nora Ourabah Haddad FAO Representative in Lebanon

FAO

https://www.fao.org/lebanon/en/

The production of this digital tool was coordinated by the SFS-MED team in the Food Systems and Food Safety Division (ESF): José Valls Bedeau, Laura De Matteis, Tommaso Mattei, Jacopo Schürch.

Many thanks to Susannah Gold, Communication Specialist, ESF for text curation, to Angeline Hadman for translations, to Simone Mari for graphic contributions and to Edoardo Zaza for video editing.

The technical production was made possible thanks to the efforts of the team in the FAO Publications and Library Branch