Kick-off meeting held in Zagreb

During March 6-7, 2023, the Kick-off meeting of FoodMAPP project (MSCA SE grant 101086115) was held at University of Zagreb Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, Zagreb, Croatia. The partners have gathered for the first time in-person after the grant was approved and started the project execution period. Vinko Lešić (UZ) gave welcoming to Zagreb, Croatia and to the project, joined by Jeffrey Bray (BU) with a welcome and with the story on how the project started. The representatives of partners each presented their own companies and institutions:

• Barbara Ronge (RP) – presented Ronger & Partner consulting company
• Maxime Michaud (IPBR) – presented Institute Paul Bocuse
• Hans De Steur (UGent) – presented Ghent University
• Djamel Rahmani (CREDA) – presented CREDA institute
• Márta Alexy and Ádám Tarcsi (ELTE) – presented Eotvos Lorand University
• Gianluca Coluccio (EREA) – PO of FoodMAPP wished a warm welcome to the consortium and good luck and success of the project
• Vinko Lešić (UZ) – presented FER and LARES research group
• Jeffrey Bray (BU) – presented Bournemouth University

In a two-day meetings, the partners discussed about the initial coordination and future activites to to promote local food purchasing and reduce food waste. Few photos are available in detail news content.