Mid-term meeting held in Ecully, France

During September 16-17, 2024, the Mid Term meeting of FoodMAPP project (MSCA SE grant 101086115) was held at Lyfe Institut in Ecully near Lyon, France. The partners have gathered in hybrid mode with project leaders at institutions present in person and most of secondees online, counting altogether 29 participants to make the project checkpoint after 18 project months and completed initial work packages.

Maxime Michaud welcomed guests to Ecully as the meeting host. The representatives of partners each presented their own WPs and results:

• Jeffrey Bray, Bournemouth University – introduced partners to technical status of the project
• Esther Van Parys and Hans De Steur, Ghent University – presented WP1 results
• Gergely Bencsik and Ádám Tarcsi, Eotvos Lorand University – presented WP2 progress
• Vinko Lešić, UNIZG-FER – presented WP3 and WP5 progress
• Maxime Michaud, Lyfe Institut – presented WP4 plans
• Djamel Rahmani, CREDA institute, and Barbara Ronge, Ronge & Partner – presented Spanish and Austrian perspectives on results so far and on prototype testing possibilities.
• Gianluca Coluccio – PO of FoodMAPP wished a warm welcome and held a discussion with seconded staff members, offering advices and communication support.

In a two-day meetings, the partners discussed about the project results so far and have set plans for future activites to to promote local food purchasing and reduce food waste. Meeting photo is available in detail news content.