Overview
The European Board on Agriculture and Food (EBAF) expert group was established on 24 January 2025 by the Commission, following the recommendations of the final report of the Strategic Dialogue on the Future of Agriculture.
Purpose
Chaired by Commissioner for Agriculture and Food, Christophe Hansen, the European Board on Agriculture and Food aims at:
- providing high-level advice to the Commission on strategic policy developments for the Vision for agriculture and food to be presented within the first 100 days of the mandate, and other policy initiatives.
- sustaining a new culture of dialogue, trust and multi-stakeholder participation, among the actors of the food supply chain and civil society, to ensure the coherence and synergy of the Union policies and their consistency with private sector initiatives.
- advising the Commission in the preparation of policy initiatives in the fields of the future of agriculture and food and to follow-up on the recommendations of the final report of the Strategic Dialogue on the Future of Agriculture.
- delivering an opinion on specific matters upon request by the Commission.
Membership
The selected members of EBAF are part of organisations representing the farming community, other actors of the food supply chain, and civil society including in areas such as environment and climate, animal welfare or consumer issues.
The list of appointed members to form the EBAF was published on 24 January 2025 on the Register of Commission Expert Groups.
Members are designated for a 5-year term.
Meetings
The expert group is meeting as follows:
- 4 February 2025 (download the Agenda)
Timeline
- 4 February 2025First meeting of the EBAF in Brussels
- 24 January 2025The Commission appointed the EBAF members
- 5 December 2024The Commission published a call for applications to designate the members for the EBAF
- 4 September 2024The Strategic Dialogue recommendations’ report announced the set-up of EBAF