SUST-AID

Αbout 820 million people around the world experience chronic hunger while among them 113 million cope with acute severe
insecurity (FAO, 2019), with the estimations being more adverse due to the consequences of COVID-19 pandemic.
Furthermore, food insecurity significantly increased from 9.4% (2007) to 12.2% (2011), with substantially higher rates in Eastern Europe, Cyprus, and Greece. According to the first estimates, the COVID-19 pandemic could almost double the number of people suffering acute hunger (WFP 2020; IFAD et al. 2020). SUST-AID is a 3-year European project that aims to increase awareness of staff and volunteers working in food-aid delivery programs in offering high quality services to vulnerable populations,
in accordance with sustainable production and consumption principles and practices.

• Empower staff/volunteers working in food aid delivery programs in offering high quality services to vulnerable populations,
  in accordance with sustainable production and consumption principles and practices.
• Improve green skills acquisition and maximize employ ability opportunities for those who work or wish to work in food aid
  delivery in Europe -Provide innovative VET pedagogical methods, best practice guidelines, and strategies on delivering high
  quality, sustainable food aid programs.
• Provide innovative VET training curriculum and tools for assessment of skills
  acquisition, recognition and validation.

• PROLEPSIS – Greece
• CARITAS DIOCESANA DE COIMBRA – Portugal
• Federacja Polskich Banków Żywności – Poland
• ISEKI-Food Association – Austria
• CSI CENTER FOR SOCIAL INNOVATION LTD – Cyprus