The European Federation of the Associations of Dietitians
Acronym: EFAD
General Information
Identification Code: 99138006725-91
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Entity Form: Vereniging met volledige rechtsbevoegdheid
Registration Category: Trade unions and professional associations
Registration Date: 9/19/2011
Last Update: 5/14/2024
EP Accredited Number: 0
Mission & Interests
Goals: Mission: To improve nutritional health and promote sustainable diets in Europe by advocating the leadership role for dietitians in collaboration with our members and stakeholders.
Vision: Registered dietitians positively impact the nutritional health of clients, patients and the wider community. Every European citizen has access to safe and appropriate dietary and nutritional interventions. To achieve our vision, EFAD supports the highest quality of dietetic education, professional practice, research activity & partnership.
Strategic objectives: We LEAD to impact the health of Europeans, We CONNECT to advocate and promote our profession, We BUILD to support and serve our members.
Values: EFAD is a not-for-profit body pursuing no political or religious ends. Our values of fair, open, non-discriminatory, supportive & ethical behaviour guide our decisions, approach to partnership, communication & collaboration with our stakeholders.
Interests Represented: Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Interests:
- Agriculture and rural development
- Climate action
- Consumers
- Digital economy and society
- Education and training
- Employment and social affairs
- Food safety
- Public health
- Research and innovation
Levels of Interest:
- european
Activities
Main EU Legislative Proposals: European Skills Competences Occupations project for the Reference Group of Healthcare and social activities.
EAHC/2013/Health/07 European Workforce for Health
Patient safety and Quality of Health care
European Professional card
Nutrient Profiling, Labelling and health claims
EU Health Programme
WHO European Programme of Work
EU Green Deal
EU Farm to Fork
Communication Activities: European Dietetic Action Plan (EuDAP) mapping activities of dietitians across Europe that contribute to implementation of the WHO Food and Nutrition Action Plan.
Annual reports available on http://www.efad.org
EFAD white paper "Sustainable Health through the Life Span - Nutrition as a smart investment for Europe" https://www.efad.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/efad-sustainable-health-through-life-span-2019.pdf
Role of Dietitians in the fight against Covid-19 https://www.efad.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/role-of-dietitians-in-the-fight-against-covid19-efad-briefing-paper-may-2020.pdf
EFAD Position Paper Sustainable Dietary Patterns https://www.efad.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/PositionPaper_Sustainable-Dietary-Patterns_final.pdf
EFAD Budapest Resolution https://www.efad.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/EFAD-Budapest-resolution_-FINAL_with-signatories-1.pdf
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: N/A
Head Office
Address: van Tienhovenlaan 6
Post Code: 6705 AZ
City: Wageningen
Country: NETHERLANDS
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EU Office
Address: van Tienhovenlaan 6
Post Code: 6705 AZ
City: Wageningen
Country: NETHERLANDS
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Financial Data
New Organisation: false
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Complementary Information: little budget for activities
we do not have an office building, people work from home
We have a small paid staff and most of the representative work is done by volunteers.
Membership Information
Members10 Percent: 4
Members25 Percent: 0
Members50 Percent: 0
Members75 Percent: 0
Members: 4
Members F T E: 0.4000000059604645
Info Members: 1 employee
3 volunteers
Structure
Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: https://www.efad.org/membership/
EFAD members are National Dietetic Associations and Higher Education Institutes teaching dietetics.
EFAD has members in 28 EU states.
National Dietetic Associations from all 53 WHO Europe region states are welcome to apply for membership
Organisation Members: EFAD is accredited as a non-state actor by the WHO Europe regional committee of health ministers
EFAD is a member of:
the European Nutrition for Health Alliance
the European Food Information Council
the European Forum for Primary Care
EFAD collaborates with
the International Confederation of Dietetic Associations (ICDA)
the European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO)
World Obesity, OPEN-EU
European Society for Clinical Nutrition & Metabolism (ESPEN)
European Patients Forum (EPF)
FAO