The Food We Want (FWW) partners meeting was held on the 18^th and 19^th October 2012 at the International Institute of Environmental Development (IIED), London. Participating partners from  Istituto Oikos Italy (IOI) , Fundacion IBO Spain, Oikos Portugal (OP) , IGO Poland and PENHA UK were present. The meeting, held in two days over two sessions discussed  and evaluated different activities undertaken by the partners and put forward various action plans.

An outline of financial resources, budget, and expenditure for the first year was discussed. All FFW partners agreed to prepare a forecast budget breakdown for the next two years based on the sample forecast budget to be distributed by Istituto Oikos Italy (IOI). A number of recommendations were forwarded with regards to administrative and finance related to adding, providing and explaining related materials and processes.

The FWW first year self evaluation was centred on each of the partners providing a summary of work undertaken, noting which approaches worked and putting forward a to do list for the future. The approaches taken by each partner to associate with groups, informal networks, universties, farmers, NGOs and local authorities were presented and discussed. Campaign activities in the form of printed materials, Offline and Online seminars and the website were noted all with the successful work done with schools, the communities, Members of the European Parliament and other stakeholders. The partners discussed future campaign activities in the form of an international dissemination plan with more coordination among partners. The partners discussed campaigns with a focus on thematic areas such as food crises, women farmers and land-grabbing and others with a view of different thematic area each quarterly.

An update on University research work in Tanzania, Kenya and  Mozambique and the plan to use questionnaires to gather socioeconomic data on farmers in each country and discover best practices from farmers themselves was presented. Some of the recommendation were; avoiding duplicate research, following a qualitative approach in questionnaire design and framing questions to be answered by farmers. A four step research timetable for 2012/2013 was outlined that culminates with the publication of a handbook in English along with periodic updates with examples of best practice on the FWW website.

The second session had each FWW partner describing the work undertaken and planned events on the Media workshop and competition. The IOI had 2 workshops organised for media students/young journalists in Milan while PHENA is planning to hold a seminar at University College London (UCL). OP intends to hold workshops before the end of the year while IGOP is planning to focus on social media and workshops. The other issue discussed in detail during the second session was the Media Brainstorming competition which aims to award a young communicator for producing high quality material. Putting online workshops as a distinct area on the website comprising of videos, downloads and events was outlined. A presentation using Google analytics regarding user traffic and other statistics of the FWW website was given.

A number of points and concerns were discussed on Education Campaign such as using thematic approaches, giving more power to teachers and designing three games and a book and an additional curricular book in Portuguese. Educational material i.e. school kit comprising of three games, printouts and leaflets, a handbook and online videos were outlined.  The trailing of games in Polish schools and consideration of a trial in the UK was discussed along with the method used by partners (IOI, OP) to distribute their Educational materials.

The first FWW session ended having set the next meeting in February to be in Portugal, recommendations to improve communication and sharing ideas among partners.

Finally, an outline of a set of deadlines as well as a list of activities to be undertaken in the future was put forward.