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<< Background >>Huge quantities of edible food are thrown away every day in Europe, contributing significantly to the waste of resources and climate change. Appropriate awareness-raising and educational work can lead to a change in behaviour and a more sustainable lifestyle.With the project we applied for, we wanted to make a contribution to cross-border networking and educational work in the field of food rescue and valorisation. Through regular dialogue, the initiatives should network and address the expressed need for education and awareness-raising locally. It is also about reaching an understanding on shared ethical values, political commitment and participation. Experience has shown that different people of different origins, ages and social backgrounds come together and interact with each other when saving food. We want to utilise this potential to bring people closer together again in times of war and climate catastrophes and to strengthen the need for sustainable and personal action in relation to environmental processes.<< Objectives >>First and foremost, we wanted to further consolidate and stabilise the educational network that had already been established in a previous project with Luxembourg, as well as expand the corresponding offerings and the development of the educational network to Belgium. To this end, a multi-day and multilingual barcamp was to be organised in Luxembourg with basic seminars, hands-on workshops and open-space offerings, and multilingual training materials were to be created. The objectives were to highlight the global context of food waste, to internationalise the educational work and to enable the further training of multipliers.In addition, an understanding of shared ethical values in the form of personal consumption and commitment, political engagement and participation for a necessary food transition was to be sought. Methods of self-awareness and self-reflection should also be consciously trained.<< Implementation >>In addition to regular team meetings of the project coordinators from the three countries with the project management and guests, we held a multi-day international bar camp in Luxembourg with 60 participants from seven European countries as the highlight of our activities, organised an information and hands-on tent with workshops at a music festival and held an online training seminar, hosted a panel discussion with invited press, organised a weekend seminar on non-violent communication, held two online network meetings and one network meeting for consolidation, took part in five network events organised by other organisations in Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany, created a social media presence on Facebook and Instagram and translated our collection of methods into French.<< Results >>A cross-border network of active initiatives has been created. A best-practice collection with three initiatives per partner country was created and published on the Foodsharing Academy project page. The Foodsharing Academy's methods manual was translated into French and can now also be used in the French-speaking neighbouring countries. A three-day barcamp was organised with over 60 participants from seven countries. Several multiplier training sessions were held. The participating organisations from the partner countries remain in contact with each other beyond the end of the project. Towards the end of the project, a central network meeting was held in Maastricht to develop project ideas for the continuation of the cooperation. Dutch organisations were also involved, as the cooperation is to be extended to the Netherlands as the fourth project country. This project has also resulted in a cooperation project with France, which has been in preparation since September 2023. An application to the Franco-German Citizens' Fund is planned here.