Recover and process the seized fish for distribution to charities.
This is the path started with 'Re-Pescato: from the illegal market to the solidarity market', a national project unique in Europe, which kicks off in Sicily, promoted and supported by Intesa Sanpaolo and Banco Alimentare.
It will be presented on Friday 25 September at the Sicilian agro-food markets (Maas) in Catania, in the presence, among others, of the Minister for Regional Affairs Francesco Boccia.
The project, which aims to prevent a precious product such as fish from being wasted and instead feed those in difficulty, is carried out thanks to the joint work of Sicilian Port Authorities, Maas, veterinary prevention departments of Catania and of Palermo, an experimental zooprophylactic institute in Sicily and charitable organizations affiliated with the Banco Alimentare network.
The presentation will be streamed at the link https://group.intesasanpaolo.com/it/sezione-editoriale/eventi-progetti/tutti-i-progetti/sociale/2019/04/ri-pescato-dal-mercato-i llegale -al-solidarity and on ansa.it.
"We are very happy with this new intervention which sees us once again together with the Food Bank - says Elena Jacobs, Head of Social Enhancement and Relations with Universities of Intesa Sanpaolo - after the four-year collaboration agreement and support for the Siticibo project that allowed us to offer millions of meals to people in difficulty, this original and innovative initiative strengthens the bank's commitment to people in need, as envisaged by the Business Plan. A complex, challenging project that has made it possible to achieve numerous ESGs objectives of the UN 2030 agenda: fighting poverty, reducing inequalities, protecting health, protecting the environment, containing food waste and supporting decent work and economic growth ".
Giuseppe Parma, general manager of the Banco Alimentare Foundation, stresses that "it was the bank that offered us the possibility of financing innovative projects that could open up new possibilities of food support for people in difficulty, also affecting social inclusion and the issues of circular economy "and that" the support of Intesa Sanpaolo for the Re-Pescato Project has allowed a 'structuring' of the same and the use of adequate resources for its management ".
"As Banco Alimentare - adds Parma - we look at this project as confirmation of the need for collaboration between profit and non-profit, which by making resources, skills and ideas available to each other can work together positively impacting the entire community" .