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The  from the Child Guarantee coordinators’ meeting held in December 2024, which focused on advancing the provision of at least one healthy meal per school day for children in need – a key part of the European Child Guarantee. 

It highlights the wide array of benefits that arise from quality school meal programmes, for example:

• The role of school meals in improving child health, cognitive development, and educational outcomes, while also helping to bridge social inequalities. 
• The economic benefits, including potential reductions in healthcare costs associated with malnutrition and non-communicable diseases.
• The opportunities that school meal programmes can offer to support environmental sustainability and local agriculture. 

The report also highlights some good practices identified, providing useful food for thoughts to further progress toward achieving the goals set by the .