fpdevarebanken has received some basic funding from ministry of social affairs and both the ministry of food and agriculture and ministry of health were actively involved in the planning of matsentralen in oslo however there seems to be quite a low engagement from most authorities in development of food redistribution both on the national and the local arena one should eventually have expected a stronger involvement and commitment from the social security authorities as the food banks certainly are and will be very important for the charity organisations operating food serving for low income people