09:00 Sustainable Food City Expo

An URBACT II Thematic Network - Sustainable Food in Urban Communities

URBAN FOOD STRATEGY MIXSustainable Food Workshop for European Cities

09:30 Opening – Cities tackling food

10:45 Coffee break

11:15 Parallel workshops

Growing

Delivering

Enjoying

13:00 Lunch

14:00 Parallel workshops

Governance

Funding

CO2 & Resources

16:00 Conclusions

17:00 End

Opening – Cities tackling food

Stephanie Mantell

Brussels Environment, Belgium

urbact@environnement.irisnet.be

http://urbact.eu/sustainable-food

An URBACT II Thematic Network - Sustainable Food in Urban Communities

URBAN FOOD STRATEGY MIXSustainable Food Workshop for European Cities

Introducing the URBACT thematic network “Sustainable Food in Urban Communities

Welcome to participants from over 40 cities

Amersfoort - Antwerpen - Arnheim - Athens - Aulnay-sous-Bois - Barcelona - Berlin - Bonn -

Bordeaux - Bratislava - Bristol - Brussels - Charleroi - Courcelles - Genk - Ghent -

Gothenburg - Greater Manchester - Grenoble - Herentals - Leusden - Liège - Lille - Lyon - Mechelen - Messina - Milano - Montpellier -

Mouscron - Nantes - Novalaise - Oslo - Ourense - Paris - Quimper - Stuttgart - The Hague - Utrecht - Vaslui -Vienna - Wageningen

other city networks present

ACR+ Association of Cities and Regions for Recycling and sustainable Resource management

Eating City

Eurocities

ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability

IUFN International Urban Food Network

RUAF Resource Centres on Urban Agriculture and Food Security

URBACT Markets

Opening – Cities tackling food

Introducing our network “Sustainable Food in Urban Communities”

›Stephanie MANTELL, Lead Partner - Brussels Environment

›François JEGOU, Lead Expert - Strategic Design Scenarios

URBACT programme & sustainable urban development

›Emmanuel MOULIN, Director, URBACT Secretariat

What role for cities in sustainable food governance

›Joy CAREY, Thematic Expert - Sustainable food system planning, Bristol Food Policy Council

Opportunity for Questions & Comments

Why our Network?

–Food sector accounts for >30% of global

consumer energy demand and produces

>20% of GHG emissions

–Political will in cities to address food as a

policy area or more sustainable &

inclusive growth

Why our Network?

In the Brussels Capital Region

Sustainable food research & actions

by Brussels Environmentfor several years

Governmental declaration (July 2009)

established “sustainable food” as a regional priority

Waste prevention plan (2010)

addressed food waste in canteens & households

Regional action programme of support to sustainable

food demand (2012)

Kitchen garden action plan (2012)

Brussels (LP)

Amersfoort

Athens

Bristol

Messina

Gothenburg

LyonOurense

Oslo

Vaslui

François Jégou, Strategic Design Scenarios (LE)

Sustainable Food in Urban CommunitiesDeveloping low-carbon and resource-efficient urban food systems

Joy CAREY, consultant

Kevin MORGAN, Cardiff University

Partnership

URBACT project

Title:

Sustainable Food in Urban CommunitiesDeveloping low-carbon and resource-efficient urban food system

From May 2012 to April 2015

Funded by URBACT II

–a European Programme of Territorial Cooperation

(jointly financed by ERDF & Member States)

–encourages exchanges within cities, with other cities

of the network & beyond

…over 100 cases shared

Focus

Growing, delivering & enjoyingfood more sustainably

in the city

• Governance• Social inclusion, jobs & economics• CO2 & resource efficiency

Publications

Baseline study with 10 city profiles (Oct 2012)

3 interim reports with cases (late 2013) & active blog

► At city level:

draw up a Local Action Plan for Sustainable Food with

stakeholders in each partner city

► At network level:

exchange with network partners through workshops on sustainable food

to produce joint outputs & feed local action plans.

► At URBACT programme level:

exchange & learn with cities from other URBACT networks

► Beyond the network

Exchange about urban sustainable food strategies through a newsletter,

conferences, online publications, field trips…

…in each city stakeholders met & engagedsharing experiences & initiatives

AchievementsStrong interest & interaction

Policy challenges Moving beyond interesting cases & wish lists Clarifying priorities Up-scaling & synergising initiatives Securing political backing & funding

Our Network

A public consultation has recently be held on the question

How can we move towards a more resource efficient and sustainable food system?

Better technical knowledge on the environmental impacts of food Stimulating sustainable food production Promoting sustainable food consumption Reducing food waste & losses Improving food policy coherence

Communication to be published this month (Benjamin CASPAR)

Stephanie Mantell

Brussels Environment, Belgium

urbact@environnement.irisnet.be

http://urbact.eu/sustainable-food

An URBACT II Thematic Network - Sustainable Food in Urban Communities

URBAN FOOD STRATEGY MIXSustainable Food Workshop for European Cities

THANK YOU…