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FUNDINGpossible sources of funding for sustainable food initiatives

Stephanie Mantell

Brussels Environment, Belgium

[email protected]

http://urbact.eu/sustainable-food

An URBACT II Thematic Network - Sustainable Food in Urban Communities

URBAN FOOD STRATEGY MIXSustainable Food Workshop for European Cities

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What doors to knock on ?

What entries for Sustainable Food?

Jobs

Health

CO2

Biodiv

LocalEcon

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Introduction (30 min)

›Stephanie MANTELL, Lead Partner - Brussels Environment

›Quentin RICHARD, ERDF Managing Authority of Brussels Capital Region

›Jenny KOUTSOMARKOU, URBACT Secretariat

Table discussions (45 min)›How can sustainable food action plans & actions be in part funded by EU programmes such as ERDF/ ESF?

›What other public funds can be tapped into for sustainable food at national, regional, municipal levels (e.g. national public health funds…)?

›Through what schemes can citizens & private businesses invest effectively in sustainable food without reliance on public funds (e.g. community supported agriculture…)?

Short feedback from tables (30 min)


How can sustainable food action plans & actions be in part funded by EU programmes such as ERDF/ ESF?

Suggested question for dicussion at tables…

Link to ERDF or ESF?

Encouraged by URBACT Programme

to seek funding from European Regional

Development Funds or European Social Funds

through their Managing Authorities (MAs)

Find your MA on http://ec.europa.euEuropean Commission > Regional Policy > In your country > Managing authorities

http://ec.europa.eu/

Link to ERDF or ESF?

Cities of our network will develop Local Actions Plans to develop

low-carbon and resource efficient food systems during the

coming year(s), and may apply for ERDF or ESF funding if such

actions are eligible under the operational programmes.

Link Sustainable Food to EU 2020 Strategy pillars

– Sustainable growth

– Inclusive growth

Sustainable growthfor the urban food system

building a more competitive low-carbon economy that

makes efficient, sustainable use of resources

– by reducing CO2 emissions along the food chain,

– promoting local resilient food production and

– reducing the resource intensity of the food consumed in cities.

protecting the environment & preventing biodiversity

loss, including through farming practices and diversity in

food crops

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Sustainable growthfor the urban food system capitalising on Europe's leadership in developing new green

technologies and production methods adapted to densely built

environments, including soil-less food growing techniques such

as rooftop farming and aquaponics.

improving the business environment, in particular for SMEs,

facilitating

emergence of new market actors for food production, retail &

restaurants

transition of existing market actors towards greater sustainability.

helping consumers make well-informed choices.

Inclusive growthfor the urban food system

raising Europe’s employment rate by creating more and

better jobs in food production, retail and catering

urban agriculture ,food transformation and distribution can yield

employment, including for job seekers with low qualifications.

ensuring the benefits of growth reach all,

guaranteeing access to sustainable food choices for people

experiencing poverty and social exclusion, and

enabling them to live in dignity and take an active part in society also

through growing, delivering and enjoying food.

ERDF Operational Programme & FoodFeedback from Managing Authorities

Have you funded projects related to (sustainable) food production, distribution or consumption?

›Directly: West Netherlands

›Indirectly: West Sweden, Brussels Capital Region, Rhône-Alpes

›No: Sicily, Attica, Romania Environment, possibly West England

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Growing tomatoes on waste water. Pilot Sustainable water cycle. Developing new technology to re-use waste water. ERDF – Innovation. ERDF 315,292 euro

Direct ERDF funding

Taskforce Green Port Westland to make greenhouse cultivation more sustainable. ERDF – Innovation. ERDF 776,968 euro

Direct ERDF funding

Small scale food production in Angered, suburb of Gothenburg as part of large urban development projectERDF – 5 Million euro (priority 1. “Entrepreneurship, innovative business and sustainable urban development”)

Indirect ERDF funding

ERDF & urban food strategy in Brussels & other contexts

Quentin RICHARD

Brussels Regional Public Service (BE)

[email protected]

www.feder.irisnet.be



BRUSOC project finances SMEs projects including food servicesERDF


Brussels Sustainable Economy (BSE) supports entrepreneurship by study & coaching 6 sectors including sustainable food sector (production)ERDF – 1 Million


Construction of indoor food market combined with 3.000 m² rooftop farm ERDF – 6 Million euro


New Programming period & Food

ERDF and urban food strategy:

3 ways to achieve your goals, following 3 contexts

Context 1

Urban food strategy supported by (a part of) the political

stakeholders:

– Like in the Brussels-capital Region, the sector is supported by influent

stakeholders, who considers it as an element of the economic development

– The sector has used previous Programmes (ERDF, other?) to test new ideas

– And the sector is included in the general development strategy of a/different OP

– But it needs to be structured, organized, piloted/monitored to defend its

credibility (comparison with “classical” economic sectors) in term of concrete

results

Context 2

Urban food strategy has not been taken into account by the

Managing Authorities who have defined a very precise OP

(following the COM recommendations). Then, it would be useful to:

– Understand clearly the will of the MA, to determine a possible way to invest

through the food strategy,

– Determine the process of call for projects/selection in the relevant region(s),

– Coordinate, in such a context, a proposal from the sector (which can be

represented in many ways) in answer to OP goals (with potential links with

strong-supported ERDF/ESF actors)

Context 3

Urban food strategy has not been taken into account by the

Managing Authorities who have defined a flexible OP.

The opportunity can so be taken with:

– Understanding of the OP context to determine a possible way to invest

through the food strategy,

– Determine the process of call for projects/selection in the relevant region(s),

– Prepare (and coordinate if necessary) the relevant operators

(public/private?) to propose new opportunities with a clear and relevant

status (test/pilot, combined actions, urban food side of an infrastructure

project, specific sectorial investment)


Thematic objectives of ERDF & food strategy

› (1) strengthening research, technological development and innovation;

› (2) enhancing access to, and use and quality of, information and communication technologies;

› (3) enhancing the competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises

› (4) supporting the shift towards a low-carbon economy in all sectors;

› (5) promoting climate change adaptation, risk prevention and management;

› (6) protecting the environment and promoting resource efficiency;


› (7) promoting sustainable transport and removing bottlenecks

in key network infrastructures; Inclusive Growth

› (8) promoting employment and supporting labour

mobility;

› (9) promoting social inclusion and combating poverty;

› (10) investing in education, skills and lifelong learning;

› (11) enhancing institutional capacity and an efficient public


URBACT Local Action PlansImplementation and finance

Jenny Koutsomarkou

URBACT Secretariat, France

[email protected]

www.urbact.eu



% of Call 1 partners using types of fundsfor LAP implementation

Call 1 Local Action Plans

Level of implementation of Local Action Plans

<25%

between 25% and 50%

between 50% and 75%

between 75% and 99%

100%

28,79% (19)

37,88% (25)

12,12% (8)

15,15% (10)

6,06% (4)

Min: 1,00 Max: 5,00 Mean: 2,32 Mode: 2,00 Median: 2,00 Std Dev: 1,21

Any remarks?

Structural Funds: 25% respondents report the use of Structural Funds in the delivery of their Action Plans, with a large predominance of ERDF

-Positive achievement considering that the LAPs have been delivered in 2011 when several OPs were already fully committed or with very little resources left.

ERDF: In more than 50% of the cases, ERDF has been used to support projects for local economic development and jobs related actions. Only in few cases, all situated in EU12 Member States, ERDF has been used to finance major infrastructural investments (e.g. water and waste management system in Zabrze, Poland).

ESF:Only 3% partner cities appear to have used ESF whereas 1/3 of the 1st call networks had an explicit focus on social issues. Interestingly enough, the cities having secured ESF funds have also secured ERDF funds for LAP implementation.

› 75% of partners declare having started the implementation of actions included in the Local Action Plan

Local

Regional

National

ERDF Operational Programmes

ESF Operationnal Programmes

Other EU funding

38,68% (41)

16,98% (18)

15,09% (16)

16,04% (17)

4,72% (5)8,49% (9)

Min: 1,00 Max: 6,00 Mean: 2,57 Mode: 1,00 Median: 2,00 Std Dev: 1,63

Call 2 LAP ImplementationOver 50% of partners declare having secured funds for the

implementation of the Local Action Plan

Impact of the URBACT Method on the production of LAP

2/3 of partners declared they succeded in involving the Managing Authorities of the Operational Programme in the networks activities (56% consider the involvement as very useful/useful)

What public funds can be tapped into for sustainable food at national, regional, municipal levels


Health

Environment

Lottery

Local economy

Calls for projects

Slide Potagers parcs Oslo

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Calls for projects at different scalesfor bottom-up initiativesin Oslo’s District Sagene (=74 000 EUR)

Slide Potagers parcs Oslo

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Through what schemes can citizens & private businesses invest effectively in sustainable food without reliance on public funds (e.g. community supported agriculture…)?


Citizen Purchasing groups

New solidarity business models

Supporting one or several farmers(GAS, AMAP, CSA…)

Crowd funding

› Brussels beer, Liège wine

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Brussels Beer Projectto co-create atypical beers with beer lovers Protype creation, tastings for selection #beerforlife crowdfunding. For 140euro >365 crowdfunders had the opportunity to get 12 beers every year … for their entire life.

Community Supported Agriculture

Terres en vueThe cooperative purchases land for farmers to safeguard it from speculation, thanks to the shares purchased by citizens.

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Table discussions (45 min)

›How can sustainable food action plans & actions be in part funded by EU programmes such as ERDF/ ESF?




› Huytebroek

› Encouraging demand (support for collective kitchens, veggie thursdays, gouter bruxelles week, Rabad & GASAP network,

› Food production (Network of vegetable gardens, new economic market gardening…)

› Environment-employment alliance/partnership

› Transition towards a more sustainable

› 50 projects (public-private-company) linking to the URBACT project…

› Inspiration



Introductions (10 min)

Good practices (10 min)

Failed practices? (10 min)

Next practices? (10 min – if there is time)

Wrap up (5 min)


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›How can sustainable food action plans & actions be in part funded by EU programmes such as ERDF/ ESF?

Different funds Rural Development Fund, Interreg CLLD Community Led Local Development ESF food

›Contact persons, Info days…

›Dedicated staff person at city level (Lyon) more peer to peer knowledge exchanges

›Points of attention Windows of opportunity, cofinance, delay in payment, HR needed


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Marleen Brouwer: public & private funding; GP: public funds declining; approach private sector; influence company policies; foundations for action oriented projects; cooperatives; not only money but also other support;

›FP: very burocratic; differnt fundings don't really match ==> should be more accessible

›==> could be interesting to require projects combine the whole food chain

›horizontal funding within municipality across departments

›revolving funds

›DG sustainable food

›Jessica funding scheeme


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›Anne Saudmont: GPs cooperatives important to get better prices for farmers; crowd funding quite new; buying shares terres en vue; Partnership between association & american company...; become godfather of a tree... la ruche qui dit oui (flexible scheme); optimal size to reach to be effective different than clasical enterprises when they scale up loose original objectives - FP: AMAP schemes not flexible enough

›Marianne Karstens: Sustainable Academy in Brussels in Flanders, private companies embracing more sustainable management - risk of greenwashing but also genuine investment. Lack of knowledge to run business; need for networking; access to training to start a viable & self supporting business; social groceries; Foundations; fund-raising investments


Education

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