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Sustainable Food for Urban CommunitiesIntroduction to Network
Stephanie Mantell, Brussels Environment (IBGE)
25 April 2013
Photo credit: Dieter Telemans
Our Network
Why?
– 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
for more sustainable & inclusive growth
Title:
Sustainable Food in Urban CommunitiesDeveloping low-carbon and resource-efficient urban food system
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URBACT project
From May 2012 to April 2015
Funded by URBACT II
– a European Programme of Territorial Cooperation
(jointly financed by ERDF and the Member States)
– it encourages exchanges
within cities, with other cities, of the network and
beyond
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► 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 & conferences on
sustainable food to produce joint outputs & feed local action plans.
► At URBACT programme level:
exchange & learn with cities from other networks at national capacity
building seminars (May/June), summer university (28-30/8 Dublin)…
► Beyond the network
Exchange about urban sustainable food strategies through a newsletter,
conferences, online publications, field trips…
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2. Spotlight on participating Managing Authorities
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Baseline study: With 10 “city profiles” & 98 cases.
Focus
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3 Groups
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Oslo, Messina, Athens
Amersfoort, Lyon, Ourense
Gothenburg, Vaslui, Bristol Brussels & Lead expert
Today1 st workshop on Delivering1st thematic report
First set of workshops
23-25 April 2013: Amersfoort Workshop “Delivering”
28-30 May 2013: Göteborg Workshop “Enjoying”
10-12 September 2013: Oslo Workshop “Growing”
February 2014 Brussels Interim Conference
feeding 10 Local Action Plans
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More information... on our website
http://urbact.eu/sustainable-food-in-urban-communities
It points to
› Our Blog: www.sustainable-everyday-project.net/urbact-sustainable-food/
› Facebook page: www.facebook.com/SustainableFoodInUrbanCommunities
› Quarterly electronic newsletter
Let’s make it happen!
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