Networks and cities' news

Catch up on the latest updates from cities working together in URBACT Networks. The articles and news that are showcased below are published directly by URBACT’s beneficiaries and do not necessarily reflect the programme’s position.

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    WHO IS COOKING THE FOOD TRANSITION?

    "28 participants at our last workshop on sustainable food in Faaborg-Midtfyn, not a single man!" "It's the same in Mouans-Sartoux - almost only women come to our sustainable food workshops."

    François Jégou

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    Eat4Climate at the URBACT University: strengthening stakeholder engagement

    Following the online URBACT training, the Eat4Climate network had the opportunity to come together in Cork, Ireland, for the URBACT University, a key milestone in our network journey. 

    This event marked our move into the ADAPT stage, giving cities the opportunity to focus on stakeholder engagement, exchange experiences and explore new ways of working together. Together with 156 city partners, we reflected on the challenges cities face and on how stronger collaboration with local stakeholders can help drive meaningful change. 

    Mélanie Duron

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  • Eat4Climate: the European cities changing citizen diet to cut carbon emissions (Network artice #1)

     “In Mouans-Sartoux, people are surrounded by sustainable food”

     

    In the French Riviera town of Mouans-Sartoux, schoolchildren eat organic vegetables harvested a few kilometres away, disadvantaged families pick up subsidised produce from a municipal grocery, and cooking workshops are as common as sports clubs. Sustainable food is not hidden in specialist stores or reserved for environmental enthusiasts. It is woven into everyday life.

    “For people here, sustainable food is everywhere,” says Gilles Pérole, deputy mayor for food policy. “People are surrounded by it.”

    That deceptively simple idea has become the foundation of Eat4Climate, a new URBACT Transfer Network bringing together six European territories determined to cut their climate impact by changing how people eat.

     

    François Jégou

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  • E4C Toolbox - Sustainable Food Policy Cards

    How can partner cities grasp, in a quick and operational way, what represents more than 25 years of accumulated food transition policies in Mouans-Sartoux? And how can this dense experience become a lever for strategic discussion rather than an overwhelming catalogue?

    The challenge is not to replicate a model, but to support city stakeholders in identifying what could realistically be transferred, adapted or reinvented in their own local context.

    François Jégou

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  • E4C Toolbox - Eat4Climate Compass, an orientation tool for action

    The challenge

     

    Cities cannot launch a PhD thesis or a full assessment study every time they design a new food policy action, adjust an existing one, or arbitrate budget priorities. Yet decisions must be taken, often quickly, in complex and uncertain contexts.

    François Jégou

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  • E4C Tool Box - Eat4Climate Stakeholders Inspiring Mapping

    A mapping of the Mouans-Sartoux’s stakeholders provides an interesting way to read its food transition strategy. The actionability of the transfer for city partners depends on their official competences and network outreach and is differentiated according:

    François Jégou

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