Last week, on 9th March, city the MUFPP together with Eurocities organized in Brussels the event “Bringing urban food policy to the table”, gathering eleven deputy mayors from European cities and eight cabinet members and policy officers from the European Commission discussing what cities are doing on food policies and how they can contribute to the upcoming proposal for a Sustainable Food Systems Framework law which will highly impact the context of urban food policies. “There can be no food revolution without cities, so give us a role,” said Alvaro Porro, Commissioner of Social Economy ..read more

In February 2023, officers from the Agriculture and Rural Development Office of the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS), were in Kenya for a monitoring mission of the different projects run by the Agency in the field. On 20th and 21st February, the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact Secretariat, together with the AICS HQ and Kenya officers, met with representatives of Nairobi and Kisumu Counties, in the framework of the recent agreement that AICS signed with the MUFPP, with the aim of promoting the Pact and reinforcing its activities in cities worldwide. The objective of the meetings ..read more

On 9th March, the MUFPP and Eurocities are convening a joint high-level event to draw the attention on the importance of developing a comprehensive policy on sustainable food systems and the key role of including cities’ perspectives, achievements and ambitions to reiterate, once more, their essential role in transforming food systems. Indeed, in 2023, the European Commission will put forward the proposal for a legislative framework for sustainable food systems (FSFS), one of the flagship initiatives of the Farm to Fork Strategy. The goal is to accelerate and facilitate the transition towards ..read more

As one of the most important conferences worldwide focusing on sustainable cities and human settlements, the 17th Annual Session of Global Forum on Human Settlements (GFHS 2022) was held in a virtual format on December 15-16, 2022, with the theme being Together for a shared safer and greener urban future: resilient, carbon-neutral and nature-positive cities. Many organizations joined the event, including some major UN agencies and international organizations. More than 80 experts contributed to the forum, including heads of international organizations, senior government officials, mayors ..read more

Within the framework of the International City Partnerships (ICP) Programme, a delegation from Milan, headed by the Vice Mayor Anna Scavuzzo, visited Singapore in December. The programme started back in February  and sees Milan and Singapore paired up to work on circular economy for food. Part of the programme consists in visiting the respective cities. The week started off with a meeting with the Centre for Liveable Cities, Milan’s counterpart in Singapore. The research centre set up in 2008, part today of the Ministry of National Development and the Ministry of ..read more

On 19th December, the MUFPP Secretariat was in Seberang Perai, Malaysia to hold a dedicated food policy training to the City Council and the related food system stakeholders. The city, which signed the Pact back in July 2022, thanks also to the support of the IURC Programme, has since then continuously demonstrated its great interest and willingness to participate in our network’s activities. The MUFPP Secretariat and the IURC once again joined forces to support cities in their journey on food policy development by organising a dedicated training to city councilors and officers, public a ..read more

On Thursday, 15th  December 2022, the last webinar following each of the categories of the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact under the umbrella of the Asia Pacific Food Policy Training was held, thanks to the cooperation between the MUFPP Secretariat and the International Urban and Regional Cooperation (IURC) programme. This time around the webinar focused on how cities  cities are working to reduce food waste, as well as ways they are exploring to manage waste in a more sustainable way, adopting a circular economy approach.  Gathering over 60 participants, the webinar was structure ..read more

On Wednesday, 3rd  August 2022, the fourth of six webinars on each of the categories of the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact under the umbrella Asia Pacific Food Policy Training was held, with the cooperation between the MUFPP Secretariat and the International Urban and Regional Cooperation (IURC) programme. This time around the session was held within the broader spectrum of the G20 Presidency and the very first MUFPP Regional Forum in Asia. The webinar focused on Food Production. Gathering many participants both online and offline, the webinar was structured as follows: a brief introduction ..read more

On Friday, 18th  November 2022, the fifth of six webinars on each of the categories of Milan Urban Food Policy Pact under the umbrella Asia Pacific Food Policy Training was held, with the cooperation between the MUFPP Secretariat and the International Urban and Regional Cooperation (IURC) programme. The webinar focused on Food Supply & Distribution. Gathering over 40 participants, the webinar was structured as follows: a brief introduction to the topic, a presentation showcasing some of the best practices in Europe, an overview of Milan’s food infrastructures, ending on Asia Pacific’s ..read more

With support from the European Union, the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact (MUFPP) Secretariat and the City of Bandung co-organised the 1st MUFPP Asia Pacific Regional Forum on 3-4 August 2022 in support of Indonesia’s U20 Mayors Summit and G20 Summit, to be held at the end of August and in mid-November this year respectively. Titled “Improving City Food Security and Creating Work Through Urban Farming Based on Culture and Technology”, the event consisted of two activities – an international conference on Day 1 and field visits on Day 2 – and aims at addressing the issues of inequality in access ..read more