Urban agrifood systems global workshop: mobilizing stakeholders towards a shared vision and a collective impact
FAO plans to co-host with ICLEI the Urban Agrifood Systems Global Workshop, taking place from 9 – 11 September 2024 at the FAO Headquarters in Rome, Italy. The purpose of the workshop is to gather a community of stakeholders and engage in more collaborative problem-solving and collective action to support governments at all levels to […]
City-to-City Food Systems Exchange
ICLEI works in collaboration with FAO, ICLEI, RUAF and C40 to collectively promote and support subnational take-up and engagement regarding food policy and action in African cities, in line with global targets and ambitions articulated in SDG 2 and through initiatives such as the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact. This collaboration is also intended to […]
CITYFOOD Network
CITYFOOD accelerates local and regional government action on sustainable and resilient city-region food systems by combining networking with technical expertise through training and policy guidance and facilitating local and regional engagement in international discourse. The network promotes food security, social inclusion, economic development and environmental resource management by combining networking with training, policy guidance and […]
FoodCLIC integrated urban FOOD policies – developing sustainability Co-benefits, spatial Linkages, social Inclusion and sectoral Connections to transform food systems in city-regions
The EU funded project FoodCLIC will create strong science-policy-practice interfaces across eight European city-regions (45 towns and cities). The backbone of such interfaces will be provided by Food Policy Networks, which will be trained in Living Labs to build a policy-relevant evidence base through learning-in-action through real-life interventions, using an innovative conceptual framework (the CLIC), […]
Transformative Initiative: Strengthening local fresh food markets for healthier food environments within planetary boundaries
Funded by GIZ, this project – coordinated by ICLEI’s Global CityFood Program – aims to leverage the potential of fresh food markets to empower citizens to shift to healthier and more diversified nutrition, while improving urban food environments. While implementation will focus on two African cities – Lusaka (Zambia) and Lilongwe (Malawi) – ICLEI also […]
CUES Consumers’ Understanding of Eating Sustainably
Fostering a significant ‘triple change’ concerning culture, the food value chain, and policy in the food sytem is crucial for ensuring that sustainable food is desirable and trustworthy for consumers. To address the urgent need for a more sustainable food system that benefits the environment, society, and the economy, CUES sets out to transmit and […]
Commitment to Sustainable Development and Climate Action for candidates of the 2023-2024 electoral process
ICLEI- Local Governments for Sustainability developed this initiative since 2021 and in 2024, it will implement it again. This commitment seeks to ensure that candidates for elected positions at the local level in this 2024 electoral process commit to implementing a series of basic principles linked to sustainable development and the climate fight that they […]
Understanding Innovative Initiatives for Governing Food, Water and Energy Nexus in Cities
Using empirical research, ICLEI is developing a framework and tools to assess changes in food-water-energy nexus, their related trade-offs and the building of innovative capabilities in cities for developing innovative solutions to the food, water and energy nexus and manage green and blue infrastructure at the urban level. These frameworks and tools aim to guide […]
#AfricanCITYFOODMonth
Under the banner of the CITYFOOD Network, ICLEI Africa has convened an annual campaign platform called #AfricanCITYFOODmonth, within which local governments and urban food system actors can share the activities they are undertaking to improve African urban food systems. The campaign is implemented on Twitter and Instagram, inviting campaign partners, other organisations and private individuals […]
Understanding Investment Opportunities in African Cities
The project aims to promote city-region nutritious and resilient food systems approaches in local governments; to identify, with local governments, their food systems challenges and opportunities so as to develop incentives and measures to improve the existing city region food systems; to develop investment cases for most appropriate interventions in five sub-Saharan cities: Cape Town, […]