Third Annual Gathering and Mayors' summit programme and live streaming
On 19-21 October in Valencia will take place the Third MUFPP Annual Gathering and Mayors’ summit. Find out more about the programme Follow the live streaming Thursday 19 October 14.00 MUFFP Annual Gathering Opening https://www.youtube.com/embed/oW2YV5h-CRI?rel=0 Friday 20 October 10.00 Mayors’ Debate and Valencia Statement https://www.youtube.com/embed/M_bHx5o1ahs?rel=0 Friday 20 14.30 Milan Pact Awards Prize Ceremony […]
Annual gathering and mayors' summit 2017
From 19 to 21 October the Third MUFPP Annual Gathering an Mayors’ summit will take place in Valencia Find out more about the event
Towards the 2017 MUFPP Annual Gathering: Valencia's year-long journey to food sustainability
In October 2016, València was selected to host 2017 Annual Gathering and the Mayors’ Summit of the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact (MUFPP) signatory cities. The event will take place from 19 – 21 October. How has the city being preparing for the MUFPP gathering? Has this event changed the way in which Valencia approaches […]
"Cities can make our food system more sustainable" says Mayor of Milan on the eve of Eat Forum 2017
On the eve of the Eat Forum that will be held on 12-13 June 2017 in Stockholm, Giuseppe Sala, Mayor of Milan has spoken with Eat Foundation on the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact and the role of cities in tackling food insecurity «Cities can really trigger the change needed to make our food systems […]
The 2017 Milan Pact Awards edition is launched!
The City of Milan and the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact (MUFPP) secretariat in collaboration with Fondazione Cariplo is launching the second edition of the Milan Pact Awards (MPA). The MPA purpose is to stimulate Mayors’ action on food policy and practice from learning and exchange among MUFPP signatory cities. The deadline for signatory cities […]
The City of Milan and Eurocities win project to map innovative food strategies
The City of Milan and Eurocities in collaboration with the academic expert Roberta Sonnino (Cardiff University) won a EU funded project on ” Innovation for a sustainable and health production, delivery and consumption of food in cities”. The study will start on January 2017 and during 8 months it will concentrate on mapping the food strategies […]
A fellowship empowering young people to champion local pathways to sustainable development
By 2050 almost 70% of global population will live in urban areas. This means that the success of the Sustainable Development Goals will ultimately depend on our ability to transform the cities we live in. Representing the largest generation of young people the world has ever seen, today’s youth must play a central role in […]
MUFPP to collaborate with the EU platform on Food Losses and Food Waste; follow the kick off meeting
Sustainable Development Goal 12 calls for a paradigm shift in production and consumption patterns. Target 12.3, in particular aims to “by 2030 halve per capita global food waste at the retail and consumer levels and reduce food losses along production and supply chains, including post-harvest losses”. The most recent estimates of European food waste […]
The world of MUFPP: Valencia hosting city of 2017 Annual Gathering
In 2017 Valencia will host the MUFPP annual gathering. This video explains some of the peculiarities of Valencia food and agricultural landscape and highlights the efforts the city is undertaking to become more sustainable. One of the best examples is La Huerta: the Green Belt of the City: over 23,000 hectares, where cultivations and orchards […]
The Dakar Forum: fostering cooperation among West African Cities
From 21 to 23 September 2016 the capital of Senegal hosted the Dakar Forum to discuss and share ideas and projects on the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact implementation and sustainable urban development. The forum saw the participation of six West African Cities: Dakar, Abidjan (Cote d’Ivoire), Brazzaville (Republic of Congo), Douala (Cameroon), Ndjamena (Chad) […]
