Getting to know each other: our City Visits

Between August and September, The Lead Partner's Team had the chance to visit the BioCanteens #2 Partners in their cities: Evora (PT), Wroclaw (PO), Gavà (ES), and Liège (BE). City Visits allowed us to get a bite of the reality of the territory, the political implication, the production and consumption patterns, and the functioning of the school procurement system. Most importantly, it gave us the chance to establish a relationship to perpetuate our fruitful collaboration for the next months.

With the following paragraphs, we want you to be part of our journey: sharing observations, places, and initiatives.

Le città sono la soluzione, il racconto di un viaggio

Venerdì 15 ottobre la presentazione presso al Triennale di Milano del volume di Simone D’Antonio e di Paolo Testa, Le città sono la soluzione (Donzelli). All’incontro insieme agli autori parteciperanno, Alessandro Coppola, del Politecnico di Milano, Lucia Scopelliti, del Comune di Milano e Francesca Cognetti, del Politecnico di Milano, con la moderazione di Bertram Niessen, direttore scientifico di cheFare.

Partecipazione urbana e nuovi centri culturali: esperienze e soluzioni a confronto - L'evento alla Triennale di Milano

Venerdì 15 ottobre a partire dalle 14.30 presso la sala LAB della Triennale di Milano cheFare assieme ad ANCI in qualità di Punto Nazionale del programma URBACT per l’Italia, condurranno un workshop a porte chiuse che coinvolge i portavoci di alcune delle principali città italiane.

Vervoerregio Amsterdam

Our partner Vervoerregio Amsterdam Transport Authority connects 15 municipalities working together on a region where people and places are effectively connected so that everybody can easily reach their destination. 

Vervoerregio Amsterdam

Our partner Vervoerregio Amsterdam Transport Authority connects 15 municipalities working together on a region where people and places are effectively connected so that everybody can easily reach their destination. 

As cidades estão a encontrar formas inovadoras de ajudar os bairros desfavorecidos

Utilizando as boas práticas dos seus parceiros URBACT, as cidades estão a envolver os residentes na regeneração dos seus próprios bairros.

Lokálne produkty + zdravé jedlo = šťastné deti: prvá potravinová politika mesta Fundão (Portugalsko)

Fundão je už dlho zdrojom dobrého jedla a vína. Toto mesto v strednom Portugalsku, ktoré čelí znižujúcej sa populácii, vytvorilo v roku 2012 Klub výrobcov zameraný na export, ktorý získava ceny od Abú Zabí až po Makao. Mesto sa však pripojilo k URBACT sieti AGRI-URBAN s cieľom hľadať miestne udržateľné riešenia. Výrobcovia a spotrebitelia pomohli vytvoriť plán podávania lokálnych biopotravín vo verejných jedálňach, ktorý podporuje ekonomiku mesta a zdravú reputáciu.

Gemeinwohl bottom-up gestalten – was kann die Kommune beitragen?

Welche Mechanismen helfen den städtischen Verwaltungen, besser mit den Bürgerinnen und Bürgern zusammenzuarbeiten? Vier URBACT-Städte teilen ihre Erfahrungen mit der Gestaltung und Verwaltung von sogenannten „Commons“.

BioCanteens#2: cities engaged for food democracy and sovereignty

3 primary schools’ canteens in the city and a thousand lunches par day 100% organic and mostly local with no cost increase! That the magic of the Good Practice of Mouans-Sartoux, a small sustainable city, surrounded by the rather unsustainable French Riviera, where it’s all about real estate interest, high pressure on land use and mass tourism.

Food for thought in URBACT cities: the broad effects of eating local

How can improving local food kick-start the systemic transition of a city and its surrounding territory?