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Cities2030
Cities2030 fosters the co-creation of resilient, sustainable, and innovative urban food systems
within the framework of FOOD2030. Employing a multi-actor approach, the project designs progressive policies, formulates action plans, and orchestrates experiments involving researchers, companies, public authorities, civic societies, and citizens.
Consumer choices have the power to guide sustainable shifts in the market. Food system stakeholders engage in a transdisciplinary Alliance and an interactive learning journey that empowers city leaders, researchers, entrepreneurs, and experts to collaboratively construct a citizen-centred model.
An Observatory is established to perceive the urban food system as an interconnected entity, weaving scattered initiatives into comprehensive policies and pioneering
strategies. Furthermore, technologically advanced, and exploitable tools are devised to bolster innovation in the food chain.
Operating through result-driven CRFS Policy and Living Labs, the project propels policy enhancements and innovations, steering leadership towards investments that facilitate a sustainable CRFS transition.
Latest news
General Assembly & Lab Festival in Haarlem from 22-24 February
We are thrilled to announce that next week the entire consortium is gathering for the first time for a three-day event in Haarlem (The Netherland).
A lot of interest in first edition of ‘Clear as glass, an inspiration and networking evening for greenhouse growers’
On Thursday evening, Feb. 9, the greenhouse horticulture sector gathered at Agrotopia for the first edition of Glashelder, a study evening on innovative greenhouse techniques.
Workshop / Course for public staff members in the public Kitchens I Vejle: Resilience Food in Vejle
In August 2022, the Vejle Municipality / Culinary Institute By Vejle Erhverv (P10) launched an educational program dedicated to climate-conscious cooking, tailored specifically for individuals
Pitch event: The Climate Day
The Culinary Institute By Vejle Erhverv actively participated in Vejle Municipality’s Climate Day, a significant event focused on fostering sustainable climate-related transitions and addressing pressing
1st Policy Lab / online
The PL focused on the question: “What can regional and fair community catering in Bremerhaven and the surrounding area look like in 2030? The question
Art & food systems : cycle of events co-organised by CITAG
“We’re hungry!” Many a revolution has begun with this cry. Being hungry responds both to a vital need of those our societies leave behind and
Futuro Mediterraneo: a project from Pollica to unite youth, culture, skills, and the Mediterranean Diet
The Paideia Campus in Pollica greeted 2022 by presenting an important project that will guide this 2023: Futuro Mediterraneo. From the heart of Cilento, 200
Clear as glass: Innovative techniques in the greenhouse
Technology and innovations in the greenhouse sector are evolving rapidly.On 9th February, you are invited to Agrotopia (Roeselare, Belgium), the largest greenhouse in Europe, for
The Cities2030 Vicenza Food Lab logo
The Municipality of Vicenza and its third associate party, the International Library “La Vigna”, has decided to design a dedicated logo for the “Cities2030 Vicenza Food Lab”, thus better supporting the visibility of the initiatives developed in the framework of the policy lab and living lab.
Cities2030 Consortium
A broad, integrated, and transdisciplinary consortium comprising 41 partners and 3 linked parties, coordinated by the University of Ca’ Foscari of Venice, is currently developing the Cities2030 project, for the co-creation of resilient, sustainable, and innovative urban food systems within the framework of FOOD2030. Universities, research centres, cities, regions, development agencies, cultural and social associations, companies and experts, active in the FOOD SYSTEM are actively co-operating with the main goal to innovate FOOD POLICIES and sustainable PRACTICES, advacing new
patterns, techniques and digital. The Consortium is experimenting with new governance models, placing consumers in the core of their actions to improve the sustainability of pilot CRFS (City Regions Food Systems) and evolve the pilot Living Labs, assuming to reach 50 CRFS LABS willing to follow the project and its results.
Vision
The project Cities2030 envisions a future where city-regions worldwide embrace sustainable, healthy, and inclusive food systems. Aligned with FOOD 2030, the New Urban Agenda, and SDG 11, it pioneers policy solutions, using multi-actor participation and system thinking. CRFS LABS are hubs for evidence-based policy-making. Action plans, co-designed by government departments, align with FOOD 2030 goals. Digital tools enhance efficiency. An Alliance and expert groups drive policy innovation. Over 50 CRFS Labs form a global network, advocating for sustainable food systems. The project promotes behavioural change for healthy diets, responsible production, and consumption, fostering long-term transformation.
Approach
Cities2030 promotes citizen engagement, transforming passive consumers into motivated change agents through a trusted City-Region Food System (CRFS). This approach fosters connections within the rural-urban context, addressing the entire value chain from production to waste management. It advances dynamic relationships between livelihoods, economic development, food security, nutrition, social inclusion, equity, and resilience within a multi-scale framework encompassing economic, environmental, and social conditions. Cities 2030’s approach is built on these principles, aiming for holistic, sustainable urban food systems.
Results
Over a span of four years partners will be working on developing labs, conducting a series of experiments and creating smart-tools aimed at enhancing policies and practises within the CRFS. Within a large actionable, deployable and transferable result framework, the following key results will be achieved:
CRFS Alliance
The CRFS Alliance is a network of actors and stakeholders, encompassing the food value chain. It operates as a community of practice and as a platform for know-how exchange
CRFS Observatory
The CRFS Observatory is an open-access platform where users can readily access comprehensive information, studies, policies and food-related data.
CRFS Labs
CRFS policy and living labs have been developed to introduce innovative policies and to facilitate the co-creation and the testing of sustainable innovative solutions.Explore the outcomes of these labs on the community platform
City-scale pilots
A series of city-scale pilots have been initiated to test the proposed frameworks and to extraxct valuable insights for their validation
Systems thinking
An innovative and tailored System Thinking methodology to collaboratively address problem-solving challanges in the food sector with a specific focus on CRFS dimention will be introduced
Data-driven CRFS
Smart Tools, including cradle-to-cradle data-driven solutions and Digital CRFS Management Platform based on Blockchain Technology will be designed and delivered