ICP follow up visit & EU-Asia Final Conference
On 27th March, the MUFPP welcomed a delegation of over 40 representatives from different governmental agencies of Singapore. The delegation, headed by Mr. Ngiam Shih Chun, Chief Executive at Energy Market Authority, spent the week in Milan to learn more about the city considering the many areas of common interests. The study visit was a […]
Cities hungry for recognition in EU food
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 […]
MUFPP and AICS exchanges with Nairobi and Kisumu
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 […]
Bringing urban food policies to the table – high level event
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 […]
The 17th Annual Session of the Global Forum on Human Settlements
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 […]
ICP Programme – Milan visiting Singapore
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 […]
MUFPP Food Policy Training for Seberang Perai
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 […]
MUFPP & IURC Asia Pacific Food Policy Training: Food Waste
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 […]
MUFPP & IURC Asia Pacific Food Policy Training: Food Supply & Distribution
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. […]
Winners of Milan Pact Awards 2022
The first important message that came out from the 8th MUFPP Global Forum in Rio de Janeiro is that cities are active and engaged in the effort of fighting climate change through food system transformation. With more than 250 practices collected by the MUFPP Secretariat from April to June 2022, this 6th edition of the […]
