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 […]

MUFPP & IURC Asia Pacific Food Policy Training: Food Production

On Wednesday, 3rd  August 2022, the fourth of six webinars on each of the categories of the 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. This time around the session was held […]

MUFPP, IURC, team Europe and Thai cities commit to sustainable food systems

The European Union, the Embassy of Italy to Thailand, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, Chiang Mai Municipality and the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact (MUFPP) are cooperating to make Bangkok’s and Chiang Mai’s food systems more sustainable through the definition of each city’s food strategy. The two Thai cities are participating in the International Urban and […]

1st MUFPP Asia Pacific Regional Forum

With support from the European Union, the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact (MUFPP) Secretariat and the City of Bandung co-organised the 1st MUFPP Asia Pacific Regional Forum on 3-4 August 2022 in support of Indonesia’s U20 Mayors Summit and G20 Summit, to be held at the end of August and in mid-November this year respectively. […]