OPEN CALL FOR ART FEEDS COLLECTIVE RESIDENCIES 2026 IS NOW OPEN
Edible Commons: Performing the Future of Food Feed Your Future, the Creative Europe–funded project dedicated to empowering young artists and creators for sustainable food systems and climate-conscious futures, launches Art Feeds, a transnational program of collective art residencies taking place in 2026 over two slots. Go to the OPEN CALL Curated by Xarkis and coordinated by BJCEM, the residencies invite artists based in the EU and Creative Europe […]
MUFPP Global Forum 2025—Highlights from the State of the Pact Plenary
At the heart of every MUFPP Global Forum lies the State of the Pact plenary session, and the 2025 edition in Milan was no exception. Framed around four strategic pillars – Membership, Knowledge, Partnership, and Governance – the plenary offered a comprehensive reflection on the progress achieved in ten years of joint activities. Filippo Gavazzeni, […]
The MPA25 winning’s practices: innovative and impactful ways of approaching urban food policies
What do Austin, Seoul, Medellín, Jericho, Ouagadougou, and Vantaa have in common? More than it seems: a new way of approaching food as an urban policy. At the Milan Pact Awards 2025, these cities were recognized for their creativity and commitment to building more resilient and equitable food systems. Here, we take a closer look at the winning initiatives […]
Join us for the webinar “Fair Istanbul: rights-based social support and food security”
The MUFPP Secretariat is pleased to announce the upcoming webinar Fair Istanbul: Rights-Based Social Support and Food Security, open to all MUFPP cities in the Eurasia and South West Asia Region, taking place on 18 November 2025 at 12:00 PM CET (Check your time zone). This online event is organized in collaboration with the Istanbul […]
School Meals Coalition at the MUFPP Global Forum
Within the MUFPP Global Forum a plenary session was organised on the School Meals Coalition’s Initiative “Cities Feeding the Future”, launched and led in 2023 by the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact. The session, moderated by Filippo Gavazzeni, Director of the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact, was structured into two main segments: a first overview […]
The MUFPP Global Forum concludes, and the cities renew their understanding: the right to food as a commitment to peace, sustainability, and justice
In the last plenary session of the MUFPP Global Forum 2025, delegates approved the ‘Final Declaration’ with new perspectives: hunger never used as a weapon and the right to food for all. After five days of meetings, discussions, plenary sessions, field visits, and collaborations between cities and international partners, the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact […]
Six cities honored with Milan Pact Awards at the MUFPP Global Forum 2025
Austin (United States), Seoul (South Korea), Medellin (Colombia), Jericho (Palestine), Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) and Vantaa (Finland) are the winning cities of the Milan Pact Awards 2025: their projects stood out from over 340 food policy practices submitted for the 2025 edition Launched in 2016 by the City of Milan and the Cariplo Foundation, with the […]
MUFPP Global Forum. 500 delegates from around the world celebrate the Pact’s 10th anniversary
The first plenary session at the University of Milan: protagonists Jane Battersby, Carlo Petrini, Stefano Gatti, Nosipho Nausca-Jean Jezile and the mayors of Bangkok, Bethlehem, Paris and Quelimane The MUFPP Global Forum 2025 is now in full swing: over 500 delegates from around the world attended the opening plenary session this morning, held in the […]
From October 13th to 17th, the city of Milan hosts the MUFPP Global Forum 2025
From October 13 to 17, Milan will host the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact Global Forum, the most important international event dedicated to urban food policies. It will bring together more than 500 delegates from 95 different countries and over 330 global cities, signatories of the Milan Pact first launched 10 years ago during Expo […]
The MUFPP at the 2nd Global Summit of the School Meals Coalition and welcoming of Fortaleza in the MUFPP
On the 18th and 19th of September 2025, the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact joined the Second Global Summit of the School Meals Coalition, hosted in the City of Fortaleza, under the high patronage of the President of Brazil, H.E. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. This important occasion brought together leaders from Member States, regional […]