Annual Gathering and Mayors summit 2016: draft agenda
The MUFPP Annual Gathering and Mayors Summit 2016 will take place on 13-14 October at FAO Headquarters in Rome, on the occasion of the World Food Day. View the draft agenda Download here the Annual Gathering and Mayors’ summit draft agenda in English Download here the Annual Gathering and Mayors’ summit draft agenda in French
Milan Pact Awards: the evaluation committee has been formed
We are happy to announce that the evaluation committee of the Milan Pact Awards have been formed. It comprises representatives from scientific, research, donor, international, civil society, private sector and media organizations: Miguel Altieri, University of California, Berkeley Roberto Barbieri, OXFAM Italy, Rome Ashley Baxstrom, Food & Nutrition Representative to United Nations Secretary General, New York Mi Sook […]
Milan Pact Awards: a prize to stimulate the exchange of good practices
One of the most important goals of the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact (MUFPP) is to stimulate the exchange of good practices and learning between signatory cities. To foster this collaboration the MUFPP Secretariat in collaboration with Fondazione Cariplo launched the Milan Pact Awards. The Milan Pact Awards will reward innovative projects on urban food policies […]
Mayor Pisapia at GFFA forum in Berlin: “Urban-rural relations are strategic"
“We live in the urban century, the relations between urban and rural areas are strategic. Cities are going to face complex challenges. One of the most difficult is to ensure the right to food to everyone without putting the future of our planet in danger.” said Mayor Giuliano Pisapia in his keynote speech at Global […]
The City of Milan at COP21 to promote a more sustainable food system
Milan together with other great cities of the world will take part in the climate summit for local leaders co-hosted by the City of Paris and the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Cities and Climate Change Michael R. Bloomberg. The summit is organized in collaboration with C40 climate smart network on the occasion of the […]
FAO to work with the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact cities
The Milan Urban Food Policy Pact, promulgated earlier this year on the occasion of the 2015 World Expo, offers a unique international platform to make city food systems more equitable and sustainable, FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva (Left in the picture ©FAO/Alessia Pierdomenico) and the Italian city’s Mayor, Giuliano Pisapia, said today. FAO and […]
Leading experts on food policy explain the significance of the MUFPP
What is the meaning of the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact signed in on 15th October 2015? Here are the answers by two leading experts on food policies. “The Pact’s objective is broadly simple: better collaboration to shape resilient, sustainable local food supply chains and good food cultures, living within environmental limits. Across political divides, […]
More than 100 cities signed the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact presented to UN secretary general
On 15 October 2015 113 cities signed the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact, the first covenant among Mayors on Urban Food Policies. Mayors simultaneously signed the document on tablets, at Palazzo Reale, in the Hall of Cariatidi. “Today, at the presence of metropolises from all over the world that are home to 400 million people, […]
Mayor Giuliano Pisapia speaks about Milan Urban Food Policy Pact in Vatican City
Vatican City – Fighting climate change, making our food system more sustainable and our sociaty more fair. This is the message delivered by the Mayor of Milan, Giuliano Pisapia, at the workshop: “Modern Slavery and Climate Change:The Commitment of the Cities”, organized by the Pontifical Academies of Sciences and Social Sciences. More than 60 mayors […]
