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, 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 […]
MUFPP & IURC Asia Pacific Food Policy Training: Social & Economic Equity
On Thursday, 21st July 2022, the third of six webinars on each of the categories of Milan Urban Food Policy Pact under the umbrella Asia Pacific Food Policy Training was held thanks to the cooperation between the MUFPP Secretariat and the International Urban and Regional Cooperation (IURC) programme. The webinar focused on Social & Economic […]
ICP – Singapore delegation
Within the framework of the International City Partnerships (ICP) Programme, we had the pleasure of hosting a delegation from Singapore at the beginning of June. The programme started back in February and has the aim of contributing to the improvement of quality of life in participating cities, by promoting sustainable and integrated urban development, through […]
MUFPP & IURC Asia Pacific Food Policy Training: Sustainable Diets & Nutrition
In the last few years, the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact has been working hard towards the goal of strengthening its relations in the Asia Pacific region. This has been made possible, also, thanks to the International Urban and Regional Cooperation (IURC) programme, an EU funded project in which Milan has been selected to work […]
On-boarding South Korean cities
Thanks to the leadership of the city of Seoul, Steering Committee representative for Asia Pacific, a meeting among cities from South Korea was held on Wednesday 18th May. The MUFPP Secretariat and cities from the Republic of South Korea joined forces to carry a much-needed conversation on food policy and how joining the Milan Pact […]
