The Milan Urban Food Policy Pact will be one of the protagonists of the 2nd Global Summit of the School Meals Coalition (September 18–19 in Fortaleza, Brazil), with the session “The power of cities and municipalities: driving innovation and accountability at local levels” – 19 September, h 12:00-12:45 UTC-3).
Organized by the MUFPP as lead of the Cities Feeding the Future Initiative of the School Meals Coalition, the session will feature Champion Mayors who will showcase how they are driving innovation at the local level. You can watch the session livestream on the Coalition’s Summit web page!
The 2nd Global Summit of the School Meals Coalition will highlight how governments and partners are investing in school meal programme as a key policy tool, and will provide an opportunity to showcase the progress made towards the Coalition’s objectives since the 1st Global Summit, hosted by France in Paris.
Launched in September 2021 during the United Nations Food Systems Summit, the School Meals Coalition was established with the conviction that school meal programmes can transform education and food systems while contributing to social, economic, and environmental progress. Its mission is to ensure that by 2030 all children have access to healthy, nutritious meals in school.
To advance this mission, the Coalition has outlined six priorities: making school meals a global political and fiscal priority, ensuring sustainable financing, accelerating country-level action, strengthening evidence for decision-making, measuring and reporting results, and empowering cities while encouraging high-level participation in global meetings.
Despite progress, millions of children still lack access to what is, for many, their only nutritious daily meal—underscoring the urgency of scaling up school meal programme as multisectoral investments in future generations, food systems, and sustainable development.
The upcoming Global Summit, held under the high patronage of President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva, will brings together leaders from governments, UN agencies, financial institutions, NGOs, cities, youth and indigenous communities.
Guided by the Coalition’s priorities, the summit will showcase progress since 2023, mobilize action to reach an additional 150 million children, and position school meals as a transformative cross-sector policy. It will also serve as a platform to launch new initiatives, share evidence, foster innovation, and expand partnerships that connect school meals to broader global agendas, including the fight against hunger and poverty.
Join the School Meals Coalition Global Summit – All sessions will be livestreamed on the Coalition’s Summit web page in English, Portuguese, Spanish and French.
