Project description
Engaging citizens for a better food system
Food systems are directly related to Europe’s commitment to achieving full decarbonisation. Citizens can play an important role in this transition by eating less meat and more vegetables. The EU-funded FoodSHIFT2030 project will create new jobs in the food sector and SMEs, increase urban-rural cohesion, and improve food system sustainability. Existing food system innovations will be improved and developed to achieve a quick food system transition based on citizens’ engagement. Nine FoodSHIFT Accelerator Labs and 27 Enabler Labs will be created in existing and rising pivotal food regional systems across Europe. A further transition of the food system (beyond the FoodSHIFT2030 project) will be achieved by creating a snowball effect starting with targeted knowledge transfer.
Objective
The FoodSHIFT2030 project takes departure in the EU Food 2030 Research and Innovation Policy Framework, the EU’s commitment under the Paris Agreement and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to launch an ambitious citizen-driven transition of the European food system towards a low carbon circular future, including a shift to less meat and more plant based diets.
By utilizing and supporting the transformative power of citizens already engaged in developing sustainable innovative food system solutions in European city-regions FoodSHIFT2030 will deliver an increase in food sector jobs and SMEs, an increase in citizen empowerment and urban-rural cohesion, and a lasting positive impact on food system sustainability that will continue beyond the project lifetime.
A fast citizen-driven food system transition will be achieved by creating a framework and efficient mechanisms for maturing, combining, upscaling and multiplying existing food system innovations through the operationalization of nine citizen-driven FoodSHIFT Accelerator Labs and twenty seven FoodSHIFT Enabler Labs established in existing and emerging city-region food system hubs distributed across Europe.
The benefits of existing and accelerated food system innovations will be benchmarked against state-of-the-art food system innovations by assessing their effects on a set of FoodSHIFT Indicators. Strategies and advisory plans for citizen-driven food system governance will be co-created in the FoodSHIFT Accelerator Labs to support food system transition and foster market uptake of new food system innovations in the participating city-regions.
A further transition of the food system beyond the FoodSHIFT2030 project will be obtained by creating a snowball effect starting with targeted knowledge transfer via a number of city and region networks working on facilitating the food system transition and continuing the establishment of FoodSHIFT Enabler Labs in other European and global city-regions.
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1165 Kobenhavn
Denmark
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Kobenhavn V
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4330 Hvalso
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1871 Frederiksberg
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8400 Oostende
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9820 Merelbeke
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84045 AVIGNON CEDEX 9
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75007 Paris
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10785 Berlin
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10435 Berlin
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15374 Muencheberg
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15374 Muncheberg
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15351 PALLINI
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15344 Gerakas
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54655 Thessaloniki
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70121 Bari
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20122 Milano
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70010 Valenzano
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50 252 Wroclaw
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50-141 WROCLAW
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50-375 Wroclaw
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505800 Brasov
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500484 BRASOV
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500030 BRASOV
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08005 Barcelona
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1725 Copenhagen
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5038EN Tilburg
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75005 Paris
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531 98 LIDKOPING
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E2 9DA London
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2200 Copenhagen
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0158 Oslo
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13347 Berlin
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1715 CPH V
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