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GSS EU Science Funding Gateway

Integrated urban food system policies – how cities and towns can transform food systems for co-benefits

Summary

This cluster aims at reducing environmental degradation, halting and reversing the decline of biodiversity on land, inland waters and sea and better managing natural resources through transformative changes of the economy and society in both urban and rural areas. It will ensure food and nutrition security for all within planetary boundaries through knowledge, innovation and digitalisation in agriculture, fisheries, aquaculture and food systems and steer and accelerate the transition to a low carbon, resource efficient circular economy and sustainable bioeconomy, including forestry.

 

Programme Name

Horizon Europe (2021-2027)

Programme Description

Horizon Europe is the European Union (EU) funding programme for the period 2021 – 2027, which targets the sectors of research and innovation. The programme’s budget is around € 95.5 billion, of which € 5.4 billion is from NextGenerationEU to stimulate recovery and strengthen the EU’s resilience in the future, and € 4.5 billion is additional aid.

Programme Details

Call

Integrated urban food system policies – how cities and towns can transform food systems for co-benefits

Detailed Call Description

Proposals should address the following four issues and be targeted to help at least 5 cities/towns lacking integrated food systems policies to take ambitious and decisive action:

  • Understanding: map local food systems, policies and actions, with a special focus on assessing short supply chains and urban food environments (including harmful marketing and advertising and unequal access to healthy food for the urban poor), and on developing local indicators and monitoring frameworks. This should be built on existing tools such as the “Food systems dashboard framework” and should include the development of food systems stakeholder maps, maps of the formal and informal food flows and retail channels and, especially relevant in case of food shock crisis, maps identifying the most vulnerable people and their access to nutritious food. This should include analysing the local responses to emergencies and take into account the environmental, social and economic dimension.
  • Governance: develop and evaluate innovative, multi-actor, urban food systems governance processes and capacities for science-backed integrated policy making and implementation actions that deliver on farm to fork strategy objectives and Food 2030 co-benefits for health, environment, climate, circularity and inclusion, while minimizing trade-offs. Special attention should be given to improving food environments, providing increased food access to vulnerable groups and fostering short supply chains.
  • Engaging: mobilise a wide diversity of food system actors from farm to fork. Higher education institutions and research centres, in particular, should be engaged to collaboration with local actors to support evidence-based food policy development and to help provide local solutions to integrated food system challenges.
  • Mutual learning: reinforce or create new networks of cities and towns to share good practices and learn from and support each other. This implies involving cities with well-developed food policies to provide guidance and lessons learned, as well as new forms of collaboration/twinning.

    • Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan

    70%

    EU contribution per project: €12,00 million

    Eligibility For Participation Notes

    Proposals focusing on one type of activity or sector (e.g. primary production) are out of scope.

    Programme Category
    EU Competitive Programmes
    Total Budget
    €12,00 million
    Thematic Categories
    • Environment and Climate Change
    • Research, Technological Development and Innovation
    Eligibility for Participation
    • Central Government
    • Educational Institutions
    • Local Authorities
    • NGOs
    • Non Profit Organisations
    • Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
    Call Opening Date
    22/06/2021
    Call Closing Date
    06/10/2021
    National Contact Point(s)

    Research and Innovation Foundation

    Strovolos Avenue 123, 2042 Nicosia, Cyprus, P.O.Box 23422, 1683 Nicosia
    Email: support@research.org.cy
    Website: https://www.research.org.cy/

    Dr Angelos Ntantos
    Scientific Officer
    Telephone: 35722205033
    Email: antantos@research.org.cy

    Dr Ioannis Theodorou

    Scientific Officer
    Telephone: 35722205038
    Email: itheodorou@research.org.cy

    (Publish Date: 07/09/2021-for internal use only)

    EU Contact Point

    https://ec.europa.eu/info/research-and-innovation_en

    Website
    Funding&Tenders portal HE Main Work Programme 2021–2022–Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment p.408
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