MUFPP cities and the Pact: three years of exchanges Yota Nicolarea & Davide Di Martino, MUFPP Secretariat, Milan
What Milan Pact cities think of the Pact Feedback from the Open Consultation 018 An interim report prepared as a contribution to discussions Yota Nicolarea MUFPP Secretariat City of Milan www.milanurbanfoodpolicypact.org Tel Aviv, 4th MUFPP Annual Gathering and Mayors Summit
Why an Open Consultation? Launched in early 018 seeking to: stimulate broader knowledge mobilization collect suggestions, proposals and ideas from member cities Milan Pact Cities City Networks Froukje Idema Civil Society & International Organizations International Experts UN Agencies 3
What do we mean by knowledge mobilization? Moving available knowledge into active use... REACH + RELEVANCE + RELATIONSHIP = RESULTS Are we connecting with the people & instructions needed? To what extent does our work within the MUFPP Framework of Action fit the needs and interests of our cities, administrations, and relevant stakeholders? To what extent are we achieving the depth, breath and quality of engagement needed? Are we making a difference? To what extent is the Pact contributing to the desired outcomes of member cities? INSTITUTIONS, ROLES WITHIN THE ORGANIZATIONS AND SECTORS INVOLVED Is it useful and used? FOOD POLICY TOOLS WILLINGNESS TO ENGAGE IN CITY-TO-CITY COOPERATION ACTIONS & ACTIVITIES What do we do with what we do?! 4
Which cities participated in the Consultation? LATIN AMERICA Buenos Aires Medellin Mérida Rio de Janeiro Quito NORTH AMERICA Austin Baltimore Minneapolis Toronto Washington DC AFRICA Abidjan Antananarivo Cape Town Douala Pemba Praia Quelimane ASIA EUROPE Barcelona Birmingham Bologna Bordeaux Bruges Dénia Ede Frankfurt Geneva Ghent Godella Granollers Ljubljana Lugano Madrid Marseille Milan Modena Oss Paris Parma Rotterdam s-hertogenbosch Turin Udine València Venice Vienna Vitoria-Gasteiz 46 Cities 5
Which cities answered the survey? Europe is well 9 Barcelona Birmingham Bologna Bordeaux Bruges Dénia Ede Frankfurt Geneva Ghent Godella Granollers Ljubljana Lugano Madrid Marseille Milan Modena Oss Paris Parma Rotterdam s-hertogenbosch Turin Udine València Venice Vienna Vitoria-Gasteiz represented except from Eastern European cities 6
Austin Baltimore Minneapolis Toronto Washington DC 5 5 Buenos Aires Medellin Mérida Rio de Janeiro Quito 7 Abidjan Antananarivo Cape Town Douala Pemba Praia Quelimane 7
Geographical distribution of participating cities 9 Chart 0 European cities account for more than 50% of the Open Consultation answers 11% 11% 15% 63% 7 5 5 Europe Africa Latin America North America 8
How are we connecting with people within city institutions? It is a diversified landscape, that embraces... Advisor (Mayor) 1 Advisor (Deputy-Mayor) Special Commissioner City Councilor Advisor (Sectoral) 1 1 4 champion for MUFPP within the institution 9 38 High-level ranking/elected High level of expertise/consolidated technical base Head of Office/ Department/Service 4 Coordinator (Sectoral) 6 Advisor/Coordinator (Food) 13 Technical Officer 15 a multi actor, multi layered perspective 9
How are we connecting with people within institutions? It is a diversified landscape, which also takes... different sectors (cross-) engage with the MUFPP 17 a multi & cross sectoral approach 10
Food policy tools which ones exist in your city? out of all cities surveyed, Food policy Food policy officer 4 cities 6 cities Food Council 18 cities Bruges, Udine, Ede, Barcelona, Vitoria-Gasteiz, València, Madrid, Paris, Marseille, Milan, Bordeaux, Rotterdam, Geneva, Dénia, Quelimane, Abidjan, Toronto, Baltimore, Minneapolis, Austin, Washington, DC, Rio de Janeiro, Mérida, Medellin, Buenos Aires Ghent, Bruges, Vienna, Udine, Ede, Barcelona, València, Marseille, Milan, Bordeaux, Rotterdam, Geneva, Dénia, Quelimane, Pemba, Douala, Abidjan, Toronto, Baltimore, Minneapolis, Austin, Washington DC, Medellin, Buenos Aires Ghent, Bruges, Ede, Birmingham, Ljubljana, Oss, València, Marseille, Bordeaux, Rotterdam, Dénia, Toronto, Baltimore, Minneapolis, Austin, Washington DC, Rio de Janeiro, Medellin Bordeaux Bruges Dénia Ede Ghent Marseille Rotterdam València Toronto Austin Baltimore Minneapolis Washington DC Medellin EUROPE 8 NORTH AMERICA 5 LATIN AMERICA 1 declared to have at least one of the above tools established in their city 14 cities out of all surveyed declared to have in place all food policy tools 11
Regional distribution of cities reported to have established at least one food policy tool 6 4 18 15 13 11 5 5 5 4 4 NUMBER OF CITIES GLOBAL EUROPE NORTH AMERICA LATIN AMERICA AFRICA out of 46 cities out of 9 cities out of 5 cities out of 5 cities out of 7 cities % 1
Implementation level of food policy tools by region African cities (7) European cities (9) Yes maybe in the future No Yes maybe in the future No 5 4 4 3 15 13 13 10 1 11 6 6 0 1 0 1 FOOD POLICY FOOD POLICY OFFICER FOOD COUNCIL FOOD POLICY FOOD POLICY OFFICER FOOD COUNCIL North American cities (5) Yes maybe in the future No 5 5 5 4 Latin American cities (5) Yes maybe in the future No 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 FOOD POLICY FOOD POLICY OFFICER FOOD COUNCIL FOOD POLICY FOOD POLICY OFFICER FOOD COUNCIL 13
City-to-city cooperation: laying the foundations Interest of Milan Pact cities to engage in related actions & activities 3 30 cities show strong interest in: 5 city-to-city cooperation 18 technical work and knowledge exchange and transfer 13 1 Urban food system diagnostic and metrics Participation in MUFPP organizational procedures STEERING COMMITTEE CITY-TO-CITY COOPERATION MONITORING FRAMEWORK PROJECT LEAD PROJECT PARTNER HOSTING WORKSHOPS SHERPA TEAM GUIDELINES 14
City-to-city cooperation: cities ready to take action AFRICA EUROPE LATIN AMERICA NORTH AMERICA Antananarivo Cape Town Douala Pemba Praia Quelimane Barcelona Birmingham Bologna Ede Frankfurt am Main Ghent Madrid Marseille Modena Oss Paris s-hertogenbosch Turin Udine València Vitoria-Gasteiz Medellin Mérida Quito Rio De Janeiro Austin Baltimore Toronto Washington DC 15
Open Consultation: remarks open for discussion The MUFPP Secretariat is committed to support the Milan Pact Steering Committee to focus on: On the side of the Milan Pact Steering Committee and Secretariat we intend to focus on: - Expanding and strengthening relations with less represented geographical areas; - Increasing and strengthening regionalization processes with the help of likeminded networks; - fundraising activities to develop Milan Pact-related initiatives within city networks; - highlighting our target issues and goals in the relevant global agendas. 16
What Milan Pact cities think of the Pact Feedback from the Open Consultation 018 Thank you your attention! Yota Nicolarea MUFPP Secretariat mufpp.secretariat@comune.milano.it panayota.nicolarea@comune.milano.it www.milanurbanfoodpolicypact.org 17