1. URBAN FOOD STRATEGY MIX
Sustainable Food Workshop for European Cities
FOOD MATTERS
Engaging local authorities into food goverannce
Marketa BRAINE-SUPKOVA
IUFN / France
Marketa.braine@iufn.org
www.iufn.org
An URBACT II Thematic Network - Sustainable Food in Urban Communities

2. SUSTAINABLE FOOD FOR CITIES
 Is not recognised in OECD countries as participating on food security
issue (vs Global South)
 Is not recognised as a global political challenge for the world and
our society (as climate change e.i.)
 Is not really recongised yet as an urban sustainability issue with a
legitimacy for the city to act on
 Is not seen as a priority criteria for land planing

3. SITUATION – LOCAL LEVEL
France - Survey IUFN /ADCF / AMGVF/ ETD/IAU IDF/APCA/FNAU
June – October 2013
 Sustainable food/food governance not a local political priority
 Local actions, global approach rare - Short distribution chains, organic
food, community gardens, roof-top gardening
 Difference between speech and action
 Low expertise of the agri-food reality of the territory
 Lack of dedicated tools to better understand and accompany territorial
transition
 Agriculture-oriented region is a facilitating factor
 Sustainable food as a part of a global urban sustainability

4. Urban food security is about much more than just food.
What can city do for food ? // What can food do for the city ?

5. DESIGN ALTERNATIVES TO CURRENT URBAN FOOD SYSTEMS.
City-region level seems relevant

6. WHAT IS NEEDED TO STRENGTHEN CITY-REGION
 Mainstreaming city region food systems in relation to food and nutrition
security policy and action at all levels from local to global
 Reinforcing the awareness of the metabolism of flows and links between
rural and urban areas
 Engaging stakeholders through transparent multi-level governance for
city-regions

7. WHAT IS NEEDED TO STRENGTHEN CITY-REGION
 Supporting local authorities and local decision-makers in:
 Food-centred urban and regional planning
 Enabling and supporting local sustainable food production
 Support for a human-rights based and systemic approach to city
region food systems
 Participatory governance and capacity building
 On international level, the platform shall help to contribute, alongside
partner organizations, to make the issue rise on the political agenda.

8. IUFN’s CONTRIBUTION - off-line and on-line community management
EDITORIAL WORK – ground reports and briefings around urban food governance
INTERNATIONAL EVENTS ORGANIZATION to allow knowledge sharing
COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT of a WEB-BASED PLATFORM on sustainable urban
food systems

9. IUFN’s CONTRIBUTION - off-line and on-line community management
EDITORIAL WORK – ground reports and briefings around urban food governance
INTERNATIONAL EVENTS ORGANIZATION to allow knowledge sharing
COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT of a WEB-BASED PLATFORM
on sustainable urban food systems
www.iufn.org

10. URBAN FOOD STRATEGY MIX
Sustainable Food Workshop for European Cities
THANK YOU…
Marketa BRAINE-SUPKOVA
IUFN / France
Marketa.braine@iufn.org
www.iufn.org
An URBACT II Thematic Network - Sustainable Food in Urban Communities