The FUSILLI European Project comes to an end after four years of research how to transform the urban food system, and to celebrate it, the project consortium will meet the next 19 and 20 November in Nilüfer (Turkey) to celebrate its final conference. The event will be developed in a hybrid way to allow all users to discuss the results obtained throughout the last months.
The main objective of the project is the develop and implement public policies integrated in the food field who let a transition through more sustainable food systems in the urban, peri-urban and near-rural settings. The project is nearing completion and the consortium can assure that they set the first steps towards a just transition.
The final conference is divided into two sessions. The first one will be based on knowledge transfer, and the second one will be hosted some practical work in the turkey Living Lab. The 34 partners of the 13 countries who be part of the project will explain their conclusions about the project in the open meeting.
The first day of the conference, more theoretical, will feature two panel discussions on the implementations of the Food 2030 Living Lab for policy making, and the economic impact of transforming the food system. There will also be a best practise session to encourage citizens to participate in the transformation of the food system. The second day will focus on the consortium’s participation in practical activities at the Living Lab in Nilüfer to learn about its evolution.
The FUSILLI project, coordinated by CARTF, has sought to highlight the value chain of the food system in all its phases over the years. In order to put into practice, it has established a network of 12 cities with different cities such as San Sebastián (Spain), Nilüfer-Bursa (Turkey), Oslo (Norway), Kolding (Denmark), Turin (Italy), Castelo Branco (Portugal), Differdange (Luxemburgo), Rijeka (Croatia), Kharkiv (Ukraine), Tampere (Finland), Athens (Greece) and Rome (Italy).