Farm to Fork procurement for resilient food regions

ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability in partnership with the European Committee of the Regions are pleased to invite you to the 20th Anniversary EURegionsWeek Session (B@S series).

Where?
This will be a hybrid event.
Physical location: Committee of the Regions (CoR), Room JDE51 – Rue Belliard / Belliardstraat 99, 1000 Brussels

For digital attendance: information at the bottom of the page.

AGENDA

16:30
Welcome – Serafino Nardi, Head of Unit, Commission for Natural Resources, European Committee of the Regions
16:35
Animated video: Farm to Fork procurement with heart (2 minutes)

Keynotes:

• Healthy school meals and food education for every child in every school in Europe – Sarah Wiener, Member of the European Parliament, Shadow Rapporteur Farm to Fork Strategy and Revision of the EU School Scheme
• A Farm to Fork minimum standard for public canteens and resilient food regions – Arno Kompatscher, President South Tyrol, CoR Member
• Implementing urban-rural food strategies with region-specific food education for children – Tunç Soyer, Mayor of Izmir Metropolitan Municipality, Turkey, and ICLEI Global Executive Committee Member

17:15
OFFICIAL HANDOVER CEREMONY
Special guest: Alexandra Nikolakopoulou, Head of Unit – Farm to Fork Strategy, DG SANTE

• Manifesto for EU Minimum Standards for Public Canteens (European Food Policy Coalition)
• EU Petition (Avaaz/ICLEI): A healthy school meal for every child in every EU school

Moderators: Peter Defranceschi, Head of ICLEI Brussels Office & Global CityFood Program

PLEASE REGISTER through the EURegionsWeek website

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If you want to join the 11^th October event remotely, please follow the steps below to be able to create an account and register for the session:

STEP 1
To access the event on Swapcard, click here.

STEP 2

Click on the button “JOIN THE EVENT” and enter your email, first name, family name and organisation. Do not forget to read the terms and conditions.

STEP 3
You will receive an email with the subject “Magic sign-in link” to proceed with the creation of your profile.

STEP 4
Now you can register for the event: ONLINE by clicking on “add to my schedule”.