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'''Polytechnical University of Madrid''' - Madrid, Spain | '''Polytechnical University of Madrid''' - Madrid, Spain | ||
'''Spanish | '''Spanish network of municipalities for agroecology''' - Spain | ||
'''Ghent University''' - Ghent, Belgium | '''Ghent University''' - Ghent, Belgium | ||
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|[[File: | |[[File:Logo red mun por.jpg|200px]]|| Founded in 2018 and composed by 22 municipalities, Red de Municipios por la Agroecología is an association of Local Authorities to promote sustainable and healthy food policies aligned with Agroecology. The network brings together policymakers, politicians and social organizations in order to support cities in the development and implementation of local food policies, through creating multi-actor Communities of Practices on different issues (e.g., health and right to food, green public procurement, legal protection of peri urban agricultural land or participatory governance processes and also enhancing P2P cooperation and political engagement. It also develops a strong activity on awareness raising oriented both to politicians (at local and national levels) and citizenships, and on sustainable food advocacy international levels, promoting processes such as the Glasgow Declaration on ‘Food and Climate’ (COP26, Glasgow 2021) or the World Sustainable Food Capital Barcelona 2021. | ||
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|[[File:JMolero-300x300.jpg|200px]]|| Jorge Molero Cortés is an Agricultural Engineer, MSc in Agroecology. Member of the Entretantos Foundation (Valladolid, Spain) and Technical Coordinator of the Red de Ciudades por la Agroecología (Spanish Cities Network for Agroecology), where he works since 2018 supporting Local Governments to achieve their Food Policies Strategies and Planning. During his professional life, he has combined consultancy, research and training with organic food production. He is specialized in economic, environmental and social sustainability of Associative and Cooperative Short Food Supply Channels,working through participation with governance and technical procedures, practices and tools. | |[[File:JMolero-300x300.jpg|200px]]|| Jorge Molero Cortés is an Agricultural Engineer, MSc in Agroecology. Member of the Entretantos Foundation (Valladolid, Spain) and Technical Coordinator of the Red de Ciudades por la Agroecología (Spanish Cities Network for Agroecology), where he works since 2018 supporting Local Governments to achieve their Food Policies Strategies and Planning. During his professional life, he has combined consultancy, research and training with organic food production. He is specialized in economic, environmental and social sustainability of Associative and Cooperative Short Food Supply Channels,working through participation with governance and technical procedures, practices and tools. | ||
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|[[File:Pracownia Dóbr Wspólnych.png|200px]]|| | |[[File:Pracownia Dóbr Wspólnych.png|200px]]|| Pracownia Dóbr Wspólnych is a platform for action, creating and developing practical alternatives in the face of visible and looming systemic social, ecological, economic and other problems on the horizon. To meet them, the platform sees the need to experiment with new models of life, work and sharing. They support (or want to support) local currencies, municipal gardening, cooperatives and other forms of co-ownership, protection of environmentally and socially valuable resources. They are also interested in activities reviving democracy at the local level. https://jazdow.pl/domki/3-9/ | ||
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|[[File:Montpellier Supagro 12.jpg|200px]]|| | |[[File:Montpellier Supagro 12.jpg|200px]]|| Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement, the institut Agro, is a French public institution devoted to higher education and research in Agriculture, Food and Environment. The Institute has been created in January 2020, resulting from the merger of two higher education institutions, Agrocampus Ouest (Rennes) and Montpellier SupAgro (formerly F MONTPEL10). Montpellier SupAgro is also now one of the two internal schools of Institut Agro. | ||
The school in Montpellier is widely open to international issues and partnerships, with specific focus and recognized expertise on southern and Mediterranean areas. In 2011 it created a Chair in World Food Systems (WFS), labeled by UNESCO within the framework of the international Unitwin/UNESCO Chairs programme, in partnership with Agropolis International institutions. | |||
The aim of this Chair is to increase and disseminate academic and empirical knowledge on world food systems (in particular urban food systems), their diversity, their dynamics and their human and environmental impacts from the standpoint of sustainable development: qualitative improvement of food diets, reduced access to food inequalities, food production systems and optimized logistics, limiting food waste and recycling waste streams locally, feeding practices, etc. | |||
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|[[File:Damien.jpg|200px]]|| Damien Conaré, agronomist, is the Secretary-General of the UNESCO Chair on World Food System, at Montpellier SupAgro (The French National Institute of Higher Education in Agricultural Sciences). This Chair has specialized around city-region food systems through educational training, the valorisation of research projects (URBAL and Foodscapes), and the dissemination of knowledge through conferences and publications. Damien was one of the co-editors of the book « Designing Urban Food Policies ” (Springer, 2019). www.springer.com/gp/book/9783030139575 | |[[File:Damien.jpg|200px]]|| Damien Conaré, agronomist, is the Secretary-General of the UNESCO Chair on World Food System, at Montpellier SupAgro (The French National Institute of Higher Education in Agricultural Sciences). This Chair has specialized around city-region food systems through educational training, the valorisation of research projects (URBAL and Foodscapes), and the dissemination of knowledge through conferences and publications. Damien was one of the co-editors of the book « Designing Urban Food Policies ” (Springer, 2019). www.springer.com/gp/book/9783030139575 |
Revision as of 20:32, 20 October 2022
This collaboration consists of institutes of higher education and NGOs from Spain, France, Belgium, and Poland.
The project is coordinated by Stichting LE:NOTRE Institute (NL) that fosters the development of knowledge in the field of landscape.
Partnering Institutions
LE:NOTRE Institute (coordinating institution) an international foundation based in Wageningen, Netherlands
Polytechnical University of Madrid - Madrid, Spain
Spanish network of municipalities for agroecology - Spain
Ghent University - Ghent, Belgium
Warsaw University of Life Sciences - Warsaw, Poland
Pracownia Dóbr Wspólnych - Poland
Montpellier Supagro - France
Terres en Villes - France
Pracownia Dóbr Wspólnych is a platform for action, creating and developing practical alternatives in the face of visible and looming systemic social, ecological, economic and other problems on the horizon. To meet them, the platform sees the need to experiment with new models of life, work and sharing. They support (or want to support) local currencies, municipal gardening, cooperatives and other forms of co-ownership, protection of environmentally and socially valuable resources. They are also interested in activities reviving democracy at the local level. https://jazdow.pl/domki/3-9/ |