Milan 2015-2020

Food Policy
guidelines

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 Milan 2015-2020
Food Policy
guidelines

Original draft: September 2015

Amended following approval of the amendments made by the City Council
Approval: Resolution no. 25 of the Council Meeting of 05/10/2015
Published on the Council Bulletin on 09/10/2015

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 Milan
2015-2020
Food Policy

Contents

05 Introduction

06 The path for defining the food policy for Milan

07 Data and information on the food cycle in the Milanese contex

09 The vision and priorities of the food policy of Milan

10 Guidelines

10 Priority 1. Providing healthy food for everybody

12 Priority 2. Promoting the sustainability of the food system

15 Priority 3. Understanding food

17 Priority 4. Fighting against waste

19 Tools

20 Bibliography
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FOREWORD THE PATH FOR DEFINING THE
FOOD POLICY FOR MILAN

Milan 2015-2020
Food Policy Paper

• It is a tool to support city government pro- In July 2014, the Municipality of Milan and also with a view to creating public goods.
moted by the Municipality of Milan and the Fondazione Cariplo signed a Memorandum
Fondazione Cariplo to make the city more of Understanding to promote and implement At the end of this phase, a paper called “The
sustainable starting from food-related is- a comprehensive strategy on food for the city 10 Issues of the Milanese Food Policy” was
sues. of Milan called Milan Food Policy and promote published, summarising the results of all the
international dialogue aimed at defining and analyses made and highlighting ten key issues
• It covers many aspects. Some of these as- signing an international pact on urban Food which contain both the condition of the food
pects are components of the food cycle, Policies called Milan urban Food Policy Pact system in Milan, and stimulation for public de-
such as cultivation, distribution and con- (MUFPP). The MUFPP is the result of a collec- bate.
sumption of food, the related waste and tive effort of 46 cities around the world and an
its treatment. Others directly or indirectly advisory group of institutions and foundations The second phase was devoted to a public con-
involve or are affected by the food chain, operating internationally. Shared goals were sultation in which, starting from the “10 Issues”
such as environmental factors and terri- identified with respect to which each signatory paper, priorities for action were identified. The
torial production, cultures and ways of life, undertook to take steps according to its abili- consultation was carried out in five months
welfare, economy, research, infrastructure ties, possibilities and availability. (February-June 2015) and involved about 700
and others. This document entitled “Guiding Principles of people. The consultation was divided into:
the Milan Food Policy 2015- 2020” (hereafter
• It helps to define a sistematical view of all simply “Food Policy”) is the result of a journey • Meetings with administrators and City
these elements in the city of Milan and its that lasted 12 months and was divided into two counsellors;
territory, carrying out a general overview main phases: Phase 1. Analysis , Phase 2. pub-
and promoting actions for implementing lic consultation. • Meetings with citizens in each of the 9 dis-
this vision. tricts of Milan;

• It focuses on actions that unfold in the The first phase, devoted to an analysis of the • Meetings with universities and the re-
short, medium and long term and promotes characteristics of Milan’s food system, focused search community, the third sector and
anything already available that can contrib- on: the profit and non-profit companies;
ute to the implementation of food policies.
• The urban cycle of food exclusively (pro- • A town meeting attended by about 150
• It crosses ordinary and special policies that duction, processing, logistics, distribution, people from social, economic and institu-
the Municipality promotes in its fields of consumption, and waste); waste); tional circles of the city..
competence.
• The context in which the Milanese food This paper summarises the results of the anal-
• It was defined by the active involvement of system is divided (e.g. Demography, ter- ysis and the recommendations implemented
citizens and all those operating in the city as ritory, biodiversity, energy aspects, water, during the public consultation carried out and
part of the food system, in order to capital- connected economies, health, culture, ed- sets them within the objectives defined at the
ise on the different resources (ideas, skills, ucation, etc.); international level in the Milan Urban Food Pol-
investment, planning, etc.) able to trigger a icy Pact, identifying issues on which the Mu-
multiplier effect. • Policies and projects of the Municipality nicipality of Milan has decided to focus efforts.
that have interrelationships with the food
• It was inspired by existing similar experi- system;
ences in other major world cities.
• The planning of social and economic ac-
tors operating in the city on food matters

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DATA AND INFORMATION ON THE FOOD CYCLE
IN THE MILANESE CONTEXT

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 THE VISION AND PRIORITIES
OF THE MILANESE FOOD POLICY

The priorities of the Milanese Food Policy are:

1. To ensure healthy food and sufficient drinking

water as primary nourishment for everybody

Ensure access to healthy drinking water and

sufficient food to all citizens as primary
nourishment in order to protect human dignity
and improve the quality of life.

2. To promote the sustainability of the food

system

Facilitate the consolidation of all the compo-

nents and activities necessary for manag-
ing a sustainable food system and promote
local production and consumption of fresh
and seasonal quality food.

3. Understanding food

In its policies, the Municipality describes the Promote a culture oriented to consumer
guiding principles and orientations encoded awareness of healthy, safe, culturally appro-
at international level on issues related to the priate, sustainable food, produced and dis-
right to food, to develop a food system that is tributed with respect for human rights and
able to ensure healthy food and drinking water the environment.
in sufficient quantity and equally accessible to
everybody, resilience and sustainability articu- 4. Fight against waste
lated in its social, economic and environmental
components. Reduce surpluses and food waste during the
different stages of the food chain as a tool
For this reason it is committed to include the for limiting environmental impact and to
choices which directly or indirectly affect food contrast social and economic inequalities.
and water, in the framework of its institutional
prerogatives and in the activities of its subsidi-
ary companies, in order to improve the quality of 5. To support and promote scientific agri-
life of people and the quality of its territory and food research
to play an innovation role on the national and in-
ternational level. The International Food Policy is Fostering the development of Milan-
a project for the whole Municipality: the Munici-
ese agri-food scientific research with
pality, therefore, also assumes a role of support,
stimulation and facilitation of all forms of so- connotations or implications related to
cial, technological and organisational innovation the urban system, aiming at improving
which meet the principles set out in the Interna- processes and developing cutting-edge
tional Food Policy itself and that can contribute to technologies.
the implementation of the guidelines it contains.

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GUIDELINES
PRIORITY 1
GUIDELINES AND ACTIONS

Guidelines Actions

1. The Municipality shall have a) Increase the supply of local quality, sustainable food in
an active direct or indirect role school catering and public homes for the elderly;
Guaranteeing healthy food for everybody PRINCIPLESI in providing healthy food pro- b) Increase the supply of local quality food produced in a
duced in a sustainable way sustainable way, for the elderly and persons in need in all
To ensure that all citizens have access to • The municipality is aware of the impor- that caters to several catego- areas of Milan, with new forms of organisation and distribu-
tance for the citizens to have “physical, ries: students, elderly people, tion, also improving existing solutions (e.g. opening school
healthy food and to water to protect the
social and economical access to drinking vulnerable groups and city em- canteens for elderly persons from the neighbourhood);
dignity of the person and improve the water as a human right, to sufficient, safe ployees. c) Strategically enhance the role of community catering
quality of life. and nutritious food that meets their needs agreements as a tool for guiding the development of a sus-
and preferences in order to lead an active tainable food system and being an active part in promoting
SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA and healthy life”1. healthy and sustainable eating habits.
• In Milan, the resident population aged 65 • Access to quantitatively and qualitative-
and over is about 320,000 people, corre- ly adequate food is a right for all citizens 2. The Municipality shall en- a) Promote instruments to ensure the purchase of healthy
sponding to 24% of the total. managed in different ways: some concern sure that in each district of the food for the most vulnerable categories of the population
aid policies and basic assistance, others city affordable, healthy and (e.g. social cards, vouchers, etc.) that at the same time pro-
• There are about 225,000 people in rela- are aimed at creating social and economic sustainable food is available mote sustainable local production.
tive poverty, of which 132,000 assisted by conditions that enable to improve access within short distances that can b) Encourage a plurality of food distribution solutions in
municipal structures and local charitable to food. be covered by people with re- every neighbourhood (e.g. municipal markets, shops, sus-
organisations. stricted mobility. tainable mobile means, collective purchases, home deliver-
• Access to healthy food for everybody must ies, etc.) and their integration as a tool to control food inse-
• In this context, the meals on wheels pro- take into account the beliefs, cultures, tra- curity and local coverage.
vided by the Miunicipality for elderly or ditions and food preferences that charac- c) Strengthen the role of social proximity services through
dependent persons are about 250,000 per terise the different comunities, balancing information and training for condominium carers and social
year, plus other forms of food aid related the need to maintain cultural identities guardians so that they promote eating habits consistent
to humanitarian and emergency interven- with the processes of integration and so- with the principles expressed in this paper.
tions. cial cohesion. d) Spread the adoption of similar behaviour among private
operators of home care services.
• 52.7% of households are made up of sin- • To increase access to healthy food for
gle persons. everybody, the Municipality is open to
new forms of relationship between those 3. The Municipality shall ac- a) Allocate all public agricultural areas to agricultural and
• Milano Ristorazione (Milan Catering), a involved in production, distribution and tively work to promote and fa- horticultural production, both professional and for direct
company owned by the Municipality, pro- consumption, facilitating the promotion cilitate various forms of urban consumption and small local businesses.
vides about 85,000 meals a day for school of other private initiatives and the third agriculture and horticulture, as b) Define with organised urban horticulture individuals,
catering and homes for the elderly. sector and promoting their coordination in well as the establishment and guidelines shared at the city level for promoting and man-
a public and common wellbeing perspec- consolidation of networks and aging horticulture both on public and on private land, ensur-
• Milano Ristorazione, società partecipata tive. activities for creating social ing that a proportion of public land is intended for gardens
dal Comune, fornisce circa 85.000 pasti al inclusion and providing food for low-income people.
giorno destinati alla ristorazione scolas- • Water, as the basic element of life and as to the vulnerable population c) Integrate the applications and activities of the Forum Cit-
tica pubblica e alle residenze per anziani. an integral part of food, is a right that the (community canteens, soup tà Mondo (World Cities Forum) in guidelines for urban horti-
Municipality promotes ensuring universal kitchens, forms of social ag- culture as a tool for integration and social cohesion.
• Metropolitana Milanese provides public and public access to drinking water. gregation for sustainable food d) Provide information and training on sustainable meth-
water to all citizens, at a cost of 0.64 Euro/ production and consumption, ods of cultivation aimed at existing practicing communities
cu.m., The lowest among the major Italian etc.). (gardeners) and citizens broadly speaking.
cities
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Definition of food safety World Food Summit, 1996

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GUIDELINES
PRIORITY 2

Promote the sustainability of the food 1 IGP; 13 Traditional and 1 Slow Food Presid- fit of the local economy and as a tool for metropolitan context.
system ium). creating environmental quality and in-
creasing the overall resilience of the city. • The Municipality shall enhance the differ-
• The DAM, along with 3 other agricultur- ent forms of organisation starting from
Facilitate the consolidation of all the
al districts, the Municipality of Milan, • Agriculture is a component of the city and partnerships between those involved in
components and activities necessary to the Metropolitan City of Milan and the helps to create material values and pub- the food chain who contribute to improv-
organise a sustainable food system and Lombardy Region, signed the so-called lic goods. In this perspective the Munic- ing the balance between the urban and ru-
promote local production and consump- “Milano Metropoli Rurale”, a Framework ipality shall undertake to limit the use of ral components of the Milanese region in-
tion of quality fresh and seasonal food. Agreement for Territorial Development agricultural land and promote a reversal cluding, in particular, agricultural districts,
(AQST) with the aim of enhancing the rural of trends in land degradation as part of civilian initiatives and of social and ethical
SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA origin of the Milanese metropolitan area, a more holistic approach to qualification economy, and other local market systems.
promoting the economy and quality of the and defence of the territory, which already
• In the area of the Municipality of Milan environmental and territorial context with forms the basis of the Framework Agree-
there are about 100 farms that cultivate a view to sustainability. ment for Territorial Development “Milano
2,900 hectares, of which 90% is dedicat- metopoli rurale”.
ed to arable. In addition to this there are • All these productions of the territory have
around 800 surveyed orchards. several local distribution channels includ- • The promotion of the entire water system
ing: 9 factory stores (and 164 in the met- of Milan and its sustainable management
• The Distretto Agricolo Milanese – Milan- ropolitan area), 15 weekly, fortnightly or is a strategic point of view for controlling
ese Agricultural District (DAM) includes monthly farmers markets, about 80 ethical the delicate balance between irrigation,
31 farms operating within the municipal purchasing groups (EPG) surveyed plus sewage treatment, civilian use, agricul-
boundaries which have established a spe- others not officially detected, as well as tural production, ecosystems and land-
cial agricultural cooperative consortium fair-trade and ethical shops and a wide scapes.
to promote agricultural activities and sup- range of restaurants and bars that use lo-
port businesses of the sector operating in cal products. • To achieve these objectives, the Munici-
the Municipality of Milan. pality shall operate by combining the ur-
PRINCIPLES ban and territorial planning instruments,
• Also the metropolitan context must be rural planning and environmental and
taken into consideration for the Milanese • Sustainability of the food system is a goal social policy within a unified setting for
production, with more than 3,600 farms that can be pursued only by acting in a a sustainable conversion of the territo-
that cultivate about 67,000 hectares of ag- coordinated manner on all system com- ry, environment and landscape. All these
ricultural area, with 19 certified products, ponents. policies must be seen in perspective of
60 organic farms (including 13 in Milan) circular economy, and as a structural con-
that cultivate a total of 1,440 hectares, as • The Municipality shall promote local, sus- tribution to the resilience of the city and its
well as 19 certified products (5 DOP; Slow tainable food systems in order to create
Food). values social relationships for the bene-

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Guidelines Actions

1. The Municipality shall facil- a) Introduce agricultural production qualification criteria in

itate access to land through assignment notices for land and municipally owned farms
its institutional instruments, in order to facilitate the spread of local and sustainable pro-
the co-promotion of specific duction.
services (e.g. Mortgage credit,
local land trusts, public lands,
etc.) and the spread of mul-
ti-functional agriculture that
contribute to the objectives set
out here.

2. The Municipality shall en- a) Promote the diffusion and qualification of all forms of ur-
courage agricultural activities ban agriculture and horticulture (e.g. cultivation of crops on
and wineries throughout the the ground, terraces, roofs, walls, hydroponics, etc.), using
municipal area. waste water wherever possible.
b) Implement specific reward measures to increase the
supply of local, fresh products in public procurement spec-
ifications.
c) Support the creation and consolidation of new forms of
organisations of farmers and of those involved in the food
chains.
d) Strengthen the Municipality’s commitment to enhancing
local production also through diversified certification tools
that help implement the guidelines of the International Food
Policy.

3. The Municipality shall sup- a) Support the diversification of the sales channels for lo-
port social, technological and cal quality products (e.g. shops, restaurants, markets, etc.),
organisational innovation in facilitating forms of marketing that privilege sharing man-
processing,distribution, logis- agement responsibilities and the production of relational
tics and trading activities to fa- and cohesion values among those involved (e.g. farmers’
cilitate the transition to a sus- markets, ethical purchasing groups networks, consumer
tainable food system.. cooperatives, etc.).
b) Develop specific guidelines for reducing the environmen-
tal impact of grocery supply in the food retail, catering and
public venue sectors (e.g. insert dedicated measures in the
PUMS - Plan for Sustainable Urban Mobility).
c) Promote the assignment of spaces or facilities for stor-
age service and local food distribution in privately owned
areas (e.g. apartment buildings), public areas and areas
based on municipality agreements.

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PRIORITY 3 Guidelines Actions

1. The Municipality shall ex- a) Establish guidelines on sustainable diets in order to

pressed its commitment to guide the programming of public and private operators and
Understanding food very rich context, with hundreds of associ- education either directly or the eating habits of citizens. In defining these guidelines,
ations, groups, fairs, publishers and social through its subsidiaries, or take as their starting point the indications that are already
networks that are active in the field of sus- through agreements with provided by higher-order institutions regarding a healthy
Promote a culture oriented to consumer schools, other institutions and diet and integrate them with further elements, emphasizing
tainable and informed consumption.
awareness of healthy, safe and culturally educational agencies and the primarily the best Milanese experiences relating to sustain-
appropriate food that is sustainable, pro- PRINCIPLES industry, by promoting initia- ability, ethics and justice of the food systems.
duced and distributed in respect of human tives that increase the level of b) Facilitate the spread of educational practices in public
rights and the environment. • The education, training and information awareness of all the citizens of and private non-conventional contexts such as city mar-
system is an essential element for the Milan. kets, decentralised offices of the municipality, municipal
SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA support and promotion of food culture in property farmsteads, public residences, workplaces, etc.
all its dimensions.
• The rates of obesity and related diseases
2. Education and training to a) Develop communication campaigns aimed at all citizens
connected with food styles are slightly • The education, training and information
healthy, sustainable nutrition in order to promote healthy and sustainable eating habits
below the national average, but among system contributes to a balanced de-
shall concern both the basic and informed purchasing practices.
adults, the percentage of obese people velopment of the person and increases
content for all citizens, and b) Promote access to fresh and seasonal local food, and
surveyed is 6.5% of the total, and among awareness on the effects of eating hab-
more specific content for op- public water in municipal buildings and schools through
minors it is 5%. Obesity is a problem both its on the overall sustainability of the so-
erators, which are designed to various supply methods (e.g. fresh fruit distributors, deliv-
for people and for the National Health Ser- cio-economic and environmental system.
accompany the sustainable ery platforms, water containers for offices, etc.) helping to
vice which quantifies in about 8 billion eu-
innovation of all stages of the reduce the consumption of sugary drinks, sodas and junk
ros per year direct costs alone associated • The education, training and information
food cycle. food.
with it, to which you must add related sys- system should be integrated with all the
c) Promote partnerships between schools and local farms
temic effects (e.g. cardiovascular disease, related social and economic practices
with particular reference to companies that use municipal
tumors, diabetes, etc.). and processes of change that have edu-
property, as part of its educational strategy.
cational content (non-formal and informal
d) Promote direct cultivation experiments in every school
• Nutrition education has its main local in- education). The primary resources for this
as an opportunity for learning and improving curricular sub-
stitutional channels in the Municipality, in integration are constituted by the large
jects.
Milano Ristorazione, in schools and in the panorama of technical and scientific skills
e) Promote the use of public water in private catering, public
NHS, which have educational programs available locally and by the widespread
events and sporting events.
intended mainly for children and young presence of embedded knowledge in all
f) Increase the number and spread of Water Houses and
people of school age that are managed parts of society that is already applied
public fountains.
either directly or through agreements with to issues related to food: associations,
g) Promote training initiatives on social, economic and en-
third sector entities (associations, NGOs, groups, fairs, ethnic communities and the
vironmental sustainability of all components of the food
foundations, etc.). active citizenship in general.
system for operators of the city’s food system.
h) Promote educational initiatives for vulnerable groups of
• In Milan we have counted 120 education- • In education processes, specific attention
the city (children, the elderly, migrants, etc.) and carers (car-
al vegetable gardens run by schools and should be paid in preventing obesity, dis-
egivers, babysitters, etc.).
associations that work with schools on eases and disorders that are associated
educational projects. with inadequate diets, paying particular
attention to reducing the intake of sug- 3. Spreading the contents and a) Promote awareness-raising through partnerships with
• 70% of projects implemented in the city by ar, fat and meat acids and increasing the orientations of the Food Pol- public, private and associative entities so that the guide-
third sector entities has implicitly or ex- consumption of fruits, vegetables, unpro- icy through the enhancement lines of the Food Policy are also promoted in private retail,
plicitly an educational content. cessed food and public water. of existing experiences con- wholesale distribution, in markets, in private catering and
sistent with the principles ex- social and health facilities.
• Milan has the highest concentration in It- • In education actions, specific attention pressed in this paper. b) Define forms of public recognition for the people involved
aly of educational, training and research should be paid in preventing food waste. and virtuous actions (e.g. awards, trademarks, sponsor-
facilities related to food and in the field of ships, etc.).
non-formal education, i.e. not of the for-
mal school type but with an explicit edu-
cational intentionality. Milan represents a

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PRIORITY 4

GUIDELINES AND ACTIONS

Guidelines Actions
Fighting waste PRINCIPLES
1. The Municipality, in coopera- a) Promote information campaigns and education and
• The Municipality shall adopt and define in tion with the local actors, shall training actions aimed at increasing the awareness of cit-
Reduce surpluses and food waste during
its actions the classification established promote actions devoted to the izens in relation to purchasing, consumption, storage, in-
the different stages of the food chain as citizens and operators involved ventory and household waste management behaviour.
at the international level that favours, in
a form of preventing social and economic order of importance, the reduction of sur- in the food cycle in order to re- b)Identify tools for establishing and promoting activities to
inequalities and as a tool for reducing the plus food at all stages of the food chain, duce surpluses and waste. reduce waste to be used by citizens and private operators in
environmental impact. the recovery of surplus food for human the industry (including public businesses – e.g. the “I do not
consumption, the recovery for animal waste” initiative of Milano Ristorazione - as well as large
SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA feed, the recovery of waste products for retailers).
returning organic substance to the earth
• In Italy, more than 40% of food surplus is and the recovery for other non-nutritional
related to the purchasing and consump- purposes. 2. The Municipality, in coopera- a) Establish mechanisms for comparison with other oper-
tion habits of households and the average tion with local actors, shall pro- ators engaged in the recovery and redistribution of surplus
value of the domestic waste of each family • The policies relating to the reduction of mote the recovery and redistri- food in order to monitor, evaluate and direct the food sys-
is about 450 Euro per year. waste and surplus food should be com- bution of surplus food. tem towards more transparent and efficient recovery and
bined with those relating to the waste cy- redistribution mechanisms of the surplus to those in need.
• There are a number of food surplus re- cle management to increase overall sus- b) Promote mechanisms for recovery and redistribution of
covery and redistribution projects that tainability of the system with an approach unavoidable surplus at all levels (condominiums, market,
are handled largely by the third sector and to circular economy (e.g. Use of fertilizers distribution, canteens, etc.) and in all areas of the city.
with respect to which there is no overall derived from food waste, wastewater re-
3. The Municipality shall pro- a) Promote campaigns for rationalising packaging related
monitoring from a quantitative point of use, etc.), while ensuring that these activi-
mote partnerships with insti- to the distribution of water and food and promoting recy-
view. The Siticibo project alone, involving ties do not conflict with human consump-
tutional, economic and so- clable packaging.
Milano Ristorazione and the Food Bank tion.
cial entities to promote the b) Encourage to disregard aesthetic standards (e.g. not lik-
Foundation, in 2014 allowed to supply 67
rationalisation of packaging ing the colour, shape, etc.) as a criterion for selecting veg-
charitable organisations with 54,822 kg of
and the reduction of waste. etables, through mobilisation campaigns and institutional
bread and 100,386 kg of fruit.
wastehroughout the food lobbying actions, etc.
chain.
• Finally, there is a niche of companies with
significant growth rates that apply recov- 4. The Municipality shall apply a) Promote the reuse of organic waste to produce compost
ery technologies to food waste by reusing the principles of material and to be used locally, by facilitating the dissemination of com-
it in the field of design and production energy cycle closing to the food posting plants in the area and at the neighborhood and con-
of natural fibres. system from a circular economy dominium level.
and bio-economy perspective.

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PRIORITY 5 Guidelines Actions

1. The Municipality shall pro- a) Map the most relevant entities involved in the agri-food re-
mote the development of a search system with connotations or implications related to the
system of collaboration in agri- urban system.
Supporting and promoting scientific re- PRINCIPLES food research involving Univer- b) Facilitate the creation of meeting opportunities among all
search in the agri-food sector. sities, Research and Training those involved in the Research System in the local, national
• The Municipality builds and offers experi- Centres, public, private and and international agri-food sector, oriented to the exchange of
mental fields and visibility channels to re-
Fostering the development of Milanese non-profit organisations knowledge and the creation of multi-stakeholder projects with
search and knowledge intended as public connotations or implications related to the urban system.
agri-food scientific research with con- assets for the citizenship;
notations or implications related to the c) Develop data and information related to the agri-food sys-
tem of the vast area of Milan for all the interested parties
urban system, aiming at improving pro- • The Municipality processes and intro- d) Promote the meeting of resources between demand and
cesses and developing cutting-edge tech- jects, where possible, the contents of re- supply to fund the world of agri-food research with connota-
nologies. search in order to make its policies more tions or implications related to the urban system.
able to interpret social impact and inter- e) Facilitate the entry of students specialised in the urban agri-
SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA vene more effectively in improving the life food field in public, private and non-profit organisations oper-
and development of the city; ating in the same field.
• There are seven universities In the Ter- f) Support actions aimed at attracting international talents
ritory of the Municipality of Milan, (the • The exchange of information, knowledge working in the research and innovation sector of urban agri-
University of Milan, Milan Polytechnic, the and skills among several subjects charac- food, set up by public, private and non-profit organisations.
University of Milano-Bicocca, the Univer- terising the world of scientific research at
sità Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, the Bocconi local, national and international level (in-
University, the Free University of Languag- cluding for example universities, research 2. The Municipality shall pro- a) Provide support to organisations involved in scientific re-
es and Communication IULM and the Vi- institutions and private individuals) is vital mote the development of Mil- search (e.g. universities, research centres, etc.), in order to identify
ta-Salute San Raffaele University) with 44 for the development of effective and effi- anese agri-food scientific re- opportunities of European and national financing (with particular
faculties, and about 174,000 new students cient research methods; search with connotations or reference to Research Programmes) and international financing
every year, equal to 10% of the entire Ital- implications related to the ur- through structured signalling activities and/or the creation of
ian university population. • The Municipality stimulates and supports ban system specific partnerships.
the creation of organisations that, lever- b) Facilitate the creation of national, European and international
• In the Territory of the City of Milan there aging on scientific research activities, de- academic networks for exchanging agri-food knowledge with
are also more than thirty research and velop innovative products and services in connotations or implications related to the urban system.
training institutes. the agri-food sector; c) Promote the creation of partnerships between organisations
involved in scientific research (e.g. universities, research centres,
• The Parco Tecnologico Padano (PTP - • The development of strong relations etc.)and national, European and international technology parks
Science Park) is a Science and Technol- among public, private and non-profit or- d) Test directly or facilitate the testing of innovations produced
ogy Park based in Lodi engaged in the ganisations engaged in the food sector by the agri-food research system, through the collaboration with
agribusiness and bio-economy sectors. and the world of research is a necessary public, private or non-profit organisations.
The City of Milan is an honorary member condition for the development of a collab-
of the Foundation connected with it. The orative system through which the results
Parco Tecnologico Padano carries out re- of scientific research generate impacts 3. The Municipality shall en- a) Map the most relevant agri-food needs for new technologies
search aimed at innovation and creation in the urban system, supporting the im- courage the development of and processes with connotations or implications related to the
of value for production chains; it develops provement of processes and the develop- innovative projects in the agri- urban system and disseminate the mapping results to all inter-
national and international R&D projects ment of cutting-edge technologies. food sector ested parties.
and has created a network extending to b) Allocate resources aimed at supporting the creation and
over 40 countries, involving more than development of innovative projects , operating or intending to
500 research institutions. Alongside re- operate at different stages of the food chain.
search and services, the Parco Tecno- c) Support the creation of competitions and awards aimed at
logico Padano assists businesses and identifying, developing, accelerating and disseminating ideas
supports the creation of new enterprises and/or organisations related to the improvement of processes
through its business incubator and accel- and cutting-edge technologies in the agri- food field with con-
erator, Alimenta. notations or implications related to the urban system.

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In order to: quate space to all components of the Milanese

food system in the initial phases and periodic
a) plan and implement measures dedicat- evaluation of the Food Policy in identifying ad-
ed to the priorities and the mentioned ori- ditional targets and planning, acknowledging
entations; the value of city practices and economic and
organisational innovations as part of a design
b) implement these orientations within all that sets the institution as a reference point.
policies, programmes and own-initiative This joint responsibility activity has a proce-
projects or that refer to their subsidiaries (in dural nature and may take the form of town
particular Sogemi, municipal markets, Mi- consultations, a steering committee or other
lano Ristorazione, AMSA and AMAT); similar bodies similar to food councils, food
boards or other similar tools available in other
c) facilitate the spread and adoption of these linguistic, cultural and institutional contexts.
guidelines also by the metropolitan cities;
2. Monitoring system.
d) plan and implement these guidelines in
collaboration with other levels of govern- The Food Policy actions and guidelines mon-
ment, with private entities, with the third sec- itoring system will allow not only to analyse,
tor, with informal social actors, with schools, evaluate and monitor over time the issues,
universities, the research community, the guidelines and actions and their related im-
world of innovation and start-ups, philan- pacts, but also indirectly to increase knowl-
thropists, etc; edge with respect to the issues in question.
This action responds to the need to build an
and owing to the complexity of the issues in- information system that enhances what is al-
volved, the Municipality of Milan has identified ready available in the Municipality structures
the following tools: and in the institutions, in the world of research
and in social bodies, and makes it accessible
1. Metropolitan Food Council. and functional to support decisions and ac-
tions. The construction and dissemination of
The Food Council shall promote co-respon- this knowledge in an open source perspective,
sibility processes of the actors of the Milan- is functional to make the institutional action,
ese food system (large area) through specific and that of all those involved in the city, more
participatory processes that have an inclusive effective.
character. This joint responsibility has its rea-
sons in the complexity of the issues, which re-
quire the work of many in order to ensure ade-

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