For five years we collaborated with 5 European regions within the Interreg project Food Chains 4 EU, to realize innovations in the food chain. This to make the food chain more sustainable and to guarantee sufficient food supply for future generations.
Project results: The aim of the Interreg project Food Chains 4 EU was to realize innovations in the food chain to make it more sustainable and to guarantee sufficient food supply for future generations. The project started in 2017. The past years these 5 European regions worked together:
- Plovdiv/Sofia (Bulgaria),
- Emilia-Romagna (Italy),
- Maramures (Romania),
- Greater Manchester (UK),
- Flevoland (Netherlands)
FC4EU Final Conference: During the final conference on the 7th of October, that will be an online event broadcasted from the Food Forum in Almere, all regions will present their results in an interactive way. Also we will look ahead at what is needed to further innovate the food chain.
We hope to see you then! The Registration Form is available at the following link: https://www.foodforum.nl/agenda/final-conference-foodchains-4-eu
Programme: 7th of October, 2021
Time: 10.00 - 15.00 (CET)
Location: online event broadcasted from the Food Forum in Almere
PROGRAMME
09.45 – 10.00: Networking
10.00 - 10.05: Welcome by host Floor Margarita Cornelisse
10.05 – 10.15: Introduction by deputy Jan-Nico Appelman of the province of Flevoland
10.15 - 10.35: Three minute interview with each region
10.35 - 10.45: Joint Secretary Interreg Europe
10.45 – 11.00: Break
11.00 – 11.45: Parallel theme sessions (part 1)
11.45 – 12.00: Check in by host Floor Margarita Cornelisse
12.00 – 12.45: Lunch session with the results per region, in an online information booth
12.45 – 13.00: Break
13.00 – 13.45: Parallel theme sessions (part 2)
13.45 – 14.00: Resume en next steps by Jan-Nico Appelman
14.00 – 14.20: We resume the results of the FC4EU project
14.20 – 15.00: Keynote speaker prof.dr.ir. JSC (Han) Wiskerke Professor Rurale Sociologie at Wageningen University and Research
15.00 – 15.30: Networking and information market
We start with an introduction and plenary part about what the goal of FoodChains 4 EU project was and what the results of the exchange between the regions are. In the following parallel sessions, we focus on different thematic topics and in the lunch session we combine the achieved results per region. After a second round of parallel sessions, we close the conference with a future perspective and opportunities for further innovations presented by an inspiring keynote speaker.
Parallel sessions
In parallel sessions we will share our results and we would like to discuss future actions with you. The topics are (with reservation):
- Food policy;
- Supporting food entrepreneurs;
- Food community and ecosystem building;
- Research and knowledge.
Information market
During the conference we invite you to visit the online information booths from the different regions to hear more about the results per region.
