Glossary
People or communities facing limited access to affordable, nutritious food due to income, location or structural barriers. FoodCLIC prioritizes inclusion and fair distribution of food system benefits. Watch the video to see a concrete example of this in action.
The everyday places where people access, choose and consume food, such as shops, restaurants, community initiatives or urban gardens. FoodCLIC focuses on how these environments shape diets and sustainability.
A multi-stakeholder platform bringing together public authorities, civil society, businesses and researchers to cocreate and implement food policies at city-region level. FPNs are key for the inclusion of vulnerable groups. Register here for the European Platform for Food Policy Networks launched by FoodCLIC.
Urban planning strategies and regulations that explicitly consider food needs and impacts. Rather than standalone food plans, they integrate food into land use, infrastructure, public space and services.
A tool that measures the sustainability of food consumption by calculating GHG emissions and assessing mitigation options such as dietary shifts, food waste reduction and local supply chains. It translates scientific data into practical insights and enables comparable assessments across EU countries. Try the Tool here.
Policies, strategies, and regulations affecting food-related actors, processes and relations connecting a city with its surrounding rural areas, from production to consumption. It reflects how urban and rural food dynamics are interdependent.
A physical and/or virtual space where public authorities, researchers, businesses and communities test and refine on-the-ground actions. Living Labs connect research, policy and practice through learning by doing.
Within FoodCLIC, eight city-regions represent a network of food-related actors, processes and relations connecting a city with its surrounding rural areas, from production to consumption. It reflects how urban and rural food dynamics are interdependent. Watch an example here.
The guiding framework of the FoodCLIC project for food system transformation. It is built on four pillars: co-benefits across sustainability goals, stronger urban-rural linkages, inclusive stakeholder participation, and connections between food and other policy areas. Look at the visual representation of the CLIC approach here.
A direct partnership between farmers and consumers based on shared risks and benefits. Consumers pre-finance production and receive a portion of what is grown, strengthening local food systems.
A collaboration model involving four actor groups: public authorities, businesses, civil society and research/education. Used to ensure diverse perspectives and shared ownership in food system transformation.
Practical, on-the-ground actions tested in real settings to improve food systems and food environments. They generate evidence to inform policies, planning and scaling up. The FoodCLIC Living Labs are implementing 32 real-life interventions in local contexts. Have a look at the real-life interventions planned and implemented in the FoodCLIC Library.
A participatory monitoring and evaluation approach that supports continuous learning. It helps actors reflect on what works, what does not and why, assessing changes before and after interventions and adjusting actions accordingly.
A collaborative space that connects researchers, policy-makers, planners and stakeholders to exchange knowledge and evidence for better decision-making. In FoodCLIC, it helps translate the Living Lab results and stakeholder knowledge into integrated food policies and food sensitive planning. Read this article to learn more about FoodCLIC’s role in this.
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FOODCLIC. We are connecting people, food, policy & places.
FoodCLIC is a four-year project funded by the EU. The project runs from September 2022 to February 2027. The acronym FoodCLIC stands for 'integrated urban FOOD policies – developing sustainability Co-benefits, spatial Linkages, social Inclusion and sectoral Connections to transform food systems in city-regions
