OpenAgri
The project
The Municipality of Milan is participating - as a leader - in the "OpenAgri: New Skills for new Jobs in Periurban Agriculture" project - together with the Milan Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Crafts, Parco Tecnologico Padano and Fondazione Politecnico di Milano as main partners . The project area is Porto di Mare - Vettabbia Park.
The project was born as part of the first call for proposals of the European initiative called "Urban Innovative Actions", pursuant to art. 8 of the ERDF (European Regional Development Fund - EU Regulation n.1303/2013), aimed at identifying and testing new solutions that address problems relating to sustainable urban development and that are relevant at a European level.
The partnership is made up as follows:
- University of Milan,
- Politecnico di Milano,
- Avanzi Srl,
- Cineca,
- Future Food Institute,
- Zero Impact Srl,
- La Strada social cooperative society,
- Sunugal,
- Polyedra,
- Ifoa,
- Mare Srl social enterprise,
- Food Partners Srl.
The project started on November 1, 2016 and ended on October 31, 2019.
- build a sustainable food chain that goes from promotion to consumption, in order to respond to the emerging needs of the agri-food sector;
- target young entrepreneurs and innovative SMEs in the agri-food sector and support experimental solutions that could emerge from their collaboration;
- create an innovative ecosystem, a hub that will connect all interested parties at a territorial level in relation to the issues of economic development and social inclusion and which will encourage the creation of new skills;
- make the OpenAgri project one of the points of reference within the Food Policy of the Municipality of Milan;
- strengthen the position of the city of Milan at an international level in the field of food policies;
- address the impacts of the project in the Porto di Mare area in order to promote urban redevelopment;
- contribute to improving urban resilience;
- bring agricultural policy closer to other innovative policies at local level;
- build a sustainable supply chain on the topic of food, using innovative approaches along all the junctions;
- give the Porto di Mare area a productive, recreational and multifunctional value
- involvement of local stakeholders;
- carrying out reporting, monitoring and reporting activities on expenses incurred;
- planning, coordination and development of communication activities relating to the progress of the project;
- dissemination of results;
- creation of a network for the transfer of knowledge and good practices;
- management, planning and creation of the entire urban regeneration process in the Porto di Mare area - in particular in Cascina Nosedo through the restoration of the building itself;
- creation of an Innovation Hub dedicated to peri-urban agriculture
- the project will contribute to increasing urban resilience and biodiversity, starting from the food theme;
- the agri-food sector will experience significant changes within the producer-consumer chain, with start-ups promoting new development projects, consolidated capabilities and skills;
- peri-urban agriculture will help guarantee the availability of food, in particular fresh products, increasing food security and improving citizens' eating habits;
- the agri-food sector will be able to attract investments for the production of further innovative processes;
- Milan will become a more resilient city thanks to the innovation produced in peri-urban agriculture;
- the Innovation Hub will be created;
- the Porto di Mare area will be regenerated and will be able to promote local development, social and territorial cohesion;
- through the project, areas such as culture, food education and youth entrepreneurship will be promoted
Updated: 22/09/2020