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Project
The project's main objective is the establishment of a new paradigm of school catering that focuses on the fundamental relationship between nutrition, public health and territorial resilience. The project aims to influence the transition to a system of healthy and sustainable school diets on a large social scale, impacting over 3.000 schools and 500.000 students in 12 European countries.

Start date: 01/10/2022
End date: 31/12/2025

Partnership
ICLEI European Secretariat GmbH (Lead Partner), University of Alcalà (Spain), Stockholm Envirnment Institute Tallinn (Estonia), Rikolto (Belgium), University of Gastronomic Sciences of Pollenzo (Italy), WWF Sweden, IFOAM – Organics Europe (Belgium), Business Economics Science Education Foundation (Hungary), Associazione Risteco – La Ville qui mange (France), EURECAT Technology Center of Catalonya (Spain), Fondazione Ecosistemi (Italy), Fair Trade Advocacy Office (Belgium), Mensa Civica (Spain), Speiseraume ( Germany), Skutecne zdrava skola (Czech Republic), , Skutecne zdrava skola (Slovakia), City of Budapest (Hungary), City of Copenhagen (Denmark), City of Essen (Germany), City of Ghent (Belgium), City of Leuven (Belgium), City of Lyon (France), City of Malmo (Sweden), Municipality of Milan (partner), Municipality of Nuoro (Italy), City of Tallinn (Estonia), City of Umea (Sweden), City of Vienna ( Austria), Départment Dordogne (France), Valencia Regional Government (Spain), Danachda: Bildung fur Nachhaltigkeit (Austria).

Aims
The project aims to: 
• Guarantee healthy and sustainable school meals through innovative public procurement solutions; 
• Contribute to the establishment of a healthy and sustainable food system through school education; 
• Raise awareness, make responsible and train cooks and school canteen workers on the relationship 
• between nutrition, health and sustainability; 
• Carry out an impact assessment of all project outcomes holistically and taking into account the entire food chain; 
• Amplify project objectives and results through convincing communication and dissemination.

Actions
As part of the project, the Municipality of Milan will undertake to mainly carry out the following activities: 
• contribution as a partner to the correct management of the project and reporting;
• contribution and support to the exchange of good practices, communication and dissemination of results, also within the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact network;
• development of a local pilot action which will be developed within the project with the involvement of Milano Ristorazione as a connected third party.

Expected results
• Demonstrate innovative systemic solutions that have the potential to generate significant positive impacts by 2030;
• Contribute significantly to the achievement of the objectives and targets of the Farm to Fork strategy and the European Green Deal;
• Gain greater awareness among policy makers, businesses, investors, entrepreneurs, institutions, stakeholders and citizens regarding the selected innovative systemic solutions, their potential and the requirements to promote and achieve their European-wide adoption and behavioral change.