AfriFOODlinks

Launched in December 2022, AfriFOODlinks is an EU funded project*. Coordinated by ICLEI Africa, the project gathers 26 partners across the globe to improve food security and urban sustainability in 65+ cities in Africa and Europe by:

1. Applying an urban food systems lens to promote shifts to healthy, sustainable diets
2. Transforming urban food environments through real-world socio-technical experiments
3. Promoting inclusive multi-actor governance to empower public officials, small businesses and communities with ownership and agency to shape their food systems
4. Accelerating innovative, women- and youth-led agri-food businesses to support local value addition and inclusive economic participation

Related:

22 - 25 May 2024. Transforming urban food systems: Unlocking the potential of open innovation in African cities

BRokering Innovation for Decentralized climate finance and Gender Equality (BRIDGE) 

This project is part of the Step Change initiative, co-funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands and IDRC. Step Change is a five-year, CAD28.5-million initiative that aims to accelerate equitable and inclusive locally led adaptation.