FIT4FOOD2030 Webinars

FIT4FOOD2030 has produced a free webinar series titled: “Towards sustainable food systems through Research and Innovation”. The series aims to advocate for responsible research and innovation (RRI) and system thinking for food system transformation. The webinar series targets local, regional and national policy makers, food chain actors, academia, stakeholder/citizen engagement organisations, NGOs, CSOs, and interested public. The goal of this webinar series is to use the FOOD 2030 policy framework and FIT4FOOD2030 project as case studies to using research and innovation (R&I) policy for food system transformation.

The series is composed of the following four webinars:

• Webinar 1: RRI in the food systems (10 March 2020)
• Webinar 2: Cities as change agents: building competences for future food systems (03 June 2020)
• Webinar 3: Transforming our food systems: Research and Innovation as an enabler of the Farm to Fork Strategy (09 June 2020)
• Webinar 4: RRI in policy making for future-proof food systems (14 July 2020)

Additional webinars from FIT4FOOD2030:

• JPI HDHL workshop on nutrition and COVID-19 (June 17)

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Date: 14 July 2020 (11 am – 12 pm CEST)

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The fourth and final webinar explores how the FIT4FOOD2030 Policy Labs can serve as an instrument to improve the impact of Research and Innovation (R&I) on food system transition, by adressing some of the issues associated with the role of R&I in policy making for future-proof food systems. Professor Tim Lang  opens the webinar with a presentation on the role of R&I in policy making for future-proof food systems. Then Chrissie Brierley introduces FIT4FOOD2030 policy labs, followed by Siret Talve who will present the Estonian policy lab.

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Date: 09 June 2020 (11 am – 12:15 pm CEST)

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The third webinar explores how Research and Innovation, as advocated by the FIT4FOOD2030 project can act as an enabler for policy development. Jacqueline Broerse leads us through this topic. Then Anne-Laure Gassin from the EU Directorate-General Health and Food Safety (DG SANTE) presents the recently published Farm to Fork Strategy.

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The presentations from our speakers are followed by a live Q&A with a panel from the Directorate-General Health and Food Safety (DG SANTE), the Directorate-General Agriculture (DG AGRI), the Directorate-General for Research and Innovation (DG RTD), and the Vrije Universiteit (VU) Amsterdam.

Luis Vivas-Alegre and Henk Westhoek represent DG SANTE.

Kerstin Rosenow participates on behalf of DG AGRI.

Karen Fabbri represents DG RTD.

Jacqueline Broerse is also part of the panel, as coordinator of FIT4FOOD2030 and professor at the VU.

Chrissie Brierley who is the deputy coordinator of JPI Healthy Diet for a Healthy Life moderates the live panel discussion.

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Date: 03 June 2020 (11 am – 12 pm CEST)

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The aim of the second webinar is to introduce the importance and challenges of local engagement to transform the EU food system. It gives a broad perspective of what cities can do to contribute to a more future-proof food system. The webinar introduces the concept of City Labs, by presenting the processes developed by FIT4FOOD2030, focused on building the competences required by the various stakeholders/actors for the desired transformation. City Lab coordinators share their experiences and learnings.

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Date: 10 March 2020 (10 am – 11 am CET)

The aim of the first webinar is to introduce the European food system, its challenges, and need for transformation to future proof it. It also introduces the EU’s research and innovation policy: FOOD 2030, which is a response to the food system challenges. Lastly, it gives an overview of the FOOD 2030 agenda, as well as some of the outcomes from the FIT4FOOD2030 project. This first webinar forms the basis on which the following webinars elaborate.

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