Agenda & concept note_School meals as a catalyst for behavioural change and climate action

 

4 November 2026 at 13:30 — 4 November 2026 at 14:00
Registration
4 November 2026 at 14:00 — 4 November 2026 at 14:15
Introduction, context, and objective of the training
  • Ottavia Pieretto & Chiara Mandelli, MUFPP
  • Chiara Roticiani, Eurocities
  • Isa Stucki, City of Vantaa
4 November 2026 at 14:15 — 4 November 2026 at 15:00
Participating Cities presentation

Challenges & Best practices on school meals programmes

4 November 2026 at 15:00 — 4 November 2026 at 16:00
WRI technical presentation

Edwina Hughes, WRI

  • Welcome and Context
  • What We Know About Driving Dietary Behaviour Change
  • Behaviour Change in School Food Environments
  • Introducing the WRI Food Policy Toolkit
4 November 2026 at 16:00 — 4 November 2026 at 16:15
Coffee and Tea break
4 November 2026 at 16:15 — 4 November 2026 at 18:00
Workshop with cities “Which Policy Actions Could Drive Behaviour Change?”

Edwina Hughes, WRI

4 November 2026 at 19:00 — 4 November 2026 at 21:00
Dinner

Covered by the organisers

5 November 2026 at 08:30 — 5 November 2026 at 09:30
Registration of the participants
5 November 2026 at 09:30 — 5 November 2026 at 09:45
Official opening

René Segers-Hoogendoorn, Rotterdam's Vice-Mayor Care, Welfare and Social & Community Infrastructure

5 November 2026 at 09:45 — 5 November 2026 at 10:15
Keynote

Jiří Švarc, European Commission

5 November 2026 at 10:45 — 5 November 2026 at 11:15
Inspirational Insights: The results of the travel of the SchoolFood4Change project

Annelies Smets, Rikolto

5 November 2026 at 10:45 — 5 November 2026 at 11:15
Questions to the speakers
5 November 2026 at 11:15 — 5 November 2026 at 11:45
Coffee and tea break
5 November 2026 at 11:45 — 5 November 2026 at 13:00
Panel Debate: Rethinking Healthy School Meals

Moderator: Josje van Nes

Panel:

  • Jiří Švarc, European Commission
  • Ana Paula Reis, Agrupamento de Escolas Anselmo de Andrade
  • Andrea Magarini, Comune di Milano
  • Vera van Stokkum, InHolland
5 November 2026 at 13:00 — 5 November 2026 at 14:00
Lunch

Covered by the City of Rotterdam

5 November 2026 at 14:00 — 5 November 2026 at 15:30
Parallel session - How to improve Local School Food Policy

Moderator: Chiara Mandelli WG Food, City of Milano

Keynote:

  • Katrien De Maegd, HOGENT
  • Joakim Karlsson, City of Gothenburg
  • Marthe Huigens (TBC), Voedingscentrum
  • Daniela Onofrei, School in Baciu
5 November 2026 at 15:30 — 5 November 2026 at 16:00
Voice of the Children
5 November 2026 at 16:00 — 5 November 2026 at 16:45
Outcomes of the Healthy Wave project
  • Leen Tyrions, Rikolto
  • Marit Struiksma, Erasmus MC
5 November 2026 at 16:45 — 5 November 2026 at 17:15
Conclusions and Recommendations of the three parallel sessions and panel debate

By The Youth

5 November 2026 at 17:15 — 5 November 2026 at 17:30
European Respond
5 November 2026 at 17:30 — 5 November 2026 at 17:45
Closing statement

By Josje van Nes

Dinner

Covered by the City of Rotterdam

6 November 2026 at 08:30 — 6 November 2026 at 09:00
Registration
6 November 2026 at 09:00 — 6 November 2026 at 09:05
Introduction of the day

Ottavia Pieretto & Chiara Mandelli, MUFPP Secretariat

6 November 2026 at 09:05 — 6 November 2026 at 09:30
WG Food meeting and CLEVERFOOD updates
  • Chiara Roticiani, Eurocities
  • Chiara Mandelli, MUFPP Secretariat
  • Isa Stucki, City of Vantaa
6 November 2026 at 09:30 — 6 November 2026 at 10:00
Position Paper of the Urban Agenda for the EU Partnership on Food & EU Policy Updates
  • Chiara Roticiani, Eurocities
  • Chiara Mandelli, Municipality of Milan - MUFPP Secretariat
  • Jean-Marc Louvin, ICLEI
6 November 2026 at 10:00 — 6 November 2026 at 10:30
Presentation from the Joint Research Centre TBC

Aurora Perez-Cornago

6 November 2026 at 10:30 — 6 November 2026 at 10:45
Coffee and Tea break
6 November 2026 at 11:00 — 6 November 2026 at 13:00
Workshop with cities

Building on the thread of work of day 1

6 November 2026 at 13:00 — 6 November 2026 at 14:00
Lunch

Covered by the City of Rotterdam

6 November 2026 at 14:00 — 6 November 2026 at 15:30
Site visits and departure of participants