AGENDA & CONCEPT NOTE_Training on school meals programmes @Rotterdam (5)

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
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

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 (TBC) Rotterdam's Vice-Mayor Care, Welfare and Social & Community Infrastructure

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

Katerina Ivanković-Knežević, Director Social Rights & Inclusion, 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:

  • Katerina Ivanković-Knežević, European Commission
  • Ana Paula Reis, Agrupamento de Escolas Anselmo de Andrade
  • Andrea Magarini, Comune di Milano
  • Vera van Stokkum (TBC), 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 08:55
Registration
6 November 2026 at 08:55 — 6 November 2026 at 09:00
Introduction of the day

Ottavia Pieretto & Chiara Mandelli, MUFPP Secretariat

6 November 2026 at 09:00 — 6 November 2026 at 09:30
WG Food meeting and CLEVERFOOD updates

Chiara Roticiani, Eurocities

6 November 2026 at 09:30 — 6 November 2026 at 10:00
Position Paper of the Urban Agenda Partnership for the EU on Food & EU Policy Updates
6 November 2026 at 10:00 — 6 November 2026 at 10:30
Presentation from the Joint Research Centre TBC
6 November 2026 at 10:30 — 6 November 2026 at 10:45
Coffee and tea break
6 November 2026 at 10:45 — 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