For the past five years the HealthyFoodAfrica project has worked in ten locations in six African countries to co-create local innovations and strategies to improve food systems. Now, it is time to wrap up the project in final event organised on 7th May 2025 in Brussels, Belgium.
Event details and registration
When: Wednesday 7th of May, @ 8:30 – 13:00
Where: Helsinki EU Office, Brussels, Belgium. Rue Guimard 7, B-1040 Brussels.
Register here
An interactive day includes
- Photo exhibition
- Video-presentations from our Food System Labs
- Engaging panel discussion
- Ghanaian delicacies
The overall goal of the project was to make food systems more sustainable, equitable and resilient by reconnecting food production and food consumption in effective ways. A key aspect of our approach was the work in Food System Labs – a form of living labs – where diverse multi-stakeholder platforms were engaged to co-design and pilot a range of locally relevant solutions.
Innovations created in the project included: food safety trainings for informal vendors, advocacy for policy change, enhancing maize value chains with refugee women, innovative product development (zero-energy cooler, improved fish-smoking ovens, plant-based protein pasta, fish sausages, urban gardens integrating aquaponics systems, and many more…
Program
8:30 – 09:30 Registration and photo exhibition
9:30 – Welcome
9:35 – 09:50 Opening remarks – Hans-Jörg Lutzeyer, DG Research
9:50 – 10:45 Video-presentations from Food System Labs and commentary from Work Package representatives
10:45 – 11:00 Photo exhibition
11:00 – 11:45 Panel discussion on food environments
11:45 – 12:00 Closing remarks: Lessons learned and best practices about Living Lab approach – Mila Sell, Project Coordinator of HealthyFoodAfrica
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch, including Ghanaian delicacies + photo exhibition