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Wednesday, 24 September 2025
FOODGaP Project Kicks Off: Building Inclusive Food Policies Across the Mediterranean
The European Public Law Organization (EPLO), through its Institute for Sustainable Development, will organize the official kick-off meeting of the FOODGaP Project on 29–30 September in Athens, in its capacity as a project partner.
The event marks the start of an ambitious initiative under the Interreg NEXT MED Programme, aiming to strengthen food governance across the Mediterranean.
FOODGaP brings together a diverse partnership including the EPLO (Greece), City of Tyre (Lebanon), Houmt Souk (Tunisia), the Metropolitan City of Rome (Italy) and the Metropolitan City of Mersin (Türkiye), coordinated CIHEAM Bari.
With a total budget of €1,320,573.41 — of which about €1.2 million is co-financed by the European Union — the project is set to address critical challenges in food governance across the Mediterranean.
FOODGaP supports local authorities and stakeholders in developing participatory and coordinated food policies at both local and cross-border level. The project focuses on two key dimensions:
- Institutional Capacity – strengthening the ability of local authorities and public officers to manage food policy, integrate it across municipal departments, and link it with national decision-making frameworks.
- Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue – promoting collaboration between civil society, businesses, researchers, and public institutions to co-design services and policies that respond to local needs, and testing these solutions through pilot actions.
By bridging governance gaps, the project seeks to enable municipalities and communities to jointly develop inclusive, equitable, and locally tailored food policies. Innovative approaches to food access and the coordination of local policies will be tested and showcased through the Mediterranean Food Policy Coalition, raising visibility and promoting greater engagement at higher policy levels.
The launch of FOODGaP represents a significant step toward creating resilient, participatory, and sustainable food systems in the Mediterranean, placing local communities at the center of policy innovation.
