Project Details
Description
Food SystemiCity is a programme to facilitate business creation and to enable the transition into sustainable local food systems in cities and built environments.
Layman's description
The Food SystemiCity programme facilitates:
- Identifying business opportunities in creating local food systems in the city-region context.
- Finding potential partners for business co-creation between industries, city actors and relevant researchers.
- Co-creation & co-development of new solutions.
- Connecting with pioneering international theme experts as mentors.
- Piloting of the new co-created solutions.
- Assessment of the sustainability & business potential.
VTT is responsible for the mentoring programme.
This project has received funding from the European Union Regional Development Fund for 2023-2025.
- Identifying business opportunities in creating local food systems in the city-region context.
- Finding potential partners for business co-creation between industries, city actors and relevant researchers.
- Co-creation & co-development of new solutions.
- Connecting with pioneering international theme experts as mentors.
- Piloting of the new co-created solutions.
- Assessment of the sustainability & business potential.
VTT is responsible for the mentoring programme.
This project has received funding from the European Union Regional Development Fund for 2023-2025.
| Status | Active |
|---|---|
| Effective start/end date | 1/03/23 → 31/12/25 |
Collaborative partners
- VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
- University of Helsinki (lead)
- Aalto University, Department of Built Environment
- Metropolia University of Applied Sciences
- Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke)
Funding
- innocities
- Co-funded by the European Union
Funding category
- EU-ERDF/EAKR