Food Wave launches a call for proposals for a better global food system

21 projects ideas will receive a contribution of up to 3000 € to support the fight against climate change and create a fair and sustainable global food system!

The Food Wave project – co-funded by the EU under the Development Education and Awareness Raising Programme (DEAR) and promoted by the Municipality of Milan together with ActionAid Italia, ACRA, Mani Tese and 25 project partners in 17 countries, including ALDA – aims at creating awareness on sustainable patterns of food consumption and production for climate change mitigation, activating young people and enabling them to influence institutional decisions.

What is the objective of the call for proposals? 

The Project, under the coordination of the European Association for Local Democracy – ALDA, established a sub-granting scheme that will contribute to the Food Wave overall objective, supporting grass-root initiatives in the field of climate-friendly food consumption behaviors and involving smaller youth organizations interested in supporting the action but lacking the necessary means to do so.

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Who can apply? 

The first round of the call for proposals will be launched in January 2021 and it will be directed to Youth and Small Civil Society organizations to carry out actions addressing the nexus between food and climate change.

Which is the thematic focus? 

The proposed projects must address at least one of the following thematic axes:

• Sustainable diets to reduce the impact on the planet and protect human rights.
• Local alternative food systems, local producers and territorial markets.
• Fight against food waste.
• Sustainable food education and knowledge sharing dissemination.
• Fight against climate change and equal access to healthy, sustainable and fair food.

Where can the project be implemented? 

Activities must take place in one of the following EU Member States: Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, UK.

The call for proposals will be published in January 2021! Stay tuned and follow Food Wave Facebook and Instagram pages to stay updated!