4cities4dev

The project brings together the role of the cities, as active players in local politics and decentralized cooperation, with Slow Food’s approach, which is based on the involvement of food communities, citizens, and consumers.

4Cities4Dev revolves around the experience of Slow Food’s food communities: groups of people who produce, process, and distribute high-quality, sustainable food, while conserving strong social, economic, and historical ties to their territories.

The four European cities “adopt” seven food communities that are found in Senegal, Mauritania, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Kenya, Mali, and the Ivory Coast.

“Adopting” a food community means allowing the European cities to get to know these realities from up close, with the support of Slow Food’s work and the launching of institutional relationships among the partner cities, the food communities, and the local authorities.

The objective of supporting the food communities is to increase the awareness, on the part of European cities, of responsible consumption and the consequences of their own personal eating habits. The fight against poverty requires that both individuals and local institutions take on responsible and sober behavior.

To mobilize greater public support for action against poverty, targeting EU citizens in order to make them more aware, responsible and active vis-à-vis food security policy and sustainable development in the development co-operation context.

The 4Cities4Dev project is funded by the European Union and is led by the City of Turin. The other partners are Slow Food, the City of Tours, the City of Bilbao and the City of Riga.

The cities are participating by adopting food communities in Africa and by organizing their own local events.

Partner contact information:

TURIN CITY COUNCIL
International Cooperation and Peace Sector
Via delle Orfane 22
10122 Turin, Italy
Telephone: +39 011 442 49 27
Fax: +39 011 443 48 88
Email: [email protected]
http://www.comune.torino.it/cooperazioneinternazionale/

TOURS CITY COUNCIL
1 à 3 Rue del Minimes
37926 TOURS CEDEX 9, France
Telephone: +33 02 47 21 60 00
Fax: +33 02 47 21 69 36
http://www.tours.fr

BILBAO CITY COUNCIL
Health and Consumer Area
Calle Ugalde 7
48012 Bilbao, Spain
Telephone: +34 94 420 49 00
Email: [email protected]
http://www.bilbao.net

RIGA CITY COUNCIL
City Development Department
Ratslaukums 1
LV-1539 Riga, Latvia
Telephone: +371 670 26 101
Fax: +371 670 26 184
email: [email protected]

http://www.rdpad.lv

http://www.riga.lv

SLOW FOOD
Piazza XX Settembre 5
12042 Bra (CN), Italy
Telephone: +39 0172 419 611
Fax: +39 0172 421 293
email: [email protected]
https://www.slowfood.com