Health, climate change, urban-rural links, urbanisation
The World Sustainable Urban Food Centre is an initiative by the Valencia City Council with the technical support of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) to promote, manage and coordinate permanent action in two areas:
Collection and classification of the multiple initiatives aimed at establishing sustainable local food systems in cities around the world. A physical and technological space for sharing knowledge.
Dissemination and awareness-raising of all those issues related to food, nutrition, the fight against hunger, climate change and sustainable local food systems, both from Valencia and from any other city in the world.
On 16 October the CEMAS facilities at La Marina de València will host the celebration of World Food Day. With this celebration, the FAO-office in Spain and the Valencian City Council join many others in the worldwide celebration of this day that was established by the United Nations in 1979. This year’s theme is: Our…
The work sessions of the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact (MUFPP) took place from 7 – 9 October 2019 in the French city of Montpellier. More than a hundred cities from around the world and representatives of various associations, foundations and universities shared experiences and knowledge about urban food systems: food production and supply, nutrition…
After months of preparation, on 22 July 2019, CEMAS held its opening event at the Marina de València chaired by Queen Letizia.
The presentation ceremony of the World Sustainable Urban Food Centre of València (CEMAS) will be held at the building La Base at the Marina of València on 22 July 2019.
In October 2016, the city of València and the Food and Agriculture Organizacion of the United Nations (FAO) signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Rome.
