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 under the Presidency of Her Majesty The Queen and with the participation of José Graziano da Silva , Director General of the United Nations’ Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO).
With the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between the València City Council and FAO in October 2016, this city acquired a firm commitment to achieve a more coherent, healthy, participatory and more sustainable agri-food model.
Since then, the designation of València as the World Capital of Sustainable Food in 2017 and the celebration of the Mayors’ Summit in the framework of the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact, were the seeds for the creation of CEMAS, in coordination with FAO and United Nations.