Amped is Guiding Entity for CLEVERFOOD Peer-Learning Programme

The CLEVERFOOD peer-learning programme aims to support food policy labs and councils in facilitating the exchange of experiences to address challenges and develop solutions for creating food system governance strategies and policies.

Participants will be excited to learn from experienced peers, exchange about common challenges, and expand their knowledge. They will also benefit from Eurocities’ expertise in organizing peer-learning programs and promoting knowledge-sharing for local actions. The program provides engagement opportunities such as participating in two-day peer-learning in-person visits to observe the running of food policy labs and food policy councils and online webinars supporting multi-actor initiatives.

The initiative targets labs and food policy councils in EU member states or approved Horizon Europe Associated Countries. These entities must be policy-oriented, actively involving stakeholders, and contribute to developing food system governance strategies and policies at the city or national level.

Guiding Entity
Mark Frederiks of Amped will be participating as a Guiding Entity in the peer-learning programme in the cluster location Amsterdam, together with programme Fellows Cité de l’Agriculture (Marseille, France) and Cellule Manger Demain (Namur, Belgium), in the first week of April 2025.

Amped manages the EU4Advice Living Lab of Central Europe in the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area (MRA), in collaboration with the AMS Institute, the Province of Flevoland and Wageningen University. Amped actively engages diverse partners from various sectors to create a robust, regional, and regenerative food system in the MRA. As the Living Lab manager within the EU4Advice framework, Amped connects these partners and the knowledge generated with other living labs, fostering a multi-level learning approach.

The Living Lab in Amsterdam facilitates collaborations between ongoing EU projects and networks in the area, building an efficient learning ecosystem for a just transition towards a regional, regenerative food system. The Living Lab aligns with European, regional, interregional projects and networks, such as FoodCLIC, BSV Association, Bionutrient Food Association and Ecosystem Restoration Communities.

The programme’s other learning clusters: Bergamo (Italy), Bury (UK), Liège (Belgium), Marseille (France), Warsaw (Poland), Pau (France), Milan (Italy), Turin (Italy), Vitoria Gasteiz (Spain), Glasgow (Scotland), Hamburg (Germany), Nantes (France), Nilufer (Turkey) and Lambeth (Greater London, England).

CLEVERFOOD
The CLEVERFOOD project aims to engage European citizens—ranging from youth and children to farmers, investors, researchers, and policymakers—in the transformation of Europe’s food system. By fostering a more fair, healthy, circular, and plant-based approach, CLEVERFOOD will support ongoing and new projects, partnerships, and networks. Through collaboration, the project seeks to create a unified effort toward achieving a sustainable and resilient food system.

CLEVERFOOD is designed to engage people from all sectors of society in the transformation of Europe’s food system, aligning with key EU initiatives such as the EU Food 2030 Policy Framework, the Farm to Fork Strategy, EU Missions, the EU Bioeconomy Strategy, the European Urban Initiatives, and the Fit for 55 Package.

The project’s primary goal is to pave the way for a fair, healthy, and sustainable food system. To achieve this, CLEVERFOOD will support both new and ongoing projects, partnerships, and networks through a collaborative and integrated approach.

CLEVERFOOD’s methodology is built around three core pillars: Policy Labs, Living Labs, Pan-European Multi-Actor and Public Engagement. These pillars will help mobilize society and drive food system transformation, supported by the creation of the FOOD 2030 Project Collaboration Network and the FOOD 2030 Connected Lab Network.

Guidelines for CLEVERFOOD peer learning programme 

CLEVERFOOD Use-Case Peer-Learning Programme