Knowledge-sharing and networking to co-create FEAST interventions for healthy and sustainable diets
The FEAST Replication Programme is designed to support cities, research institutions and CSOs in the development and implementation of FEAST interventions for healthy and sustainable diets. The programme aims to facilitate the sharing, dialogue, translation and context-based adoption of good practices and lessons learned from FEAST with eight additional Replicators.
The objective of the Replication Programme is to establish regular exchange between FEAST Living Labs and Replicators to foster reflection and learning on how to design and implement interventions on healthy and sustainable diets.
Replicators will be able to closely observe the work done in Living Labs and by the end of the FEAST project they will draft an Action Plan to implement their own intervention.
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What will FEAST Replicators do?
In the Replication Programme, Replicators will participate in the following activities:
- Twinning: Each Replicator will be twinned with a FEAST Living Lab to engage in regular one-to-one, peer-to-peer exchanges.
- F2F Meetings: Replicators will participate in up to four in-person events, i.e. a Replication Kick-off Meeting in Autumn 2025, one or two study visits with the twinned Lab, and the final FEAST conference in June 2027.
- Knowledge sharing: Replicators will benefit from the experiences of all Living Labs, who will regularly provide updates on progress, opportunities and challenges, through e.g. webinars and Community of Practice meetings
- Capacity Building: Replication Cities can join the Capacity Building sessions organised by FEAST and receive training from experts within the FEAST consortium and beyond.
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Building on the knowledge and experiences gathered through these activities, Replicators will write an Action Plan that explains how they will co-develop and implement a FEAST intervention with and for vulnerable groups, similar to those of the FEAST Living Labs.
The Living Labs interventions fall in four broad themes:- Food education with different groups (children, parents, school staff, elderly people)
- Work with smallholder farmers (market dialogues, geomapping of local producers, support to young farmers)
- Food environments (set up of farmers’ markets, urban gardens, social restaurants, outpatient clinics, spatial improvement of school canteens)
- Public food procurement (change in suppliers and procurement criteria)
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- March 2025: launch call for applications and start recruitment process
- April 2025: Revision of applications by selection committee and selection of Replicators
- May 2025: Selected Replicators are contacted for a first meeting with ICLEI
- June 2025: Selected Replicators sign Terms of Reference
- Fall 2025: In-person Replication Kick-off with Living Labs, Replicators and ICLEI
- October 2025/May 2027: Replication activities (site visits, bilateral meetings between twins, replication webinars, capacity building sessions, drafting of Action Plan)
- June 2027: Participation in FEAST final Consortium Meeting and presentation of the Action Plans
FAQs
- What will Replicators do in the Replication Programme?
Replicators will be expected to attend regular meetings and webinars with partner Living Labs (particularly with the twinned Lab), participate in at least one study visit and other FEAST sponsored events as foreseen. Based on the learnings from this knowledge exchange, Replicators will develop an Action Plan outlining how FEAST intervention(s) for healthy and sustainable diets will be replicated in their city, what activities they have planned, and under which timeline.
- Why should I join the FEAST Replication Programme?
Benefits for Replicators
- Networking and peer-to-peer exchange opportunities with project cities, consortium partners, and knowledge experts.
- Travel budgets to attend in-person FEAST-sponsored activities.
- Co-adapted guidance materials, tools and strategic support based on FEASTS’s findings and achievements.
- Global visibility and opportunity to promote local solutions.
- Capacity building on developing and implementing food systems interventions for healthy and sustainable diets.
- Support in developing an Action Plan that can be used as a starting point for implementing a FEAST intervention.
- What costs will be covered by FEAST for the Replicators?
The project will cover Replicator’s travel costs to up to four in-person events (Kick-off meeting, site visits, final FEAST conference).
- What are the responsibilities of Replicators?
- Fill-in application form to participate as a FEAST Replicator.
- Sign Terms of References with ICLEI and the FEAST project.
- Designate at least one point of contact for ongoing communication and for specific activities, attributing roles, and resources to carry out the project’s activities.
- Allow city staff (e.g., point of contact) to take part in relevant opportunities, including peer-to-peer exchanges and conferences, etc.
- Attend regular meetings and webinars with FEAST Living Labs (particularly with Twinned Lab).
- Participate in up to four in-person events: a Replication Kick-off Meeting in Autumn 2025, one or two study visits with twinned Lab, and the final FEAST conference in June 2027.
- By June 2027, develop an Action Plan for replicating a FEAST intervention in own city/region, outlining how they intend to implement an intervention on one of the four themes (Food Education, Smallholder Farmers, Food Environments, Public Procurement)
- What is a FEAST intervention?
FEAST interventions are the actions that the Living Labs co-created with vulnerable groups to tackle food, health and environmental challenges by supporting shifts towards healthier and more sustainable diets. The Living Labs interventions fall in four broad themes:
- Food education with different groups (children, parents, school staff, elderly people)
- Work with smallholder farmers (market dialogues, geomapping of local producers, support to young farmers)
- Food environments (set up of farmers’ markets, urban gardens, social restaurants, outpatient clinics, spatial improvement of school canteens)
- Public food procurement (change in suppliers and procurement criteria)
- Who can join the Replication Programme?
We are looking for Replicators from:
- local and regional authorities (municipalities, cities, public institutions)
- research institutes and universities
- community organisations, NGOs, and Associations working on food
- How can I apply to become a Replicator?
You can fill out the application form at this link by April 23rd, 2025.
- What is the selection procedure?
- Interested stakeholders apply using an online form
- Selection committee reviews applications and selects Replicators.
- ICLEI team contacts potential Replicators and sets up a first meeting with each of them.
- Selected Replicators sign Terms of Reference.
- Onboarding meeting between Replicators, Living Labs and ICLEI ES
How to join the FEAST Replication Programme?
If you represent a local or regional authority, research institution, or civil society organisation working on food and you are interested in joining, we encourage you to apply to become a FEAST Replicator!
You can fill out the Application Form here.
If you have any questions, you can send an email to Irene Fabricci (irene.fabricci@iclei.org).
The deadline for applications is April 23, 2025.