Programme 6th November 2026

REGISTRATION 08.30 - 09.00

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WORKING GROUP SESSION  09.00 - 12.30

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WG EDUCATION

09:00 – 09:20        Welcome and opening

                              Eerika Kantonen, City of Helsinki, chair

09:20 – 10:00        Reflections on the first day (school meals and wellbeing and learning) (small groups)

10:00 – 10:45        What innovative initiatives does your city have to support the wellbeing in schools/in education (menti)

10:45 – 11:15        Networking and coffee break

11:15 – 11:45        Subgroups present their first meetings

11:45 – 12:00        Discussing the upcoming events Antwerpen and Warsaw

12:00 – 12:30         Preparation to the site visits

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WG CHILDREN

09:00 – 10:00         Conference Takeaways and Discussion

10:00 – 10:45         Cities in Focus: Local Practices

                               Sharing experiences and inspiring practices on:

                                - Tackling child poverty

                                - Healthy food and nutrition policies

                                - Children's wellbeing and equal opportunities

10:45 – 11:00         Networking and coffee break

11:00 – 12:00         Cities' Challenges and Policy Updates

                               - Exchange on current challenges 

                               - Peer learning and discussion

                               - Eurocities policy and advocacy update

 12:00 – 12:30         Looking Ahead: Priorities and Next Steps

                                - What should be our priorities?

                                - What support do cities need?

                                - Future activities, advocacy priorities

                                - Collaboration opportunities​

WG FOOD

08:55 – 09:00           Introduction of the day

                                 Ottavia Pieretto & Chiara Mandelli, MUFPP Secretariat

09:00 – 09:30           WG Food Meeting & CLEVERFOOD Updates

                                 Chiara Roticiani, Eurocities

09:30 – 10:00           Urban Agenda Position Paper of the Partnership & EU Policy Updates    

10:00 – 10:30           JRC Presentation

                                 Aurora Perez Cornago

10:30 – 11:00           Networking & Coffee break

11:00 – 12:30           Workshop with cities

                                 Building on the thread of work of the Wednesday afternoon

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HEALTHY WAVE CONSORTIUM MEETING

09:00 – 09:30         Reflection on the conference

09:30 – 10:00         Reflection on the last Local Action Group meetings

10:00 – 10:30         Tasks in the following weeks 

10:30 – 11:00         Definitive version of the project results

11:00 – 11:30         Dissemination activities & Plans for the future

11:30 – 12:30         Evaluation of the whole project and lessons learned so far

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LUNCH 12.30 - 13.30

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SITE VISITS 13:30 - 15:30