(6) Policy lab: Action Plan

CRFS policy

Orti urbani (social gardens)

134 public areas for social gardens, divided into 3 main categories:

• "gardens for the elderly over 65"
• "family gardens"
• "civic gardens" co-management with local NGOs

Promotion of a healthy diet in school
canteens

The school catering service managed directly by the Municipality is addressed at children attending municipal
nurseries, as well as municipal and state kindergartens
The service for the remaining schools is contracted through public procurement

Veloce Logistic - Vicenza Eco-
LOgisticCEnter

Delivery of fruit, vegetables and food products to retailers, restaurants and bars within the ZTL and throughout the municipal area. The service is aimed at both companies and individuals

Public-private companies promoted by the Municipality of Vicenza in collaboration with local trade organisations.
The goods are delivered to the new VELOCE Eco-Logistics Center (Limited Traffic Zone) of the Historic Centre and the whole city of Vicenza. The task of the Center is to provide for the delivery and collection of goods using only environmentally friendly trucks, which do not produce any form of air pollution.

The VELOCE Eco-Logistics Center also has advanced information technologies that allow it to optimally manage the various steps of shipments: from receipt to delivery at destination The cutting edge of the service allows the courier to transmit the data of their shipments electronically and to check the status of the deliveries "directly via the web using a password"

“Mercato ortofrutticolo” (fruit and vegetable market)
co-management with a local cooperative

Local farmers market (“Campagna amica”) in cooperation with a local trade organisation (Coldiretti)

Public centre for wholesale trade of fruit and vegetables open also to consumers in some time slots.
It includes an area dedicated to fisheries

- Area of over 300 metres allocated to direct sale only of products coming from regional territories (km0/from farm to fork)
- Area dedicated to events/initiatives aimed at fully expressing the value of Italian agriculture, highlighting its key role in protecting the environment, the territory, traditions and culture, health and safety

Project “Zero waste in school canteens” 

Project REBUS

Plastic free public events

A lunch box (unbreakable and washable) provided free of charge by the Municipality. The goal is to reduce the quantity of plastic plates and cutlery thrown in the school trash every day

To promote a circular food economy: first experiment focused on reusing food from city school canteens for the “Albergo cittadino” (public building temporarily used only for the night reception of residents who find themselves in situations of serious marginalisation)

Public guidelines to promote the use of compostable or biodegradable plates/glasses etc during public events

Food related public events

Emporio solidale Vicentino
co-management with Italian Red
Cross

Public multicultural events (e.g., festivals, show-cooking, laboratories, food-trucks...) to promote different food culture and traditions - with a specific focus on the ethnic groups living in the town - and to facilitate mutual understanding and collaboration

To directly support people/families in need. It looks like a ‘supermarket’ where they can freely choose according to their needs and tastes. This is an important feature compared to the current delivery of pre-packaged packages

1. to systematise and enhance the ongoing initiatives and to bring them back into a unitary and coordinated vision
- to define and implement a new, multi-level and multi-stakeholders’ organisational model so to facilitate the exchange of information and experiences, and a more
coordinated approach
- to promote a greater visibility and a better communication of the initiatives already in place and to fill the existing knowledge gap, thus promoting awareness and
participation by the local stakeholders

2. to promote political, socio-cultural and economic experimentation and innovation, so to further empower both the policy makers and the local community
- to sign the MUFPP so to become part of a wide network of cities and have the possibility to learn from them and to collaborate with them
- to bring new knowledge at a local level, so to empower the local authorities as well as the local actors, so that they will more easily find a common ground for
collaboration in a coordinated vision
- to focus on the four thematic priorities elaborated as a result of the policy landscape assessment and considering the peculiarities of the local framework. The four
thematic priorities are as follows: 1) Nutrition, sustainability and health: the female perspective and contribution 2) Growing healthy: lifelong nutrition education 3)
Sustainable food supply chain in urban areas 4) Food and sustainability between ethics, legality and transparency
- To implement a close cooperation between the policy labs and the living labs in the framework of Cities2030 and more in general with the initiatives/events taking
place at urban and peri-urban level

3. to draft the local Food Policy so to have a programmatic document of reference to guide the change
- to consider and propose the Food Policy of Vicenza as a structural and shared project, so to foster discussion and collaboration between all stakeholders (including
citizens)
- to focus on priorities and actions that could be sustainable in the medium-long term and with the highest participation by the local community/stakeholders

Vicenza wants to design and implement a “food-for-all” approach to guarantee better nutrition, greater health, wider social inclusion and economic development through food related policies whose ultimate aim is to protect the environment and reduce the possible risks posed by pollution and climate change.

Vicenza has the ambition to become a “food hub”, namely the point of reference for innovative, pioneering, sustainable and resilient ideas to progressively improve the urban and regional food system according to the real needs, the emerging priorities and the stakeholder’s expectations.
The intent is to develop a regenerative food system where the environment, the local communities and economy could prosper in a harmonious way.