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Repentigny’s the importance of a
approach systemic food policy. One
emphasizes easier of the focus is a governance
access to municipal system that manages the whole food
services for all citizens. supply chain from farm to table and the
The city has created a facility management of food waste. The objective
with new technologies in the is to ensure that every citizen has access to
municipal library to help young healthy food. The last city to present in this stream
people unleash their imagination is eThekwini. The municipality is working to improve
and creativity. Meanwhile, building on a its informal settlements and provide the residents
regional-level phone and web referral service, the with a better living condition, access to sanitation
city connects and reaches out to the most vulnerable among others in an incremental manner. This
groups in the city. Milan’s initiative underscores approach seeks to empower the local community by
putting them in the driver’s seat in determining their
needs and priorities. It enables the municipality to
leverage its resources and to provide access to basic
services to a much larger number of inhabitants than
conventional approaches.
For Stream Two, Surabaya, Guadalajara, Utrecht, 38
and New York City presented how they cooperated
with various stakeholders to achieve their goals.
Surabaya has launched a city-wide initiative to
South China Business Journal
approach systemic food policy. One
emphasizes easier of the focus is a governance
access to municipal system that manages the whole food
services for all citizens. supply chain from farm to table and the
The city has created a facility management of food waste. The objective
with new technologies in the is to ensure that every citizen has access to
municipal library to help young healthy food. The last city to present in this stream
people unleash their imagination is eThekwini. The municipality is working to improve
and creativity. Meanwhile, building on a its informal settlements and provide the residents
regional-level phone and web referral service, the with a better living condition, access to sanitation
city connects and reaches out to the most vulnerable among others in an incremental manner. This
groups in the city. Milan’s initiative underscores approach seeks to empower the local community by
putting them in the driver’s seat in determining their
needs and priorities. It enables the municipality to
leverage its resources and to provide access to basic
services to a much larger number of inhabitants than
conventional approaches.
For Stream Two, Surabaya, Guadalajara, Utrecht, 38
and New York City presented how they cooperated
with various stakeholders to achieve their goals.
Surabaya has launched a city-wide initiative to
South China Business Journal
