Multi-actor governance mechanisms

We guide and shape governance mechanisms for food systems change and to implement your strategy.

The implementation of a food strategy is difficult and complex work that requires an innovative governance mechanism. We can help you in the development of a governance system that assures the implementation and monitoring of the food strategy.

Workshop for capacity building

We have expertise in internal capacity-building. From creating ownership and collaboration between different departments to setting up an official institutional anchoring with other stakeholders and the organisation of a multi-actor governance mechanism.  This mechanism can take various forms and shapes.

A food council, for example, is a platform that represents the local actors of the city’s food system. The diversity of stakeholders and their active participation often result in broad ownership and the emergence of new collaborations amongst these actors which will help the realisation of your sustainable food system objectives. Such a mechanism can address the policy environment, generate new ideas, initiatives and proposals, and can also focus on specific topics, such as youth involvement, food markets, healthy food in schools, citizens’ engagement, food waste management…

What can we do to support the set up or the strengthening of your multi actor governance mechanism? Depending on your needs we can take up the role of:

Discover our track record

Ghent, Belgium

We initiated a new inter-department collaboration and the installation of an external Food Council in Ghent.
Main results:

  • An active external food council consisting of 30+ food system actors.
  • We have been guiding the Food Council for several years as process facilitators.
  • We have developed participatory budgeting mechanisms for the Food Council.
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Quito, Ecuador

Jointly, RUAF and Rikolto supported the setup of the Quito Agrifood Pact (PAQ).

Main results:

  • The Quito Agrifood Pact (PAQ), a multi-actor platform responsible for the city’s food policy.
  • A written charter, signed by all actors, and translated into a food policy.
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Arusha, Tanzania

We are coordinating Arusha’s innovative multi-stakeholder food safety governance platform and are assuring its secretariat functions.

Main results:

  • An assessment of food safety risks in the city’s vegetable supply.
  • 6 working groups around the topics of food safety delivering results on sustainable food business incubation, food safety standards, infrastructure, safe food consumption, and participatory guarantee systems for safe food production.
  • A dynamic and diverse multi-stakeholder platform.
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Leuven, Belgium

We are coordinating the food and agriculture strategy agenda and its multi-stakeholder network within Louvain’s roadmap to climate neutrality.

Main results:

  • Installation of a new external food council (Food and Agriculture Advisory Board).
  • Strong connections between different stakeholders and the city allows the formulation of new projects.
  • Additional financial resources have been allocated thanks to external funding.
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Questions?

Get in touch. I'll be happy to tell you more about our approach.

Charlotte Flechet

charlotte.flechet@rikolto.org