Horizon Europe FutureFoodS Project: European Partnership for a Sustainable Future of Food Systems

The FutureFoodS vision is to collectively achieve safe and healthy Food Systems (FS) for Europe that are environmentally friendly, socially secure, fair, and economically viable. FutureFoodS brings together 87 partners from 22 EU Member States, 6 Associated Countries, and 1 third country. FutureFoodS includes public and private actors, policymakers, and foundations at local, subnational, national, and EU levels. All these FutureFoodS partners are fully aligned with the Partnership's vision and methodology for its implementation in line with SDG 17 and the components of the EU Green Deal. This vision has been broken down into general objectives (GO), specific objectives (SO), and operational objectives (OO) that apply to the 4 R&I areas and 4 cross-cutting activities identified by the FutureFoods consortium in its draft Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA), which constitutes the strategic backbone of the project.

The four GOs cover:

• GO1 - FS Operation.
• GO2 - Systemic approaches.
• GO3 - Inclusive Government.
• GO4 - Co-creation cases.

These OGs have then been translated into prioritized EOs according to the Association's schedule and resources:

• OE1 - Change the way we eat.
• SO2- Changing the way we process and supply food.
• SO3 - Changing the way we connect with FS.
• SO4 - Changing the way we govern FS.

In addition, 6 interconnected OO have been established:

• OO1- Group resources and R&D programming.
• OO2 - Fixed service operational observatory.
• OO3 - FS Labs' Active Knowledge Hub.
• OO4 - Functional mechanisms for knowledge exchange and scaling.
• OO5- Reviewing the SRIA.
• OO6 - Promotion, support, expansion and convening of diverse FS communities.

The objectives implemented in the 8 FutureFoodS WPs will have a direct or indirect impact on most of the destinations in the Horizon Europe Cluster 6 work programme 2023-2024 and, in particular, on the destination theme "Fair, healthy and environmentally friendly FS, from primary production to consumption", which echoes key EU and global FS policies and strategies.