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Overview

Discover how circular business models transform urban food systems to tackle grand challenges through innovative solutions

Duration

4 weeks

Mode of learning

Online

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Credential

Certificate

Circular Business Models for Sustainable Urban Food Systems
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Highlights

  • Earn a certificate from EIT Food
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Circular Business Models for Sustainable Urban Food Systems
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Course details

Who should do this course?

This course is primarily designed for policymakers, public institutions, intermediaries, and educators. It would also appeal to anyone with an interest in issues of sustainability and urban food systems.

What are the course deliverables?
Describe the Circular Economy principles and concepts in the context of SDGs
 
Identify the tools and measurements used to measure Circular Food Systems.
 
Evaluate how Urban Food Policies can support urban-rural linkages and guide the transition to Sustainable Urban Food Systems
 
Assess challenges and opportunities when designing Circular Food Systems
 
Reflect on Circular Business Models and their role in creating product-service combinations to achieve Food Circularity
 
Develop skills and practical tools to disseminate awareness and educate third parties on Urban Food Circularity to foster Sustainable Food Systems
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More about this course
  • On this course, you'll discover how to design and build circular food systems for resilient, smart and sustainable cities.
  • You'll explore the catalytic role of cities to foster healthy and inclusive food policies, adopting systems thinking, institutional innovation, and participatory approaches in order to fulfill the 2030 SDGs.

Circular Business Models for Sustainable Urban Food Systems
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Curriculum

Thinking and Acting Circular in the context of SDGs: why and for whom?

Welcome

Thinking Circular in the context of SDGs: Definitions, Origins and Concepts

Implementing inter-connected Circular Economy thinking at micro, meso and macro level

Circular Economy Roadblocks and Enablers

Review and Reflect on Week 1

Designing Circular Food Systems: Challenges and Opportunities

Welcome to Week 2

Circular Food Systems: Tools and Measurement

Urban and Local Food Policies

Drivers and Barriers for Food Systems Circularity

Review and Reflect on Week 2

Unlocking Value Creation through Circular Business Models

Welcome to Week 3

From Business Model Innovation to Circular Business Models

Best Practices of Circular Business Models in Urban Food Systems

Circular Business Model Design approaches

Review and Reflect on Week 3

Engaging Food System Stakeholders Effectively

Welcome to Week 4

Unlocking the potential of CE through Systems Thinking

Educating on Circularity

Communicating Circularity: Sustainability Reporting & Public Engagement

Review and Reflect on Week 4

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