Community - Food Wave

Meet the voices of change:
the Wavers!

Many faces, different countries, one goal: to rethink the food system in their cities as protagonists of change. Meet the activists from our community who have decided to be part of the project. The best recipe to fight climate change? Every Waver has a personal mix! Find out more by exploring their stories now.

Our partners

The Food Wave Consortium involves 17 countries through a network of 29 partners worldwide, composed of 16 international cities and 13 civil society organizations closely linked with the cities.
Have a look at all the people involved!

Municipality of Milan

Emanuela Vita

project manager Food Wave

Paolo Carlucci

project administrator Food Wave

Municipality of Milan

Bianca Cipriani

outcome manager Food Wave

Sofia Castoldi

project support officer

Municipality of Milan

Silvia Rossoni

administrator

Action Aid Italia

Francesca Ussani

Pillar Coordinator

Alice Podini

Administrator

Action Aid Italia

Roberto Sensi

Food Expert

Corinne Reier

Community Engagement Expert

Mani Tese

Giosuè De Salvo

Pillar Coordinator

Viviana Galanti

Financial Officer

Fondazione Acra

Sara Marazzini

Pillar Coordinator

Veronica Vismara

Assistant Pillar Coordinator

Fondazione Acra

Giulia Zivieri

Training and Activists' Coordinator

Alda

Valeria Fantini

EU Project Manager and “Environment & Climate Hub” Coordinator

Silvia Piccoli

Financial Officer

Action Aid Hellas

Chrisoula Stamatoukou

project coordinator

Myrsini Mega

volunteers coordinator

Action Aid Hellas

Angelina Tsakiri

communication coordinator

Fundación Alianza por los Derechos, la Igualdad y la Solidaridad Internacional

Julissa Jáuregui

project officer

María José Arcos

finance officer

Fundación Alianza por los Derechos, la Igualdad y la Solidaridad Internacional

Carol García

communication officer

Ana Henríquez

community manager

BJCEM

Federica Candelaresi

Executive Director, project coordinator

Stefania Inverso

General Organization, local project manager

Brasov Metropolitan Agency

Alina Nicoara

project manager

Andreea Cojocaru

communication manager

Brasov Metropolitan Agency

Otilia Berariu

financial manager

Municipality of Almere

Eline van der Ham

Project manager, Food strategy

Daria Abolina

EU funding advisor

Municipality of Almere

Wout Bierens

Project manager, Food Hub

City of Bruges

Fay Vanclooster

project coordinator

Karine De Batselier

policy officer climate-food

City of Bruges

Jolien Mespreuve

policy officer grants (EU-cel)

City of Malmo

Helen Nilsson

project manager

Louise Dahl Gottberg

project manager

City of Malmo

Åsa Gonner

financial officer

Elsa Svedin

communications officer

City of Nea Smirny

Panagiotis Grogoralos

project manager

Fay Kyriakidou

communications manager

City of Nea Smirny

Giorgos Krikris

deputy mayor of cleaning & recycling

Irene Kouriantaki

administrative & support

City of Sofia

Tsonka Harizanova

project team manager

City of Turin

Maria Bottiglieri

Head of the International Cooperation, Peace and Global Citizenship Education Office

Laura Fiermonte

Project Manager

City of Turin

Barbara Zunino

Project Administrator

Angelo Lucenti

Assistant Project Manager

City of Warsaw

Natalia Boitot

international projects officer

Agata Wesołowska

financial officer

City of Warsaw

Paulina Boguta-Miller

local coordinator's assistant

Erasmus Student Network

Martina Pentimalli

Project Manager and Director of Secretariat

Gerlando Sciabica

President

Erasmus Student Network

Alessio Burlon

National Representative

Massimiliano Marziali

event Manager

Erasmus Student Network

Eleonora Catozzi

Secretary

Chiara Ferrari

Training and Activity manager

Erasmus Student Network

Francesco Digilio

Treasurer

Groundwork Greater Manchester

Michaela Howell

Head of Communities

Jon Ross

Director, Sow the City

Groundwork Greater Manchester

Haleh Moravej

Senior Lecturer Nutritional Sciences, Manchester Metropolitan University

John Swallow

Senior Youth Project Lead: Environmental Social Action

Groundwork Greater Manchester

Harley Bark

Social Media Lead

Jane Houldsworth

Deputy Director, Manchester Climate Change Agency

Pest County Municipality

Áron Dorka

project manager

Peter Wolf

presidential advisor

Rede DLBC Lisbo

Inês Coimbra

project manager

ReLondon

Arielle Vetro

Project Manager

Hilda Alinda

Project Coordinator

ReLondon

Ali Moore

Project Director

RistEco

Maurizio Mariani

Operation Director & Finance

Marzia Béthaz

Project Manager

RistEco

Jean-Marc Louvin

Deputy Project Manager

RRA Podravje

Andrej Dover

Project manager

Brina Novak

Finance

RRA Podravje

Igor Kos

Project coordinator

Youth Led
Associations

Our idea of a sustainable future finds in the youth-led associations that joined the project the proof that change is already happening!. Discover more about them!

PUM-O

Slovenia

PUM-O is a non-formal education programme that helps young unemployed jobseekers who have not completed their education to acquire the skills and motivation to facilitate their path to employment or to complete their education.

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ZRIRAP

Slovenia

ZRIRAP Beltinci is a social enterprise founded by young people who care about the growing unemployment in our local environment, the deterioration of the former pearls of our municipality and the destruction of the environment by conventional agriculture.

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NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF STUDENTS COUNCILS IN BULGARIA

Bulgary

NPSS represents the largest student youth union in Bulgaria, whose goal is to be a representative feature of more than 235,000 students in the country. One of the main priorities of the founders of this large-scale forum is to support the development of national policies dedicated to students and young people.

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GENERATIVA! APS

Italy

Generativa! is an association that implements innovative cultural projects fostering the involvement and active participation of young people.

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IDEIFICIO TORINESE

Italy

Ideificio Torinese is a student association that manages a study hall and offers different services to students, including networking events, performances and workshops.

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ECO DALLE CITTÀ

Italy

Eco dalle Città is an association that implements initiatives to promote ecologically and socially sustainable production and consumption models.

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IL PANE E LE ROSE

Italy

Il Pane e le Rose is an association that carries out food solidarity initiatives and promotes new forms of sociality based on artistic production, cultural enjoyment and community welfare.

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BEE HUMAN – BEE WAVES

Italy

Bee Human – Bee Waves is an association that carries out educational activities to disseminate information about the environment, nature, biodiversity and bees.

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ECOSOFIE URBANE - GENEALOGIE DEL FUTURO

Italy

Connecting places and people, intersecting current urgencies and building communities through contemporary art.

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CHIARAVALLE PANE E PAESAGGIO - ASSOCIAZIONE FORME TENTATIVE ETS

Italy

Experiments with changing territory projects in border spaces.

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CORVETTO ACQUE MOBILI - TERZO PAESAGGIO

Italy

Promotes and experiments urban regeneration projects and practices, with a focus on margin places/territories.

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RETHINKING CLIMATE: COMUNICAZIONE SOCIO-AMBIENTALE

Italy

Aims to implement initiatives to increase the knowledge, awareness and involvement of young Europeans on climate change mitigation.

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PANIONIOS

Greece

The Panionios Gymnastics Association of Smyrna was founded in 1890 in Smyrna, Asia Minor. The football section of Panionios, which was formed on an organized basis in 1895, is the oldest and most historic active Greek football team. The Panionios gymnastics association has a football, basketball, volleyball, waterpolo, running, handball, gymnastics, judo, swimming and table tennis team.

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Associação Juvenil Rota Jovem

Portugal

Rota Jovem is a non-profit youth association supporting activities for young people. They focus on youth participation, social inclusion, European values, volunteering, active citizenship and youth entrepreneurship.

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Associazione di Promozione Sociale Laboratorio di Quartiere Giambellino Lorenteggio

Italy

The Laboratorio was born with the aim of countering social fragmentation and isolation. Its general purpose is to stimulate the construction of social links between the inhabitants of the neighbourhood (especially of the ERP houses).

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Associazione Italiana Giovani per l’UNESCO

Italy

The Italian Association of Young People for UNESCO (AIGU) established in 2014 and active since January 2016, is composed of young people aged between 18 and 35 aiming to support the Italian National Commission for UNESCO in the subjects of education, science, culture and communication.

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BX - Jeunes ASBL

Belgium

Bx-Jeunes is a small NGO, working only with volunteers between the age of 18 and 25 years old. They organise educational programs for kids and youngsters in between 6 and 18 years old living in different precarious situations in Brussels.

Change for Planet - Youth in Action APS

Italy

Change For Planet is an association founded by a group of young people, with the goal of accelerating sustainable development. They aim to increase climate literacy to have a real impact on local communities and pursue socially useful goals.

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Coordination of Sisak’s Youth Associations (Koordinacija udruga mladih Siska K.U.M.S.)

Croatia

Coordination of Sisak’s Youth Associations (KUMS) is a non-governmental, non-profit association founded in 2005, aiming to improve the quality of life in the local community through participation, volunteerism and community engaged activities, supporting the strengthening of civil society at the local level.

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Entrepreneurial educational youth cooperative society EPEKA, ULTD, social enterprise

Slovenia

EPEKA, ULTD, social enterprise, is a cooperative working in the field of youth, vulnerable groups, and social entrepreneurship. Their main mission is to solve social, economic, and environmental problems using social entrepreneurship.

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ERASMUS STUDENT NETWORK IAȘI – REȚEAUA STUDENȚILOR ERASMUS IAȘI

Romania

ESN Iași is a non-profit organisation, run by young people who volunteer to help new Erasmus students discover the city of Iași and its culture, guiding them during their stay in Iași and helping them overcome any cultural differences.

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Felelős Gasztrohős Alapítvány - Heroes of Responsible Dining Foundation

Hungary

The Heroes of Responsible Dining initiative aims to raise public awareness about the environmental effects of food consumption. They encourage individuals to choose local and seasonal products, eat less meat and dairy, and reduce their food waste.

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Hello Youth

Sweden

Hello Youth facilitates and supports young people’s development and encourages their personal and social development. Hello Youth is a diverse group of young people with a passion to make a difference in the world, working at local, national and international level.

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JCI Brugge

Belgium

JCI is a global network of young active citizens with a mission to provide development opportunities that empower young people to create positive change.

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Komunikum, Inštitut za podatkovno povezovanje v medmrežju

Slovenia

The Komunikum Institute has been operating since 2012, mainly in the field of deprived groups (blind and partially sighted) and especially in the field of youth work.

Mar de Tierras

Spain

Born in 2011 from a group of young people, Mar de Tierras promotes sustainable development and respect for the environment, equal opportunities among people regardless of their origin, religion or social circumstances, gender equality, and citizen participation.

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Recup - Associazione di promozione sociale

Italy

RECUP is an organisation of social promotion, which counteracts food waste through an inclusive action. Since 2016 it has managed to recover nearly 100 tons of fruit and vegetables that would have been thrown away.

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Reflektor Foundation

Bulgaria

Reflektor Foundation is a mission-driven creative studio, seeking effective solutions through art, culture, and science to improve individuals' and local communities' quality of life.

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Rio Neiva – Associação de Defesa do Ambiente / Rio Neiva – Environmental NGO

Bulgaria

Rio Neiva - Environmental NGO mission is to preserve and to valorise the local natural environment and to promote local sustainable development, supported by two main pillars: Environmental Education and Nature Sports.

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Stamtish

France

Stamtish is a non-profit organisation aiming to facilitate the socio-professional inclusion of people with a migrant background and strives to fight against discrimination. They accompany migrants in their journey to socio-professional integration through the catering industry while empowering them.

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Stichting ‘n Wilde Keuze (Foundation A Wild Choice)

Netherlands

The foundation’s mission is to design and implement projects that provoke the social imagination as the basis for fundamental changes towards sustainable futures. ‘n Wilde Keuze specialises in radical imagination, system change, and transdisciplinary collaborations.

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Stichting Slow Food Youth Network

Netherlands

Slow Food Youth Network (SFYN) is a worldwide youth movement, born out of Slow Food, a global, grassroots non-profit association. They link the generation 18-32 to the fun of food, with a commitment to the environment and the community.

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YOUth Connect

Italy

YOUth Connect is a non-profit organisation promoting self-empowerment and personal development of young people at local, national and international level, that aims to motivate change making, active citizenship and professional development.

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Introducing ourcommunity

Meet the voices of change:the Wavers!

Join tothe wave

Our partners

Municipality of Milan

Emanuela Vita

Paolo Carlucci

Municipality of Milan

Bianca Cipriani

Sofia Castoldi

Municipality of Milan

Silvia Rossoni

Action Aid Italia

Francesca Ussani

Alice Podini

Action Aid Italia

Roberto Sensi

Corinne Reier

Mani Tese

Giosuè De Salvo

Viviana Galanti

Fondazione Acra

Sara Marazzini

Veronica Vismara

Fondazione Acra

Giulia Zivieri

Alda

Valeria Fantini

Silvia Piccoli

Action Aid Hellas

Chrisoula Stamatoukou

Myrsini Mega

Action Aid Hellas

Angelina Tsakiri

Fundación Alianza por los Derechos, la Igualdad y la Solidaridad Internacional

Julissa Jáuregui

María José Arcos

Fundación Alianza por los Derechos, la Igualdad y la Solidaridad Internacional

Carol García

Ana Henríquez

BJCEM

Federica Candelaresi

Stefania Inverso

Brasov Metropolitan Agency

Alina Nicoara

Andreea Cojocaru

Brasov Metropolitan Agency

Otilia Berariu

Municipality of Almere

Eline van der Ham

Daria Abolina

Municipality of Almere

Wout Bierens

City of Bruges

Fay Vanclooster

Karine De Batselier

City of Bruges

Jolien Mespreuve

City of Malmo

Helen Nilsson

Louise Dahl Gottberg

City of Malmo

Åsa Gonner

Elsa Svedin

City of Nea Smirny

Panagiotis Grogoralos

Fay Kyriakidou

City of Nea Smirny

Giorgos Krikris

Irene Kouriantaki

City of Sofia

Tsonka Harizanova

City of Turin

Maria Bottiglieri

Laura Fiermonte

City of Turin

Barbara Zunino

Angelo Lucenti

City of Warsaw

Natalia Boitot

Introducing our
community

Meet the voices of change:
the Wavers!

Join to
the wave

Youth Led
Associations