Food for the cities programme

Setting up the project team, including skills audit

The role of the core local project team is to coordinate the CRFS process and to serve as champions to raise awareness of activities, to ensure initial and on-going engagement, to be the visible ‘faces’ of the project to other stakeholders, and to advocate mainstreaming of food system considerations in relevant policies, programmes and plans across the city region.

The size and composition of the project team will vary from city region to city region, but it will include a project coordinator, an institutional focal point, and specialists in agronomy, value chain analysis, and GIS mapping. Other champions may be required according to local context. 

 

The following tools will help with setting up the project team: 

Examples: Setting up and training project teams 

Two examples of how project teams were established and trained in pilot city regions: Antananarivo (Madagascar), Colombo (Sri Lanka). 

Template: Sample Terms of Reference for Project Coordinator 

This document contains sample terms of reference that set out the profile of a project coordinator, and their role and responsibilities. The terms of reference may be adapted and used in the recruitment of a project coordinator. 

Template: Sample Terms of Reference for GIS, agronomy, and value chain experts

This document contains sample terms of reference that set out the profile of an GIS, agronomy, and value chain experts, and their roles and responsibilities. The terms of reference may be adapted and used in the recruitment of experts.

Template: Sample Terms of Reference for Institutional focal point

This document contains sample terms of reference that set out the profile of an institutional focal point, and their role and responsibilities. The terms of reference may be adapted and used in the recruitment of an institutional focal point.

 

 

Training unit 1: Introduction to the City Region Food Systems approach & assessment and planning process

This training sets out the FAO and RUAF approach to resilient and sustainable city region food systems, and provides an overview of the CRFS assessment and planning process.

 

Training unit 2: Climate and pandemic risks

This module sets out the rationale for strengthening the resilience of a CRFS to the impacts of climate-related hazards (shocks and stresses) and the impacts of pandemic infection-control measures. It establishes definitions of key terms related to resilience and risk determinants. 

 

Training unit 3: Participatory multi-stakeholder processes

This training unit: explains what is meant by participatory multi-stakeholder approach of the CRFS programme; establishes who is involved and the rationale for it; instructs project teams on how to identify, engage, and enable involvement of stakeholders.