foodsustainability – EIIS – European Institute

Food & Sustainability

Food sustainability is one of the most critical challenges of our time. Fixing the broken food system is not just the right thing to do. It is what people – consumers – increasingly want. In order to take on this challenge, a new generation of food leaders is required.

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Description of the course

Our aim is to provide a comprehensive base for a deeper understanding of the complex dynamics of food, giving you the tools and insights to perform better at work or shift careers – and hopefully make you a better person along the way. You will get the chance to learn about scientific evidence, management practices and policy options to safeguard our health and Planet, while actively helping countries improve the sustainability of their food systems.

16

Modules
including lectures by worldwide renowned experts and practical workshops

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3

Months
of online tuition and the possibility to witness sustainable agriculture on the field in Kenya

What you will learn

by participating in dynamic and interactive lessons, held by the most authoritative food sustainability experts, you will learn to:

recognize the paradoxes affecting our food system and the impact of food on our Planet
study and understand practices and policies to fix the broken food system, safeguarding our health and Planet
identify the most important threads to food sustainability
communicate food sustainability effectively and spread awareness about it
actively help countries improve the sustainability of their food systems
work with food in a sustainable way

Admission criteria

No previous experience is required to participate. However, enrollment in the course requires passing an admission test which will assess the candidate’s suitability according to motivational criteria.

Information about the course

The course includes three months of online tuition with leading international experts.

Course’s Partners

Opportunities

High educational value: you will be able to attend lectures and interact directly with some of the greatest food sustainability experts worldwide
Putting knowledge into practice: by tackling the proposed challenge, you will be able to touch upon the problems and challenges of managing food in a sustainable way, safeguarding the health of people and Planet
Experience Kenya: thanks to the Alliance of Bioversity International and CGIAR, you may have the chance to test the knowledge acquired and live a unique experience, in close contact with nature and sustainable agricolture

Certificate recorded on the blockchain

At the end of the course you will attain a certificate. Our certificates are far from ordinary. For each certificate a unique code is generated (hash). The latter gets recorded on the Hyperledger blockchain, thus becoming immutable data. Each certificate is identified by a QR code in which we will also incorporate all the course-related contents, your projects, and the information you would like to share with recruiters, relatives or friends.

Leading team

Meet some of the course’s experts. Get ready to be engaged by their incredible passion for the topic!

Massimo Bottura

Chef & Owner of Osteria Francescana Co-founder of Food for Soul

Carlo Fadda

Research Director - Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture at Alliance of Bioversity and CIAT

Farhana Haque Rahman

Director General at IPS Inter Press Service

Maurizio Martina

Special Advisor and Deputy Director General at FAO

Marta Messa

Office Director at Slow Food Brussels

Francine Segan

Food Historian

Martin Koehring

Regional Lead (EMEA) for Sustainability, Climate Change and Natural Resources at The Economist Intelligence Unit

Arif Husain

Chief Economist at World Food Programme (WFP)

Danielle Nierenberg

President at Food Tank

george Steinmetz

National Geographic and NY Times photographer; Foodlitzer Award winner

Marcela Villarreal Pouw

Director of partnerships, advocacy and capacity development at FAO

Hugo Verkuil

CEO at The Vegeterian Butcher (Unilever)

FAQ

What does the fee include?

The cost includes:
- the fruition of 16 modules
- all teaching materials, including recommended readings and teaching tools
- access to EIIS Digital Campus
- exclusive access to the greatest experts in the food sector

exclusive access to multidisciplinary experts in the world of food

Will I get a final certificate?

The certificate will be issued only to those who have attended at least 70% of the modules (11 out of 16).

The goal is to stimulate participants’ motivation in attending live sessions and ensure constant interaction between them and, of course, with our experts.

The certificate will be issued digitally on Blockchain (non-centralized digital system that guarantees the immutability of the certificate over time).

An associated QR Code will also be provided. This way each participant will be able to easily consult all the results obtained and the work carried out during the course (also in view of future interviews).

Which opportunities should I expect?

We do not guarantee job positions at the end of the course.

The purpose of EIIS is to create a strong sense of community, integrating the participants of this edition and those of future ones with experts and managers who will accompany you along the way.

We want to create a network of knowledge where it will be possible to have a continuous discussion over time. An underlying belief will be to unite everyone with the aim of preserving the health of people and Planet.

What will the final challenge consist in?

Throughout the whole course, participants will be tackling a crucial issue. The challenge is huge and what the greatest minds and organizations have been working on for some time: how to feed 10B by 2050 healthy food preserving the health of people and Planet. While we may not find the ultimate solution, tackling the challenge will go a long way in helping us learn about the subject matter.

By proposing ways in which single countries can improve the sustainability of their food systems, participants will be able to suggest how to promote food sustainability globally. The approach used is that of "Challenge Based Learning": a real way of life in the EIIS community. Each module through its lectures and practical exercises will provide useful insights for the challenge. At the end of the course, students will be asked to present solutions ahead of the United Nations’ Food System Summit.

I partecipanti dovranno trovare una soluzione pratica ad un problema reale che sta affrontando oggi l'oasi stessa. Le problematiche possono riguardare l'ambito della biodiversità in senso stretto o in senso lato (da un punto di vista socio-economico).

In ogni certificato troverai un QR code nel quale incorporeremo anche tutti i contenuti collegati al corso, i tuoi progetti, gli scritti e in generale tutte le informazioni che desidereresti condividere con recruiter, parenti o amici.

How will the lectures be organized?

You will attend 16 dynamic digital modules.

Luca Di Leo (course director), Francesca Barberini (course moderator) and Sveva Ciapparoni (course coordinator), together with other leading food experts such as Massimo Bottura, Arif Husain (WFP), Danielle Nierenberg (Food Tank) and Marcela Villarreal Pouw (FAO) will accompany participants along their study path.

The lessons include a first part of in-depth analysis on the various themes of food sustainability and a final part of Q&A.

To obtain the final certificate it is necessary to attend at least 70% of the live modules (11 out of 16).

What are the sectors in which I could use the skills acquired during the course?

The skills acquired during the course will be useful to anyone working or wanting to work in the world of food, both in the private and public sectors.