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SHADES PROJECT
Shifting toward Healthy and sustAinable Diets for safer, grEener and incluSive cities.
SHADES aims to accelerate the transition towards healthier, more sustainable and inclusive food systems in the Mediterranean region by promoting the Mediterranean Diet as a driver of public health, environmental sustainability and cultural identity.
The project places children, families, educators, schools, municipalities and local food actors at the heart of this transformation. Through school meal programmes, public food procurement, Living Labs, educational activities and digital tools, SHADES will support long-term behavioural change and strengthen sustainable urban food systems across Europe and MENA countries.
- 5
- pilot cities
- 14
- partners
- 7
- countries
- 36
- months
Healthy diets•Food literacy•Public procurement•Mediterranean cooperation•Inclusive cities
CONSORTIUM
14 partners. Seven countries.
PILOT CITIES
Local contexts.
Shared learning.
SHADES works with Mediterranean pilot cities to connect research, public action and local food-system knowledge.
Read about Amman
Türkiye
Muratpaşa
SHADES pilot city
Morocco
Chefchaouen
SHADES pilot cityFROM EVIDENCE TO EVERYDAY LIFE
Food systems change when knowledge becomes shared practice.
Explore the objectivesUnderstand
Build evidence around dietary patterns, sustainability and local urban food environments.
Co-design
Connect research, public authorities, educators, communities and food-system actors.
Enable
Support food literacy and decision-making with educational and digital approaches.
Transfer
Strengthen cooperation and learning across European and MENA contexts.
WORKPLAN
A connected path
from research to impact.
SHADES is organised across eight interconnected Work Packages, linking coordination, co-design, education, public procurement, replication, assessment, policy engagement and communication.
INTERACTIVE HUB
Learn, explore
and take part.
Two dedicated routes connect young people and educators with SHADES learning resources and activities.
PROJECT UPDATES
News from across
the project.
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