Kickoff meeting and first training
in Helsinki, Finland 6-9th June 2025

“Sustainable food systems in the Nordic and Baltic countries: Supporting sustainable and healthy lifestyles for CSOs member, youth and educators”

Training will include development of skills and knowledge in fields of sustainable food system, adaptation of traditional cuisine within a sustainable development approach. green and healthy food, consuming behaviour,  youth commitment to sustainable food systems, culture; and youth endgagement will lead to the process of changing the habits of engaged groups on more sustainable lifestyle that will create a network of sustainable multipliers who will work to improve young people sustainable thinking and living to be an actors of change and improve their knowledge on Nordic Food Culture.

On the first training we will concentrate on the Sustainable Food system and its affordability, Nordic – Baltic Food Culture (tranditional cuisins), transformation in nutrition, health, agriculture, food production sectors, innovative agriculture (New Nordic cousine).

Additionally to learning process and sharing best practicies participant will have an oppotunity to contribute to development of project practical outcomes – an educational guidebook that will assemble all educational materials and methodologies.

Accommodation: Holiday Inn Helsinki – Vantaa Airport
Venue: Holiday Inn Helsinki (6-9th of June)

Key topics: Nordic Sustainable Food system, habits change, school catering, eating green and healthy, New nordic cuisine, toolkit, best practicies. educational approach and methodologies.

AGENDA
6th June 2025, Holiday Inn Helsinki
Arrival day and partners/ Network meetings

7th June 2025, Holiday Inn Helsinki
10.00 – 10.45 Getting to know each other and teambuilding
10.45 – 11.00 Project presentation “Towards sustainable food systems – the Nordic-
Baltic civil society approach” by Green Habito
11.00 – 11.30 Sustainable Food system and its affordability by Vassili Golikov, SSCW
11.30 – 12.00 Nordic Food Culture (basic overview) by Laura Rajala, Green Habito
12.00 – 13.15 Skills workshop
13.15 – 14.00 Lunch
14.00 – 14.45 Keynote speeches:
“Food habits, health and environment” – Finnish Food Authority representative, online
“Danish best practices in sustainable gardening and eating habits – Ivan Vasilevskikh, Compass Denmark
“Swedish experience to make young people eating habits more sustainable and spreading sustainable thinking in communities” – Susanne Kallanvaara, Burgarden Gymnasium
“Empowering sustainability as lifestyle at community level: food waste and food waste prevention in an example of consuming habits” – Stefán Örn Ingvarsson Olsen, PEPP
14.45 – 16.30 Working group (Mapping Food Security Challenges towards More Sustainable Food Production) – German Morris, Peace Child Estonia
19.00 Dinner

8th of June 2025, Holiday Inn Helsinki
10.00 – 11.00 Fostering healthy eating habits in young peole/students through school catering: Norwegian Experience – Mathias Nikolai Berg, Leader of Grorud Venstre, UngOrg
11.00 – 12.00 Presentation of the draft of the future eductional toolkit/guidebook “Towards sustainable food systems: a guidebook for CSOs, Youth and educators” and Nordic-Baltic Young Chef Award – competition discussion
11.00 – 12.00 Youth engagement in Innovative agriculture sector (The New Nordic Cuisine) – Laura Maria Rajala, Green Habito RY
12.00 – 13.00 Working groups (discussion on the new nordic cuisine and comparative analyses)
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch
14.00 – 16.30 Working groups: gathering methodologies, exercise and best practices for a new Nordic-Baltic Sustainable food systems Guidebook
16.30 – 17.00 Coffee time
17.00 – 18.00 Working meeting of the partners of the Nordic-Baltic collaboration programm.
19.00 Dinner

9th of June 2025
9.00 – 11.00 Conclusions and Departure

Practical information:
– Participants are young people aged 14-30+ and experts from civil society organisation, education and food production field.
Working language is english.
– Organisers provide accommodation (shared rooms), food (in frame of the programm), culture programm and educational materials.
– In case of emergency please call: +372 55602993/ +35840415844
– Participantion is free of charge.