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Instituut voor Landbouw - en Visserijonderzoek Landbouw en Maatschappij ilvo.vlaanderen.be

Behind the local scene of urban agriculture in Ghent: How stakeholders collaborate Charlotte Prové. May 31 st 2014 ICLEI - 5th Annual Global Forum on Urban Resilience and Adaptation G1 Innovative governance models for resilient city-region food systems.

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Instituut voor Landbouw - en Visserijonderzoek Landbouw en Maatschappij ilvo.vlaanderen.be

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  1. Behind the local scene of urban agriculture in Ghent: How stakeholders collaborate Charlotte Prové May 31st 2014 ICLEI - 5th Annual Global Forum on Urban Resilience and Adaptation G1 Innovativegovernancemodelsforresilientcity-region food systems InstituutvoorLandbouw- en Visserijonderzoek Landbouw en Maatschappij www.ilvo.vlaanderen.be

  2. Introduction • Ghent, Belgium • Emergence of ‘urbanagriculture’ on public, private and political agenda • Broadarray of private and public actorsinvolved • Use of the concept urbanagriculture • … have an impact onits content, practices and outcomes How do these actorscollaborate and how does thisevolve (‘12-’14)? What are the effects of these dynamicson the development of UA?

  3. Developmentprocess of UA Oktober 2013 December 2012 April – September 2013 2011: WorkgroupUrbanagriculture (fromtransition movement) Gent CO2-neutral by 2050 & UA = part of local & sust. food system Responsible at City Gent (Policyagreement 2013-2018) Policystrategy Textvisiononurbanagriculture Prior to ‘urbanagriculture’ movement: • Socio-ecologicalor -economicalprojects • Communitygardens Vision

  4. Shift fromloose and disorganizedpatterns of collaborations, toward more structuredbutcompetitiverelationships Oktober 2013 December 2012 April – September 2013 2011: WorkgroupUrbanagriculture (fromtransition movement) Gent: CO2-neutral by 2050 Responsible at City Gent (Policyagreement 2013-2018) Policystrategy Textvisiononurbanagriculture -UA workgroup Socio-ecological NPO: Meeting point urban agriculture

  5. Quotes “The city are notpeople of action. It is notso transparant for me whatthey want to do with the strategy. They do notaskanythingfrom the workgroup, while we could do A LOT more, we are pioneers, but we are notrecognizedfor it.” (member UA workgroup) “Both internal as external, I am the point of contact now. I serve as anintermediary and thisfacilitates the wholedevelopment” … “I feltverystronglythat the same message returned in all the conversations I had with the stakeholders, I experienced few contradictions” (coordinator Gent en Garde) “Ghentneeds a meeting point forurbanagriculture. Now, everybody is talkingnext to eachother.Thecompetetion is unbelievable. One claims short chain, the otherpretends to be the ‘official ‘ platform forurbanagriculture…just let everybodydecideforthemselveshow to engage in urbanagriculture” (coordinatorsocio-ecologicalemploymentorganization)

  6. 2. Reorientationfromfragmentedsocialapproachtowardstrategyfocusedonlocalsustainablefoodsystems Oktober 2013 December 2012 April – September 2013 2011: WorkgroupUrbanagriculture (fromtransition movement) Gent: CO2-neutral by 2050 Responsible at City Gent (Policyagreement 2013-2018) Policystrategy Textvisiononurbanagriculture Gent en Garde • Focus onsocial and ecologicalaspects of urbanagriculture Focus toward professional aspects, foodprovision & innovations Risks Barriers

  7. Quotes In the coming yearsurbanagriculture in Ghent, willbecome more economical. Roof Food, Farfield, … we start to look differently at these projects. And these are the first steps therein. I expect more entrepreneurs. ( member UA workgroup) The day we are provingthere is money to make in urbanagriculture, we willbeoutstrippedby entrepreneurs whoinvest money in itwhich we in the first place do not have. (coordinatorsocio-ecologicalemploymentorganization)

  8. Conclusion • Stakeholdercollaborationswhichform and evolvethroughout the negotiationprocessdetermine the outcomes and practices of UA • Two important shifts in stakeholdercollaborations in Ghent • Towardsstructuredmovement, more competitive • Towardslocal and regionalfood system • Role of a coordinator provides structure (at leastfrom the outside), push forup-scaling, participation/inclusionstakeholders • Role of a vision stimulates the discussion • aboutfuturebarriers, obstacles and • opportunities

  9. InstituutvoorLandbouw- en Visserijonderzoek Landbouw en maatschappij Burg. Van Gansberghelaan 115, bus 2 9820 Merelbeke Tel. 09 272 25 00 www.ilvo.vlaanderen.be Thank you!

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