Open Innovation living lab, in Ouagadougou

14 luglio 2025

𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗢𝘂𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗱𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗼𝘂, 𝗕𝘂𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝗙𝗮𝘀𝗼

The goal: to outline a Territorial Food Plan. As part of the AfriFOODlinks project’s local activities coordinated by Rikolto, EStà – Economia e Sostenibilità conducted in close collaboration with ACRA three days of workshops with 60 experienced local professionals from ministry offices, municipal departments, economic representatives, NGOs, associations, and more.

Given the multitude of remarkable local initiatives, the sense was to link the implementation of the AfriFOODlinks project to the broader framework of key actions that the Ouagadougou Municipality is pursuing on the food system, helping to consolidate a technically structured public base for the overall governance of the urban system.

On the first day, ACRA handled all activities and presentations of local initiatives, while EStà delivered a training session and provided an initial overview of conceptual framework, content, and links to international experiences and programs.

Over the next two days, through a series of sessions divided into six working tables managed using facilitation methods, a shared framework was built with numerous operational guidelines on common actions, goal measurement, timelines, responsibilities and missing elements.

Special thanks to the Municipality of Ouaga, ACRA coordinator Elsa Rosa, Rikolto Ouagadougou City Coordinator Harouna MAIGA, ICLEI Africa and our staff on field Andrea Calori PhD & Bianca Minotti.