SchoolMedDiet

Ten partners representing five countries :
France (Actia-The french network for food technology Institutes, Evaveo SAS-Evav), Greece  (Institute of entrepreneurship development-IED, Regional directorate of primary and secondary education of western Macedonia-RDEWM, university of western Macedonia-UOWM), Malta (Gzira local council-GLC, university of Malta-Uoma), Morocco (Agronomic and veterinary institute Hassan II-IAV-CHA), Tunisia (university of Carthage-National institute of agronomy of Tunisia-Inat, university of Monastir-Uomo)

begining of PROJEcT
June 2026

DURation
36 months

PRIMA Calls 2025 – Topic 1.3.1 – RIA/IA (Single Stage)

Across Mediterranean countries, traditional diets are being displaced by ultra-processed food. School canteens struggle to offer healthy, locally sourced meals and existing interventions tend to focus on awareness alone, without changing the underlying systems.

Schoolmeddiet tackles this challenge systemically, mobilising pupils, families, teachers, municipalities and local producers around four concrete levers:

• Establishing Living Labs in pilot schools in Greece, Malta, Morocco and Tunisia, creation spaces where local stakeholders jointly design and test sustainable food solutions
• Developing an AI-powered mobile app (personalised nutritional guidance, meal photo tracking, chatbot) and virtual reality modules immersing pupils in Mediterranean food landscapes
• Reforming school food procurement by designing with municipalities purchasing models that prioritise short supply chains, local and seasonal products
• Producing replicable tools and policy recommendations so that solutions tested in twelve schools can scale across the Mediterranean.

Target outcome: +20% Mediterranean Diet adherence among participating pupils, measured through validated tools (Kidmed, MD Score).

ACTIONS ET RÉSULTATS ATTENDUS

By the end project, Schoolmeddiet will have deployed Living Labs across at least 12 schools, reaching over 1,000 pupils, 150 teachers and 100 families in four countries. The AI mobile app and VR modules will be validated and operational (TRL 7-8), ready for wider deployment. On the institutional side, MD-aligned public procurement models will have been piloted with municipalities, targeting a 20% reduction in food waste and a 30% increase in local and seasonal products in school menus. All methods, tools and findings will be consolidated into an open-access Schoolmeddiet toolkit — designed to enable replication across 500 additional Mediterranean schools — alongside five policy briefs aimed at national and local decision-makers.