Sustainable Food Environments (KISMET)

Title	Sustainable Food Environments
Abbreviation	KISMET
Project number	C025
Programme	Interreg Baltic Sea Region programme 2021-2027

Lead partner

1. City of Hamburg (Germany)

Project partners

1. Steinbeis Transfer GmbH (Germany)
2. Södertälje Municipality (Sweden)
3. Foodworks Association (Germany)
4. Vidzeme Planning Region (Latvia)
5. Vejle Municipality (Denmark)
6. Beras International Foundation (Sweden)
7. Tartu Biotechnology Park (Estonia)
8. ScanBalt (Estonia)
9. Public Institution Lithuanian Innovation Centre (Lithuania)
10. Food Innovation Center (Denmark)
11. Prizztech (Finland)
12. South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences, XAMK (Finland)
13. Steinbeis Wissens- und Technologietransfer (Germany)

Project objectives

To develop and test a program to promote a sustainable food-friendly environment and bring it to life in local innovation ecosystems.

Activities

1. To develop participation, governance and integration modules to bring different stakeholders together
2. To collect the knowledge, resources and interests of stakeholders by including them in a common research and innovation agenda
3. To develop guidelines for demand-side management, educating consumers, promoting consumer-producer cooperation, including developing sustainable, circular economy-oriented public food procurement
4. To develop guidelines for supply-side management, supporting changes in production models aimed at fundamental changes in food systems

Results

1. A program that will consist of 3 components and will be available for use not only in the project partner cities/regions, but also replicable in other cities/regions developed
2. An environment supporting the production of sustainable food promoted by strengthening the capacity of institutions
3. A cooperation between manufacturers for the development of new products established

Budget

Total budget: 3 627 012 EUR

VPR budget: 231 240 EUR

Implementation period

01.01.2023.-31.12.2025.

Contacts

Maija Rieksta
Phone: +371 26099521
E-mail: maija.rieksta@vidzeme.lv

More about the project

https://interreg-baltic.eu/project/kismet/