Deadline: 20-Sep-22
The European Commission (EC) is offering grants to support stakeholders to improve measurement of food waste and help implement food waste prevention in their operations and organisations.
This call concretely targets the hospitality and food services sector. The European Commission is particularly looking for solutions and technologies that are ready to be implemented by SMEs since they are the main economic operators in this sector. Such solutions and technologies should be ready for implementation, in close-tomarket conditions, at industrial or commercial scale, during the duration of the project.
The programme provides action grants for pilot and demonstration projects in particular projects which develop, test and demonstrate innovative approaches to prevent and reduce food waste (relating to e.g. organisation, management, intersectoral cooperation etc.), including both social and technological innovations. Project proposals should include an initial food waste diagnosis to understand the extent of the issue and should integrate food waste measurement as part of the assessment of the effectiveness of the food waste prevention initiatives proposed
Themes
- This call targets the hospitality and food services sector, in particular SMEs since they are the main economic operators in this sector.
- The hospitality and food services sector includes all food business operators that serve food and/or drinks for immediate consumption in an out-of-home setting. The sector includes several key sub-domains, such as restaurants, hotels and catering services (health care, education, canteens, transportation etc.), in both public and private sectors.
Funding Information
The available call budget is EUR 2.250.000.
Eligibility Criteria
In order to be eligible, the applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must:
- be legal entities (public or private bodies)
- be established in one of the eligible countries, i.e.:
- EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories (OCTs))
- listed EEA country or country associated to the SMP Food Strand Programme or country which is in ongoing negotiations for an association agreement and where the agreement enters into force before grant signature
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