24.2.2022
Official Journal of the European Union
EN
L 45/1429 COMMISSION PILOT PROJECTS
CHAPTER PP 03 — SINGLE MARKET (cont'd) PP 03 21
2021
PP 03 21 01
Pilot project — European Consumer Food Waste Forum Figures (Differentiated appropriations) Appropriations 2022 Commitments
250 000
Appropriations 2021
Payments
62 500
Commitments
650 000
Outturn 2020
Payments
Commitments
Payments
162 500
Remarks This pilot project continues the ongoing pilot project ‘European Consumer Food Waste Forum’ which brings together leading experts in the field and other relevant stakeholders to gather data and develop a variety of evidence-based, practical solutions to reduce food waste at the household/consumer level.
The first phase of the ongoing pilot project brings together experts from the Member States who will develop ways to bring closer multidimensional interventions in a variety of fields and will identify campaign tools, which can be applied to reduce consumer food waste.
However, the first phase of the pilot project foresees limited funding for the dissemination of experts’ findings, in particular through the production of related communication tools.
It is expected that the experts will produce a substantial material of valuable findings and recommendations on how to reduce consumer food waste in the Member States.
The communication deliverables expected from the first phase include: — A web page with the deliverables of the project; — An executive summary of the project’s deliverables (tools, best practices and recommendations for consumer food waste prevention) in all official languages of the Union; — Three leaflets produced with key recommendations for priority target audiences, translated in all Union official languages; and — A dissemination event organised at the Parliament.
The aim of the second phase of the pilot project is to facilitate - through interactive online tools and other communications outputs - the uptake of the findings of the food waste experts by stakeholders engaged in consumer food waste prevention.
This way, the Forum’s outcomes can help to inform the design of the most effective strategies, initiatives and tools to reduce consumer food waste, tailored to the needs of target audiences in the Member States.
Based on the deliverables of the European Consumer Food Waste Forum, the expected outcomes of the second phase are: — Development of interactive online tools and other communications materials (e.g. short videos) to facilitate implementation by stakeholders of the Forum’s evidence-based recommendations and best practices towards the reduction of consumer food waste; — Organisation of a public event to disseminate the outcomes reaching a broader stakeholder community; — The interactive online tool (including data visualisation) and other communication materials materials (e.g. videos) which will enrich the web page set up in the first phase.
The online communications tools will be user-friendly and targeted at the primary user groups engaged in food waste prevention (e.g. public authorities, food business operators, educators, school students, consumers).
While focussed on food waste prevention, they may also be linked with other consumer-targeted initiatives (e.g.on nutrition, donations, and community actions, ICT solutions etc.).