Barriers for small-scale farmers in public food procurement
Part of the project pursues these objectives through the lens of the public procurement of food, with a goal of developing recommendations and showcasing good practices for establishing and maintaining farmer-inclusive, sustainable food procurement approaches. To this end, it is important to identify and highlight the challenges that farmers face when engaging with public customers.
D2.3 Three frameworks for selection, evaluation and replicability of innovative initiatives
COCOREADO sets and explores two types of innovative initiatives: novel and fair food systems (NOFAs) and sustainable public procurement of food (PROCURs) initiatives. For each of these two types of initiatives (NOFAs and PROCURs) separate frameworks for selection, evaluation and replicability assessment were developed.
D2.4 Long list of 60-100 innovative initiatives
The gathering of a long list of innovative initiatives is aimed to form the basis for selection of short-listed 10-15 initiatives which will be evaluated for good practices in the following steps of the COCOREADO project. These good practices should provide insights about the success and failure factors of the initiatives. Next. these good practices will be assessed for their replicability to provide context-specific recommendations.
D3.1 Good practices for innovative value-added approaches at farm level
This document aims to detail the approach developed for the selection process of the final list of NOFAs, as well as the good practices identified and the respective success factors
D3.2 Replicability of innovative approaches within different EU regions
The report focuses on the replicability of novel and fair food systems (NOFAs) in various European regions.
D3.3 Production of Educational Materials
The aim of the set is to give tools to teachers or coaches to inspire the farmers to develop themself to enhance their position in the food system by identifying new business and opportunities and utilizing them. The target utilizer group of the materials is anybody aiming to inspire and train farmers and food enthusiasts to new businesses. The experiences on COCOREADO ambassador training are here converted to help the teachers, coaches and advisors carry out training sessions for farmers and citizens interested in creating new businesses in close cooperation with farmers.
D3.4 Selection of Decision Support Tools with high potential
A selection of advanced tools that facilitate the decision-making process by breaking down complex problems. These tools function like personal assistants by, systematically organizing and communicating important information to promote well-informed and reliable decision making. DSTs are not only easily accessible but also share the essence of the core practices that farmers seek, providing valuable learning opportunities for farmers.
D4.1 Report on good practices for sustainable public food procurement
The work of this report has contributed to the understanding of good measures that are already being taken but also revealed several challenges that should be of focus when trying to increase the sustainability of public procurement. An overview of the challenges faced by small-scale producers aspiring to participate in public tenders is provided. These challenges collectively limit the participation of small-scale producers in public procurement.
D4.2 Report on legal constraints for sourcing local and seasonal food across the EU
The analysis on legal constraints for sourcing local and seasonal food focuses on the legal constraints perceived by actors, different interpretations of the legislation across the EU and contradictions caused by the EU legislation aiming to simultaneously promote competition, ensure the food supply with reasonable prices for consumers and a fair standard of living for farmers. Also the fit with different sourcing structures and practices across the EU and the legislation is analysed.
D4.3 Sustainable food procurement standard certificate
Develop standards/certificates for sustainable food procurement to enhance the position of farmers within the public procurement system.
D4.4 Decision support system for specifying tender requirements for sustainable public food procurement
This report contains specific sections dealing with the development of the procurement tender documentation, examining the challenges for both public authorities and small-scale producers and discussing the importance of short supply food systems in the context of public procurement.
D5.1 Feedback on initiatives
The first ambassador training was held on the 28th of March to the 30th of March as a live event in Brussels. The first training had a focus on selection of a shortlist of NOFAs by the ambassadors for future analysis by the project. This report of the feedback on the initiatives covers the process of data collection, feedback from the ambassadors, overall satisfaction of the training and recommendations for future trainings.
D5.2 Feedback on replication
The second ambassador training was held from the 10th of October to the 12th of October 2022 as a live event in Pamplona. It had a focus on the collaboration model. This report provides an overview of the processes leading to the training and an assessment of the activities ambassadors were engaged in during the training.
D5.2 Feedback on replication
The second ambassador training was held from the 10th of October to the 12th of October 2022 as a live event in Pamplona. It had a focus on the collaboration model. This report provides an overview of the processes leading to the training and an assessment of the activities ambassadors were engaged in during the training.
D5.3 Report on policy workshop
The aim of the report is to present results and reflections from 3 different policy workshops that are part of the Ambassador Network and training Program. The report is structured around three main topics: Urban food policy, engaging young citizens to influence policymakers, and public procurement.
D5.4 Ambassadors Toolkit
This Toolkit is a collection of practical tools, useful tips, and sources of inspiration to support innovation towards re-connecting consumers and producers, to rebalance farmers’ position in Food Supply Chains. The target group of the Toolkit are Food System Innovators who can be farmers, producers, researchers, students, and others who are passionate about changing the existing food systems to become fairer and more sustainable.
D5.4 Ambassadors Toolkit
This Toolkit is a collection of practical tools, useful tips, and sources of inspiration to support innovation towards re-connecting consumers and producers, to rebalance farmers’ position in Food Supply Chains. The target group of the Toolkit are Food System Innovators who can be farmers, producers, researchers, students, and others who are passionate about changing the existing food systems to become fairer and more sustainable
D6.2 Report on the co-creation activities from training 2, focus on intervention strategies for the seed initiatives
After COCOREADO ambassadors´ training 1, the ambassadors had the opportunity to submit propositions of seed initiativesthat they wish to develop in their regions. A selection process was carried out and the ambassadors selected 6 initiatives with the highest potential for improving the position of the farmer in the food chain and to create win-wins for producers and consumers in particular by minimising margins taken by intermediaries. Next, the ambassadors whose initiatives were selected started working in their respective regions, organising the first workshops.
D6.3 Evaluation report on the co-creation activities from training 3, focus on evaluation approaches and decision support tools
This documents delineates the process of training preparation, the ongoing co-creation activities pertaining to seed initiatives, overarching results, and subsequent steps.
D7.2 Image Handbook
The COCOREADO image handbook describes the project's visual identity. It includes the project logo, a flyer/fact sheet, a poster/roll-up, a PowerPoint presentation and other promotional materials designed for specific audiences and events.
D7.3 Project website
This document describes the structure and specifications upon which the project website has been constructed and published. It also includes two templates to ensure any data published on the website is published with the owners´ informed consent.
D7.4 Storytelling videos
This deliverable was expected to compile 2 professional videos and 40 short videos developed by the COCOREADO Ambassadors. However, the project has been presenting more video material apart from that. A total of 62 videos have been produced and published on the COCOREADO website, YouTube channel and distributed through the project's social media channels, partners’ profiles and Ambassadors’ social media.
D7.5 End-user practice abstracts
This deliverable contains the resume and contents of the 21 practice abstracts already developed under the project’s activity. 20 more were delivered in the first batch (M20) resulting in a total of 41 practice abstracts by the end of the Project, 6 more than expected.
D7.6 Practice Abstracts (1st bench)
This deliverable contains the resume and contents of the 20 practice abstracts already developed under the project’s activity. 15 more are expected to be delivered in the second batch resulting in a total of 35 practice abstracts by the end of the project.