(Food Use for Social Innovation by Optimising waste prevention Strategies) will contribute to achieving a Resource Efficient Europe by significantly reducing food waste. It will achieve this through a comprehensive and experienced European partnership covering all key actors across the food supply chain, including regulatory, business, NGOs and knowledge institutes, all with strong links to consumer organisations. FUSIONS will establish a tiered European multi-stakeholder Platform to generate a shared vision and strategy to prevent food loss and reduce food waste across the supply chain through social innovation: new ideas (products, services and models) that simultaneously meet social needs (more effectively than alternatives) and create new social relationships or collaborations.
The overall aim of the project is to contribute significantly to the harmonisation of food waste monitoring, feasibility of social innovative measures for optimised food use in the food chain and the development of a Common Food Waste Policy for EU27. Utilising the policy and behavioural change recommendations from the delivery of the key objectives, the FUSIONS European multi-stakeholder platform will enable, encourage, engage and support key actors across Europe in delivering a 50% reduction in food waste and a 20% reduction in the food chains resource inputs by 2020.
Coordinator
Stichting Dienst Landbouwkundig Onderzoek (Netherlands)
Other participants
ALMA MATER STUDIORUM-UNIVERSITA’ DI BOLOGNA
- Dip. di Scienze e Tecnologie Agro-Alimentari-DISTAL
- Resp. Scientifico: Dr. Massimo Canali
The Waste And Resources Action Programme Lbg (UK)
Institutet Foer Livsmedel Och Bioteknik Ab (Sweden)
Institut National De La Recherche Agronomique-INRA (France)
Bio Intelligence Service Sa (France)
Ostfoldforskning As (Norway)
Selina Juul Swf (Denmark)
Universitaet Fuer Bodenkultur Wien (Austria)
Institute Of Food Research-IFR (UK)
Food And Agriculture Organisation Of The United Nations-FAO (UN)
Svenska Miljoeinstitutet- IVL Ab (Sweden)
Maa Ja Elintarviketalouden Tutkimuskeskus-MTT (Finland)
Hacettepe Universitesi (Turkey)
Magyar Elelmiszerbank Egyesulet (Hungary)
Anaptiksiaki Anonymi Eteria O.T.A Anatolikis Thessalonikis - Kentro Anaptiksis Anthropinou Dinamikou Kai Enischisis Tis Topikis Oikonomias-Development Agency Of Eastern Thessaloniki'S Local Authorities (Greece)
Universitaet Hohenheim (Germany)
Last Minute Market Srl (Italy)
Koninklijke Ahold N.V. (Netherlands)
Communique As (Denmark)
Tristram James Stuart (UK)
Start date 13/07/2012
End date 12/07/2016
Duration 48 months
Project Reference 311972
Project cost 5.033.160,05 EURO
Project Funding 3.999.901,23 EURO
Area FP7-COOPERATION-KBBE
Subprogramme Area KBBE.2.5-02: Optimising food use for social innovation
Contract type Coordination and support action