Digital event - "Dynamic Food Procurement"

Project: Circular FoodShift
Virtual event
What is Dynamic Food Procurement, and why is it important?

Description

A well-designed dynamic food procurement gives small-scale farmers and operators many opportunities to grow, succeed, and positively impact territorial communities, at the same time reduce food waste. That is why it is important to mix different food policies with strategic policies for the public policy to succeed in a most efficient way.

This webinar offers an introduction to Dynamic Food Procurement, it’s transformative potential, as well a chance for food partnerships and public sector institutions to ask questions and learn more about how it can work in your area or your institution.

How to include SME’s in the tender process?
Come and learn more on how national procurement law encourages and enables the consideration of environmental aspects in procurement, and how the amount of small-scale, local and organic food can be increased through a dynamic procurement system. A 2-hour online event to showcase and discuss ongoing innovations in short and green food supply procurement in and outside the Baltic Sea Region.

Agenda

  •  
    Time
    Item
  •  
    10:30 (EEST)
    Welcome & framing
    Jennifer Avci, Sustainable Gastro & Ilkka Latomäki, SeAMK
  •  
    10:50 (EEST)
    SME’s in the tender process
    Emilie Bøttern, Procurement Officer, Municipality of Copenhagen, Denmark
  •  
    11:10 (EEST)
    "Open book" - transparent pricing and coordinated deliveries
    Markus Östling, Dietary Manager, Municipality of Staffanstorp, Sweden
  •  
    11:30 (EEST)
    Transformation of the school catering system in Latvia
    Elīna Ozola, Head of the Rural Development Department, Latvian Rural Advisory and Training Centre
  •  
    11:50 (EEST)
    Food procurement in EU : do we need to update the current framework?
    Marion Tanniou, Advisor for Solidarity and Social cohesion, France Urbaine
  •  
    12:10 (EEST)
    Enabling food procurement laws in Finland
    Auli Väänänen, Senior Specialist, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Finland
  •  
    12:25 (EEST)
    Final questions and closing remarks
  •  
    12:30 (EEST)
    End of event 

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    Past events

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    Green Leadership & Circular Hackathon
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    18. March 2025
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    10:00 - 13:00 (EET)
    07
    March
    Nordic-Baltic exchange on dynamic food procurement
    Project: Circular FoodShift
    Virtual Meeting
    07. March 2025
    14:00 - 15:30 (EET)