CIBUS

CIBUS (from the Latin for food, nutrition) aims to reduce food loss/waste across the production and supply chain thanks to increased public capacity to design, implement and monitor integrated, cross-sector and innovation-based policies.

Specific objectives:

• Create multi-stakeholder platforms (digital/physical) to engage public and private sector, spread knowledge and identify impactful measures; 
• Strengthen capacity for innovation among food chain actors, promoting circularity, cross-sector approaches and new market opportunities;
• Increase data availability, consistency and transparency and create suitable evaluation frameworks;
• Define overall strategies to prevent and reduce food loss and waste (including use of bio-waste products), in line with the SDG Target 12.3, and integrate food loss/waste reduction into other policy areas.

8 EU territories (9 partners & 2 Associated Policy Authorities) cooperate in CIBUS to reduce food loss/waste across the production and supply chain:

1. Bulgarian Association of Municipal Environmental Experts (Bulgaria) - lead partner
2. Nicosia Development Agency (Cyprus) - partner
3. Alto Minho Intermunicipal Community (Portugal) - partner 
4. Vejle Municipality (Denmark) - partner
5. Maramures County Council (Romania) - partner
6. Regional Council of Häme (Finland) - partner
7. Häme University of Applied Sciences (Finland) - partner
8. Galway County Council (Ireland) - partner
9. City Liège (Belgium) - partner

Associated Policy Authorities: 

1. Ministry of Environment and Water (Bulgaria)
2. Department of Environment, Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment (Cyprus)

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