[{"bbox": [85, 153, 605, 187], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 3 DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTION"}, {"bbox": [85, 219, 508, 251], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 3.1 Objectives and Expected Outputs"}, {"bbox": [97, 265, 1134, 319], "category": "Text", "text": "The Overall Objective (Impact) of this action is to **promote a circular economy in the food sector, increasing resilience to food crises and climate change.**"}, {"bbox": [97, 331, 587, 359], "category": "Text", "text": "The Specific Objectives (Outcome) of this action are:"}, {"bbox": [135, 369, 1134, 424], "category": "List-item", "text": "1. To increase recovery, processing and supply of edible and safe food surplus and/or waste for the benefit of vulnerable consumers and/or food producers"}, {"bbox": [135, 450, 1134, 504], "category": "List-item", "text": "2. To enhance effectiveness of the sustainable production, distribution and consumption models related to food waste/loss and single use plastic food packaging"}, {"bbox": [97, 515, 1129, 543], "category": "Text", "text": "The Outputs to be delivered by this action contributing to the corresponding Specific Objectives (Outcomes) are:"}, {"bbox": [97, 568, 651, 595], "category": "List-item", "text": "1. Outputs contributing to Specific Objective (Outcome) 1:"}, {"bbox": [135, 621, 1134, 673], "category": "List-item", "text": "1.1. Vulnerable consumers have increased their access (food stock management systems and redistribution) to safe and nutritious food."}, {"bbox": [135, 700, 1134, 755], "category": "List-item", "text": "1.2. Food producers (farmers, food processors, etc...) have increased access to productive inputs that originate from recovering and re-processing food waste (i.e. composting, fertiliser and animal feed)."}, {"bbox": [97, 780, 651, 807], "category": "List-item", "text": "2. Outputs contributing to Specific Objective (Outcome) 2:"}, {"bbox": [135, 833, 1134, 887], "category": "List-item", "text": "2.1. Increased awareness (and behavioural change) among the general public, economic operators, consumers and civil society about public incentives, sustainable products, solutions and services on the market."}, {"bbox": [135, 913, 1134, 992], "category": "List-item", "text": "2.2. Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) startups, social enterprises and cooperatives have increased access to sustainable and gender sensitive business models and practices that utilize new technologies and innovations"}, {"bbox": [135, 1018, 1134, 1073], "category": "List-item", "text": "2.3. MSME, startups, social enterprises, cooperatives have increased access to finance and BDS related to sustainable and gender sensitive business models and practices."}, {"bbox": [135, 1098, 1134, 1152], "category": "List-item", "text": "2.4. Enhanced technical capacity of workers and business staff related to sustainable and gender sensitive business models that integrate waste reduction."}, {"bbox": [85, 1225, 368, 1253], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 3.2 Indicative Activities"}, {"bbox": [97, 1284, 797, 1311], "category": "Text", "text": "Activities relating to Output 1.1 (food stock management and redistribution)"}, {"bbox": [141, 1313, 1134, 1390], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Conduct an assessment of food stocks and support the development of market information and communication systems to connect sources of food surplus and food waste with potential users/consumers and other relevant stakeholders."}, {"bbox": [141, 1393, 1134, 1474], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Promote business development for collection and storage systems to recover and redistribute safe food surplus for human consumption to public and/or private organisations and social initiatives such as food banks, community kitchens, social supermarkets, etc."}, {"bbox": [141, 1476, 1134, 1528], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Facilitate access to innovation and technology (digital solutions and/or processing equipment or infrastructure) to support the recovery and redistribution system."}, {"bbox": [141, 1530, 1134, 1610], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Facilitate access to finance to support investment by businesses e.g. procurement of infrastructure and equipment (in particular for storing and packaging) for food redistribution by setting up start-up matching grant schemes."}, {"bbox": [1038, 1680, 1144, 1706], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 7 of 22"}]