Increasing sustainability of public procurement and catering services across Baltic Sea Region (StratKIT)

About the project

The overall aim of StratKIT is to make procurement of public catering services more sustainable in the Baltic Sea Region (BSR). Therefore, it aims at

1) identifying solutions to the challenges of sustainable public procurement and catering services across BSR;

2) developing and implementing regional strategies;

3) inspiring and motivating procurers and caterers to use their opportunities.

13 project partners and 10 associated partners from public administrations, catering services, research and consulting work on these aims (see map). Discussions, exchange and innovation take place in round tables and workshops open to further stakeholders.

Main project outputs:

 - connecting procurers and caterers into networks at national and BSR level for knowledge exchange and sustainable solution development;

 - StratKIT (online) sustainability toolkit, containing a sustainability analysis tool and guidance for procurers and caterers to enable sustainable change;

 - StratKIT online knowledge platform to make knowledge and networks easily accessible and growing, even beyond the project duration.

Outputs:

O2.4 Data analysis and compiling of the Joint BSR Report

O3.4 Development of transferable framework models

O4.3 Toolkit in it’s report form

O5.5 Online Toolkit

Duration: 01.01.2019 – 31.10.2021

Lead partner: University of Helsinki

Get involved: www.stratkit.eu