Inventory of emergent BMs and review of innovative bioeconomy BMs

The current deliverable describes the developments and outputs of the FoodE (Food Systems in European Cities) European research project Task 2.1. FoodE, funded by the Horizon 2020, was launched in 2020 and will last for 4 years. The consortium involves 24 partners from 8 European countries (France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Romania, Slovenia and Spain) and aims at accelerating the growth of citizen-led food system initiatives and creating related innovative and inclusive job opportunities at local level. T2.1 represents the first step to define an operational methodology for the assessment of City/Region Food System (CRFS) - SO1 - and involves the creation of a CRFS inventory, the survey delivery for data collection, the definition of the largest European CRFS database and the final identification of CRFS Business Models (BMs) typologies. This process allows for the selection of the 100 most relevant CRFS, which will represent the basis for the integrated assessment implementation. Continuing the development of this work package, as envisaged by the FoodE project, will ensure a robust framework development to assess and rank sustainability of diverse existing typologies of CRFS at local and national level.