iPOPY
Policy analysis (WP2)
WP2 will analyse national and relevant local policies and instruments used in DK, FI, IT and NO to introduce or increase the share of organic food in public food serving outlets for youth, and evaluate the outcome of these policies and instruments. This includes top-down policies as well as “soft” regulatory such as for example network initiatives that bring together civil society, market and national policies. The measure for evaluation will be the extension of the organic food consumption in each country, focussing on POP for young people. WP2 will also assess how or to what extent general public aims such as sustainability, public health and food culture are integrated in POP policies, and analyse under what conditions POP will be a successful strategy to increase the consumption of organic food in a country. These findings construct the research basis for policy recommendations that will be developed for relevant decision makers in touch with POP.
Initial scientific statements
- National and regional POP policies tend to have unclear goals and means.
- National POP policies and instruments have a higher impact when political decision makers, proactive bureaucracies, as well as supply chain actors are involved and engaged.
- Comparisons between countries and the transnational project cooperation will produce knowledge useful in the design of new strategies and instruments on European, national and local levels.
Research methods
The research will be based on quantitative and qualitative data. Guidelines for data collection will be made and data collected by partners in DK, NO, FI and IT, in coordination with other WPs. Data collection comprises literature, questionnaires, in depth and group interviews with key persons and decision makers in POP projects, public programmes and in the supply chains. All WP2 partners will be supervised by the WP2 leader to produce a national report on POP policies and strategic challenges for the development of POP. A comparative analysis will define strong and weak points in the identified (national, regional, local) strategies.
Leader of WP2
Associate Professor PhD Niels Heine Kristensen
Technical University of Denmark
DTU Management/Innovation & Sustainability
Produktionstorvet, Bygning 424
DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
Tel.: +45 45 25 60 21
Fax: +45 45 88 20 14
People involved in WP2
Thorkild Nielsen
Benjamin Nölting