Policy: Policy Action Plan

Professionals related to children

nutrition and well-being with different

expertice from different organisations.

Consumption, waste, security,

ecosystem,livelihood, inclusion.

1. Continuosly                        

2. Rarely                                                     
3. If necessary
4. If necessary

1. Home economics teachers, head of catering,

Principal, parent ́s council, student union                                    
2. Entrepreneuship education, support for                   
entreprenurs
3. How to apply the Food Act
4.Markets etc. Donate surplus ans waste

1. Food education, food consumption, 

processing, food waste prevention
2. Food waste prevention, marketing
3. Inclusion of health and hygiene regulations,
food safety
4. Waste, ecosystem

1. Continously                               

2. If necessary

1. Continuously                             
2. Rarely

3. If necessary            

4. If necessary

Production

The rural development strategy
“Toward sustainable future” for South
Ostrobothnia (ELY)

The strategy is improving the local food consuming in order to raise the usage of it in the entire food system and develop

the local food culture.

The objectives of smart specialisation are: 1. Strengthening innovation ecosystems 2. International networking 3. Climate-
smart South Ostrobothnia 4. Sustainable food ecosystem and new bioeconomy solutions 5. Smart technologies 6. Wellbeing

and experience economy

Seinäjoki CRFS should identify itself as an entity in order to be able to development the theme as a whole. There are acts that need to be done in the
sustainibility actions.

• The goal is to strengthen and diversify the food innovation ecosystem, at the same time invigorating its sphere of operators and interrelation within a regional, national and international context. The strategic goal of the city’s sustainable renewal of the food ecosystem is to sustainably renew the food ecosystem of the region to a new international level during the contract period, taking into account the companies' strengths, investments, sustainability changes in the industry and digitization as a source of growth.
• The goal is to boost the uptake of renewable and emission-free energy production methods. Capitalising on new technological solutions and innovations.
• The goal is to increase understanding and knowledge of the benefits and opportunities of the circular economy and supporting the transition to a circular economy across sectors.
• The goal is to strengthen the top know-how of South Ostrobothnian food experts in food safety and the traceability of the food chain. Also to  develop high-quality solutions to meet the global challenges of the bioeconomy and providing solutions to climate and environmental issues.
• Taking sustainability and security of supply considerations into account.
• The goal is to improve consumer knowledge and increasing consumer orientation in the product development of the food sector. Developing and exploiting the Food Province brand and awareness of it.

The City of Seinäjoki acts in resilient and sustainable ways in all actions it takes according to its own food services and in other own food matters. The city takes a strong role in food related matters that has an influence on children nutrition.

• Good co-operation within the food system actors
• Strong food production and food processing industry
• Good knowledge to use financing and innovation possibilities
• Research community formed in co-operation of many universities

• Low level of education
• Attitude environment does not support sustainable actions
• Little people – lack of labour
• No university in the region

• Honesty: visibility of the product chains and actions done
• The climate change: the environment will be warmer and more possibilities to grow new crops
• Great product quality – possibilities to sell better and earn more
• International co-operation and markets

• Climate Change makes prediction of harvest very difficult
• No solution to the lack of people/labor problem from outside
• Disasters caused by dictators or the nature
• Exclusion of young people

S M A R T
specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, time-based

S) 1) Strengthening cooperation between sport clubs’ and the City of Seinäjoki / Healthy Kids of Seinäjoki and the exchange of information related to
healthy snack choices. 2) Developing solutions to meet the nutrition challenges of children and providing solutions to tackle poor nutrition. Taking
sustainability and children empowerment considerations into account. 3) Showing nationwide inspiration to other regions through the National Finnish Institute of Health and Welfare. Disseminate the living lab results and try to influence through national organisations.
M) 1) Contacting, promoting and negotiating together with region’s sports clubs. 2) Promoting and encouraging sport clubs to apply the Healthy Kids of
Seinäjoki network membership. 3) Contacting and disseminating the topic to the national Finnish Institute of Health and Welfare
A) 1) Inefficient response from sport clubs. 2) Imbalances in the healthy snack offering of the sport clubs. 3) Possible decline from the Finnish Institute of
Health and Welfare to the cooperation
R) Healthy Kids of Seinäjoki concept applies also to sport clubs, sport events for children and the good practices of healthy snacks provided by the sport
clubs in the region is known nationwide.
T) Consumption, livelihood, ecosystem, inclusion.

Goal 5:

S) Create a food education model for kid or food themed festivals

M) Template done, yes/no.
A) Living lab actions base the template writing work. Living lab actions are fixed.
R) The Kids’ Festivals food theme is usually serving junk food for the audience. Food education is a new fresh opening of the food
theme in the festivals’ programme and new platform for the food educators.
T) The living lab pilot action 5/2023 is a base for the template publication.

11/2023 -

6/2024

12/2022 -

06/2023

SMART goal 3: The Finnish Hobby model has changed so that clubs, which engourage youngsters to build up their own hobby businesses, have more budgeted money to pay for more hours of club leader’s work.

1/2023
1-12/2023
12/2023, 1/2024

3/2022-

3/2023