Description of Services 

UNDP is supporting the Municipality of Budapest to build a city-run food processing plant that can turn surplus fruits and vegetables from local markets into nutritious meals for schools and senior homes.

In order to develop Budapest's local food processing and distribution capacities, the Municipality of Budapest is initiating the establishment of an urban fruit and vegetable processing and distribution centre. This facility will function as a central hub of the newly created sustainable urban food supply chain, where, to prevent food waste, the surplus vegetables and fruits generated on the producer and trade side can be transferred to the kitchens of the educational and social institutions supplied by the municipality, thus contributing to the proper nutrition of the meals there. In connection with this, UNDP is looking for a service provider who will develop and implement a testing process that models the products that can potentially be produced in the processing plant and tests their acceptance among potential consumers in kitchen conditions.

City for the Service: Budapest, Hungary

BACKGROUND: 

UNDP provides integrated programmatic, policy and financing solutions to realize the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In this context, UNDP has created a Global Policy Network (GPN), a network of field-based and global technical expertise across a wide range of knowledge domains and in support of the signature solutions and organizational capabilities envisioned in the Strategic Plan. The Bureau for Policy and Programme Support (BPPS) and the Crisis Bureau (CB) are the two anchor Bureaus of the GPN.

Through Local Action, the GRP Hub seeks to contribute to peace and development, achieving a visible impact on communities and improving lives by delivering integrated solutions that harness global expertise and partnerships. The Local Action Unit works closely with local and regional governments as key development players, highlighting their role as public service implementers, as drivers of innovation and the closest institution to people. 

Local and regional governments are already responsible of over 65% of the SDG targets, most of them linked to basic service provision from water, sanitation, mobility, climate action, health or education. Cities and territories are playing a big part on the implementation of SDGs, that are becoming a new tool for strategic planning and budgeting in the mid to long-term. Since 2015, local governments and their associations have been increasingly active in promoting the SDGs through advocacy, working with their local population and partners in transposing the spirit of Agenda 2030 in cities and territories. Local Governments have also started to use SDGs as a strategic framework to deliver better and more innovative public services linked to SDG targets and indicators.

UNDP is supporting the Municipality of Budapest to build a city-run food processing plant that can turn surplus fruits and vegetables from local markets into nutritious meals for schools and senior homes.

In order to develop Budapest's local food processing and distribution capacities, the Municipality of Budapest is initiating the establishment of an urban fruit and vegetable processing and distribution centre. This facility will function as a central hub of the newly created sustainable urban food supply chain, where, to prevent food waste, the surplus vegetables and fruits generated on the producer and trade side can be transferred to the kitchens of the educational and social institutions supplied by the municipality, thus contributing to the proper nutrition of the meals there. In connection with this, UNDP is looking for a service provider who will develop and implement a testing process that models the products that can potentially be produced in the processing plant and tests their acceptance among potential consumers in kitchen conditions.

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