Cooperation Partners
No single kind of partner could do this work. Municipalities bring land and local decision-making; universities bring research; business networks bring reach into everyday life; international alliances bring a bigger stage to work from. Different partners, for different parts of the same system — because no one of them could shift it alone.
KISMET consortium (Interreg Baltic Sea Region project)
Local public authorities
City of Hamburg (project lead)
Södertälje Municipality
Vejle Municipality
Regional public authorities
Vidzeme Planning Region
Business support organisations
Steinbeis Transfer GmbH
Tartu Biotechnology Park
Public Institution Lithuanian Innovation Centre
Food Innovation Center
Prizztech Ltd
Higher education and research institutions
South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences (Xamk)
NGOs
BERAS International Foundation
ScanBalt
Interest groups
Foodworks Association
Swedish associated organisations (named separately in the source): Ekerö Municipality, Stockholm University, Uppsala University
Long-standing Swedish partners
Södertälje Municipality (meal service / Kostenheten)
Ekerö Municipality
Nynäshamn Municipality
Tyresö Municipality
Stockholm University
Uppsala University
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) — led the original 2003–6 BERAS research project
Södertörns Högskola (Södertörn University) — led BERAS Implementation, 2010–13
Education partners
Stensunds Folkhögskola
Novia University of Applied Sciences (Finland)
International networks/alliances
Global Alliance for Organic Districts (GAOD)
UN Organic Food System Programme (OFSP)
International Network of Eco Regions (I.N.N.E.R.) — the network Sörmland's ecodistrict belongs to, not one BERAS founded
Named business/local partner (via Ekodistrikt Sörmland)
Kalf & Hansen (winner, Best Organic Restaurant, EU Organic Awards 2024, part of Bio-District Sörmland)