Description
The project is needed as consumers are looking for sustainable quality food from reliable sources, supervised by a community quality system which eliminates errors and unfair commercial practices. The projects aims to make the Participatory Guarantee System (PGS) known in Hungary and to adapt its methodology to Hungarian sustainable markets, to build and strengthen consumer trust and to protect consumer interest. ACC ( Association of Conscious Customers) will acquire and then forward the methodology of PGS to target groups, namely local community farms, producers, individual customers, civil groups and experts. Project activities will include organizing PGS workshops, lectures, local trainings and webinars, publishing informative materials, a methodological guide and sharing articles and films on the internet. Target groups will have real knowledge of PGS methodology , which they will try and adapt both locally and nationwide, trust in sustainable products will grow, ACC will be more acknowledged.
Summary of project results
The project aimed at adapting and disseminating the methodology of Participatory Guarantee System (PGS) in Hungary as an alternative to the information shortcomings of mainstream labelling schemes that can even hinder the spread of responsible and sustainable consumption. Part of the project a PGS toolkit was developed both for national and local level, 1 presentation was provided for a wider audience with the involvement of international experts, 5 in-class trainings and 1 webinar were organized for CSOs and citizen groups. Beside, several articles, 1 interview video, 3 short animated videos on different topical aspects (PGS for markets, shops and supermarkets, webshops) as well as a methodological guideline were prepared and published. The project promoter has started to work with 5 local or national civic initiatives on PGS projects and executed 2 additional PGS project on its own. As an ultimate result the promoter has managed to make the concept of PGS familiar to some 40 national/local organizations and to faciliate the adaption of it to the practice of several local initiatives.
Summary of bilateral results