The SWITCH-Asia funded Policy Support Component's Technical Advisory project is dedicated to advancing circular economy practices within the tourism and hospitality sectors of Central Asia (CA), with a specific focus on sustainable food and beverage systems. The project’s objectives are to evaluate the challenges and opportunities in this sector, develop strategic foresight scenarios, and offer actionable policy recommendations to promote sustainability across the region. Key project activities include creating assessment frameworks, conducting stakeholder interviews, organizing scenario-building workshops, and formulating policies. The project emphasizes regional collaboration and aims to integrate and build upon existing sustainability initiatives. The project will bring together experts in scenario development, circular economy, and supporting sustainable consumption and production to deliver impactful outcomes.
Outcomes:
1. Assess and frame the opportunities and challenges of the tourism and hospitality sectors within the circular economy transition in food and beverage production and consumption in Central Asia;
2. Develop and evaluate scenarios, each representing boundary representations of potential futures for food and beverage use in the tourism and hospitality sector in Central Asia;
3. Collaboratively derive policy recommendations and enhance policymaking capacities for the circular economy transition in Central Asia.