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Coordination Committee for the Implementation of the Food Strategy

Sweden coordinates delivery of its national food strategy through a committee of public agencies led by the agency for economic and regional growth. It creates the conditions for implementation by convening national and regional forums rather than by directing the agencies involved.

Institutional set-up and structure

Established in 2021 with parliamentary backing and a term running to 2030, the Committee is an operational and strategic group appointed at agency director-general level, with the Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth as lead. It received an extended mandate in 2024. Members are national public and partly public bodies, including the board of agriculture, the national food authority and the agricultural university. Collaboration forums operate at national and regional level, alongside working groups organised around specific work packages.

Mandate and decision-making power

The Committee's purpose is to promote collaboration and build a strong and sustainable food chain by creating the conditions for the national food strategy to be implemented. It has developed a strategic plan setting out priority areas, and maps the needs of the food chain. Through the collaboration forum, county administrative boards and regions exchange knowledge and develop joint measures to strengthen local food production and food security. The lead agency advises rather than directs the other bodies.

The Committee is tasked with the following roles (building blocks):

  • Agenda setting: advocacy and dialogue; deciding on goals and strategic priorities

  • Policy formulation and decision making: providing technical advice; coordinating policy development

  • Implementation: coordinating policy and programme delivery

Who is involved

  • Public agencies: the agency for economic and regional growth, the board of agriculture, the national food authority and the agricultural university, with innovation and research funders

  • Regional bodies: county administrative boards and regions

  • Industry: producer, retail and trade associations, and food companies

  • Civil society: non-governmental organisations

Non-state participants contribute expertise in the forums rather than taking decisions.

How it works in practice

  • The regional forum meets quarterly, with additional meetings as needed

  • The national coordination forum meets two to three times a year

  • Work package meetings convene different actors depending on the issue at hand

  • Members are expected to contribute knowledge and perspective while staying within their own mandates

  • The agricultural agency monitors and evaluates the Committee's work on behalf of government

  • Minutes are taken but not published; national transparency law entitles anyone to request information, and areas of work are listed publicly

Evidence base: key informant interviews and policy documents, 2026. Last updated: September 2026.

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