Project „Improving the enabling environment and public awareness for innovation in the South-East-European food sector through transnational collaboration” CAPINFOOD
Program: South-East Europe Transnational Cooperation Programme (SEE)
Priority Axis: Facilitation of Innovation and entrepreneurship
Project code: SEE/B/0027/1.3/X
Duration : 2011 – 2014
Coordinator: Hungarian Science and Technology Foundation, Budapest, Hungary
Budget for IBA : 154.440 Eur
Main objective: to improve the enabling environment for food innovation by capacity building of the supporting institutional framework and by promotion of public awareness on benefits of innovation in the food sector through transnational collaboration
Specific objectives:
to develop national innovation strategies following a common framework for improving the competitiveness of food sector, particularly SMEs, to help the economic growth of SEE, creation of jobs and ensure sustainable development;
to improve coordination mechanism of efforts for enhancing innovation through new approach of collaboration of governance institutions and other stakeholders within the NFTPs, exploiting the potential in transnational collaboration of NFTPs;
to develop skills of SEE institutions in using effective tools to foster innovation: food chain management, transdisciplinary collaboration with ICT sector, knowledge transfer and practices of using industry panels, based on collective learning and shared costs; - to promote the use of ICT based tools for fostering innovation
to develop pilot systems for institutions for provision of collective innovation support services for food SMEs; - to improve recognition of food innovation and entrepreneurship by the public through delivering a campaign and access to young people to encourage them to join the food sector and develop entrepreneurial spirit;
to disseminate results to a wider community and also beyond the food sector;
to integrate non-EU countries into the development of SEE;
to establish an SEE regional forum for concerting efforts and sharing successful approaches of different types of food innovation supporting, research and education institutions and organisations.
Romanian Project responsible: Adriana Macri
E-mail: adriana.macri@bioresurse.ro