Beneficiar:
IBA Bucuresti
Project "Setting up the innovation support mechanisms and increasing awareness on the potential of Food Innovation and RTD in the South-East Europe area"
South-East Europe Transnational Cooperation Program
Contract SEE/B/0028/1.3/X
Contracting authority: European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
Duration of the project: 01.04.2011 – 30.09.2013
Budget for IBA: 90,000 euro
Partners:
- Centre for Research and Technology Hellas Institute of Agrobiotechnology Greece (coordinator)
- Federation of Industries of Northern Greece
- National Research Council - Institute of Sciences of Food Production Italy
- Agricultural University of Plovdiv Bulgaria
- Pazardzhik Regional Administration Bulgaria
- Constanta Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Shipping and Agriculture Romania
- The Development Agency of Idrija and Cerkno Slovenia
- European Food Chain Parliament-Foodlawment Hungary
- Odessa National Academy of Food Technologies Ukraine
- Chamber of Commerce and Industry of The Republic of Moldova
Objectives:
Inno-Food SEE directly addresses the objectives of the SEE Programme; more specifically 'Priority Axis 1- Facilitation of innovation and entrepreneurship' and 'AoI 1.3-Enhance the framework conditions and pave the way to innovation'. Inno- Food SEE objectives are twofold:
- to set up the appropriate mechanisms that will facilitate the exchange and coordination of research, technology and innovation approaches and policies for the Food Sector and
- to increase the public awareness on the importance of technological progress and innovation, mainly those related to the so called -omits technologies, in the Food Sector in the wider South- East Europe area. Inno- Food SEE will achieve its twofold objectives by:
- Assessing the needs of the participating countries for the establishment of the appropriate mechanisms that will boost innovation in the food sector thus contributing to entrepreneurship and competitiveness
- Developing a network of stakeholders/decision takers that will become involved in the project phases and assist in the formulation of policies and mechanisms for food innovation
- Strengthening the capacity for innovation of the participating entities
- Developing Operation Plans for Food Innovation and contributing to the development of a transnational food innovation system in the SEE area
- Enabling the development of an innovative friendly environment that allows the food industry and researchers to easily become engaged in innovative activities
- Promoting the profile of the SEE countries as a place for innovation and growth, emulating the successful examples of Food Valley in the Netherlands
- Contributing to a broader understanding of the potential that food innovation proposes to the society and diminishing fears for new food products and technologies
- Introducing food innovation and entrepreneurship themes in the respective university curricula
- Rendering young people more familiar with science and entrepreneurial spirit and further in.
Project manager from IBA: Denisa Duta
E-mail: denisa.duta@bioresurse.ro