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FOOD INNOVATION NETWORK EUROPE

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Building a EU network of regional

Food clustersto stimulate RTD investments

FOOD INNOVATION NETWORK EUROPE

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Eight regions

Food Valley NLØresund food region DK/SERogaland NOCastilla y Leon ESFlanders BEWielkopolska PLScotland UKEmilia Romagna I

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Nine Partners

Ontwikkelingsmaatschappij Oost Nederland NVÖresund Food NetworkIRIS Ghent UniversityASTERCenturia RIT Poznan Science and Technology ParkScottish EnterpriseCARTIF

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FINE NETWORK

FINE PARTICIPANT

Region with

emergingagrofood

profile

Involve and activate

Researchorganisations

universities

Policy makers & governmental org.

Agrofood companies

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Connecting regional food initiatives

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Objectives

Objective 1• “To develop strategies and policies enhancing

investments for creating competitive and innovative regional [food] clusters with growing rates of RTD investment by mobilisation of relevant stakeholders across the value chain including policy makers.”

Objective 2• “To develop a sustainable collaborative [food] RTD

Action Programme with a view of contributing to the realisation of Lisbon strategy.

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Project details

Duration: 2 years (2006/2007)

Total budget: € 582.000,-

Funding:EU Sixth Framework Programme

Support for the coherent development of policies

Regions of knowledge 2.

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Results (short list)

1. SWOT analysis eight regions: agrofood and RTD policy profile

2. Recommendations RTD policy on EU, national and regional level to stimulate RTD investements

3. FINE Action Programme for interregional cooperation on food RTD: development of 10 interregional RTD projects

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Ambition

Building a lasting network of EU food regions

Developing interregional RTD projects in Food

Learning from each other – policy, – innovation instruments– regional food networks

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More information: website

Visit: www.networkfine.net

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