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H2020 SOCIETAL CHALLENGE 2 PARTNER SEARCH
15th November 2018
Please, find the profiles of entities interested in participating in the H2020 SC2 proposals for 2019. The
profiles were collected by APRE through a form available at the following link:
https://goo.gl/forms/r690phIeLCz7vxgi2
The catalogue latest version is published in the APRE website page dedicated to the Societal Challenge 2
(“Partner Search” section): http://www.apre.it/ricerca-europea/horizon-2020/societal-
challenges/european-bioeconomy-challenges/
Other partner search sources:
SC2 Brokerage event 2019 (Bruxelles, June 2018): https://foodbrokerage2018.b2match.io/
EEN SC2 Catalogue: https://sites.google.com/site/asgprofiles/participate
APRE SC2 Infoday – Pitch catalogue (Rome, October 2017): https://goo.gl/zcfqUU
Facts & Figures
4 new more profiles compared to the last catalogue version (October 2018);
17 Profiles from 5 Countries: Italy (13), Hungary (2), Georgia (2), Romania (1),
Ghana (1); 97 topics selected by entities: 63 in Sustainable Food Security, 11 in Blue
Growth, 23 in Rural Renaissance; 5 Entity Typologies: 8 SMEs, 3 R&Ds. 3 Public Administrations, 3 Universities, 1
Other kind of Entity.
Summary ASSAM – Agency for Agrofod Sector Services of Marche Region (R&D Institution) ..................................... 4
SFS: 01,04,05,08,17,19,39 – RUR: 04,10,11,16 .......................................................................................... 4
SETEC-AGIR (R&D Institution) ........................................................................................................................ 6
RUR: 15,16 ................................................................................................................................................. 6
SYMBIAGRO SRL (SME) .................................................................................................................................. 7
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SFS: 01,04,05,39 ........................................................................................................................................ 7
PMF Research (SME)...................................................................................................................................... 9
SFS:01,04,05,08,20,24,26,31 – RUR: 01,04,08 .......................................................................................... 9
IZSAM – Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell’Abruzzo e del Molise (Public Administration) ............ 12
SFS: 08...................................................................................................................................................... 12
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Umbria e delle Marche (Public Administration) ....................... 13
SFS: 04,05,08,11,19,31 ............................................................................................................................ 13
Edgelab srl (SME) ......................................................................................................................................... 14
BG: 04,05,07,08,09 .................................................................................................................................. 14
ATPr&d Srl (SME) ......................................................................................................................................... 15
SFS: 11,17 – BG: 06 .................................................................................................................................. 15
Univeristy of Tuscia (University) .................................................................................................................. 17
SFS: 11– BG: 04 ........................................................................................................................................ 17
Grow High (SME) ......................................................................................................................................... 18
SFS-24 ...................................................................................................................................................... 18
Terra Humana Ltd. (SME) – UPDATED! ...................................................................................................... 20
RUR: 10,11,15,17 ..................................................................................................................................... 20
Bay Zoltan Nonprofit Ltd (R&D Institution) ................................................................................................. 22
SFS: 07,17,20,23,31,37,39 – RUR: 08,10,15, ............................................................................................ 22
Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna (University) ....................................................................... 24
SFS: 04,05,19,23,35 ................................................................................................................................. 24
Istituto Sperimentale Italiano “L. Spallanzani” (Other) .............................................................................. 26
SFS: 07,08,17,30,31,37 – BG: 04 – RUR: 08,17 ........................................................................................ 26
Fragim Ghana Ltd (SME) .............................................................................................................................. 28
SFS: 35...................................................................................................................................................... 28
Azienda Agricola Molini e Pastifici (SME) .................................................................................................... 30
SFS: 01...................................................................................................................................................... 30
I-Strategies società cooperativa a.r.l. (SME) ............................................................................................... 32
SFS: 24,26; RUR: 01,04,17 ........................................................................................................................ 32
Agricultural University of Georgia (University) – NEW! ............................................................................ 34
SFS: 08,11,17,39; BG: 06,09; RUR: 08 ...................................................................................................... 34
Agricultural University of Georgia (University) – NEW! ............................................................................ 36
SFS: 01,04,05,28,31,37 ............................................................................................................................ 36
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Azienda Sanitaria Locale TO 5 (Public Administration) – NEW! ................................................................ 38
SFS: 24; RUR: 04 ....................................................................................................................................... 38
Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (R&D Institution) – NEW! ...................................................... 40
BG: 06 ...................................................................................................................................................... 40
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ASSAM – Agency for Agrofod Sector Services of Marche Region (R&D Institution) SFS: 01,04,05,08,17,19,39 – RUR: 04,10,11,16
Organisation Name (full name)
Agency for Agrofood Sector Services of Marche region
Organisation Acronym ASSAM
Type of organisation R&D Institution
Describe briefly your organisation
ASSAM is the operational body of Marche Region Agro-food Policies Service in implementing regional programmes and in supporting the EU projects designing and unrolling at territory level. ASSAM mission is linking productive to research sector, facilitating the dialogue among different stakeholders and identifying the territory needs in terms of services and innovation. ASSAM acts to implement experimental activities and projects, to disseminate and transfer innovative solutions that can concretely answer to territory needs and specific features. ASSAM staff counts 105 units – in 9 Operational Centers and related structures (forestry nurseries and laboratories) all over the region - highly skilled both at technical and administrative level to effectively and efficiently carry out specific tasks.
Country Italy
City Osimo
Region Marche
Website www.assam.marche.it
Surname Testa
Name Ugo
Emails [email protected]
Phone number 390718081
Role in the organisation Eu programme funding Coordinator
Have you ever participated in a FP project?
Yes
If yes, please describe briefly your activities in previous FP projects
The H2020 FLOURISH project is funded by the European Community's Horizon 2020 programme under grant agreement no 644227. The Flourish project envisions a robotic agricultural system that is able to achieve high yields while minimizing or eliminating the application of chemicals to the field. ASSAM activities: Trials in the ASSAM pilot farm; end-user validation – end users are involved in specification and evaluation of the system throughout the project to ensure that developments are focused on practical problems with a path to market; Dissemination and Exploitation.
Sustainable Food Security - SFS
SFS-01-2018-2019-2020: Biodiversity in action: across farmland and the value chain - [2019] Capitalising on native biodiversity in farmland landscape (RIA), SFS-04-2019-2020: Integrated health approaches and alternatives to pesticide use - [2019] Integration of plant protection in a global health approach (RIA), SFS-05-2018-2019-2020: New and emerging risks to plant health (RIA), SFS-08-2018-2019: Improving animal welfare - [2019] Precision livestoc farming (IA), LC-SFS-17-2019: Alternative proteins for food and feed (IA), LC-SFS-19-2018-2019: Climate-smart and resilient farming - [2019] Efficientcy and resilience of mixed farming and agroforestry systems (RIA), CE-SFS-39-2019: High-quality organic fertilisers from biogas digestate (IA)
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Rural Reinassance - RUR
RUR-04-2018-2019: Analytical tools and models to support policies related to agriculture and food - [2019] Modelling international trade in agri-food products (RIA), CE-RUR-10-2019: Circular bio-based business models for rural communities (IA), LC-RUR-11-2019-2020: Sustainable wood value chains (IA), RUR-16-2019: Fuelling the potential of advisors for innovation (CSA)
Your role in the project Partner
Entity Profile (Please describe the organisation activities relevant with the topic selected)
ASSAM activities cover several fields to support the sustainable and competitive growth of the agro-food enterprises: energy efficiency promotion, forestry, biodiversity, truffle/olive/fruit farming and production, traceability system. The Agency offers a range of services from training paths to update/create competences on traditional (olive production, truffles production, fruit farming) and innovative sectors (e.g social agriculture, animal welfare…) to agriculture weather forecasts for farmers, laboratories analysis, traceability system, quality certification, plant disease control towards producers and consumers. Thanks to the technical competences and the growing experience in managing projects (LIFE+, INTERREGIVC, IPA CBC), ASSAM built up a transnational network of operational and institutional partners to design and implement EU projects in the agro-food sector, facing, in the meantime, the main EU challenges. Climate changes, energy efficiency, training and competences updating, innovation are some of the EU challenges which the agro-food sector should tackles to improve its efficiency and competitiveness. In this framework, ASSAM plays a complementary and operational role to concretely achieve the regional and EU programmes’ goals.
Expertise offered
Biodiversity experts; Plant and protection Inspectors; Certification and traceability Inspectors Agronomist specialists; Forestry experts; Training experts; Chemical and sensorial analysis experts; Innovation broker experts; Dissemination, end user evaluation, exploitation, experts.
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SETEC-AGIR (R&D Institution) RUR: 15,16
Organisation Name (full name)
SETEC-AGIR
Organisation Acronym SETEC
Type of organisation R&D Institution
Describe briefly your organisation
Engineering researches and studies
Country Romania
City Bucharest-Romania
Region Romania
Website www.agir.ro
Surname Paul
Name OLARU
Emails [email protected]
Phone number +40212331170
Role in the organisation Dr.rer.nat.
Have you ever participated in a FP project?
Yes
If yes, please describe briefly your activities in previous FP projects
Partner -IMA-METAV S A Bucharest, ROMANIA;Manager R & D Aircraft
Materials-Team Leader
Rural Reinassance - RUR
RUR-15-2018-2019-2020: Thematic networks compiling knowledge ready for
practice (CSA), RUR-16-2019: Fuelling the potential of advisors for
innovation (CSA)
Your role in the project Partner
Entity Profile (Please describe the organisation activities relevant with the topic selected)
Scientificaly research solutions with implementations
Expertise offered Offer solutions to solve rural problems and upgrade level of knowledge
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SYMBIAGRO SRL (SME) SFS: 01,04,05,39
Organisation Name (full name)
SYMBIAGRO SRL
Type of organisation Small and Medium Enterprise (SME)
Describe briefly your organisation
SYMBIAGRO SRL is a new biotecnology product company focused on
research , production and commercialization of innovative products lines for
soil and plant nutrition, alternative to standard fertilizers, activated with
microorganisms and symbiotic agriculture.
Country ITALY
City RONCADELLE
Region BRESCIA (BS)
Website www.symbiagro.com
Surname Pipolo
Name Alessandro
Emails [email protected]
Phone number +393498181419
Role in the organisation Chief Financial Officer
Have you ever participated in a FP project?
No
Sustainable Food Security - SFS
SFS-01-2018-2019-2020: Biodiversity in action: across farmland and the
value chain - [2019] Capitalising on native biodiversity in farmland landscape
(RIA), SFS-04-2019-2020: Integrated health approaches and alternatives to
pesticide use - [2019] Integration of plant protection in a global health
approach (RIA), SFS-05-2018-2019-2020: New and emerging risks to plant
health (RIA), CE-SFS-39-2019: High-quality organic fertilisers from biogas
digestate (IA)
Your role in the project Partner
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Entity Profile (Please describe the organisation activities relevant with the topic selected)
Organization activities:
1) Research and validation of microbiome , using two technologies:
a) Liquid state fermentation (LSF)
b) Solid state fermantion (SSF)
The goal of this stage is formulation and definition of commercial
microbiological products lines
2) Industrial production and packaging of microbes and microbial product
lines for soil and plant nutrition
3) Commercialization of microbial product lines for soil and plant nutrition to
different international markets
Expertise offered
SYMBIAGRO could offer industrial technology , expertise and know how to
develop microbes and microbial product lines for soil and plant nutrition ,
along the full life cycle product stage or just a single one of the product
stages .
Stage 1: we can research and develop new products lines or can be
engaged from third part organization for custom research.
Stage 2: Industrial production and packaging of microbes and microbial
products lines for soil and plant nutrition
Stage 3: Commercialization of microbes and microbial product lines to
different international markets
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PMF Research (SME) SFS:01,04,05,08,20,24,26,31 – RUR: 01,04,08
Organisation Name (full name)
P.M.F. Research
Organisation Acronym P.M.F.
Type of organisation Small and Medium Enterprise (SME)
Describe briefly your organisation
P.M.F. Research is an Italian SME involved in several international projects
based on IT technologies and it is also a training institution particularly
focused on e-learning methodologies. Its expertise is based on training and
development of web-based solutions for collaborative learning and
educational content management.
P.M.F. key expertise:
- Knowledge Management Technologies (Ontology and Semantic Web) for e-
learning scenario, social network approach, user profiling and web-based
collaborative Content Management System, Semantic Information Retrieval,
ad-hoc Mobile Applications;
- Design and development of Learning Objects (LO) which are SCORM
compliant and built on latest technologies, including a high degree of
multimedia and interactive elements;
- RFID - Arduino platform based systems to read and write RFID tags,
connected to a management platform to monitor data and to add structured
information;
- Geolocation - Development of interactive maps indoor and outdoor
connected to sensor networks to analyze the collected data and process
them numerically and graphically;
- Data monitoring from multi‐sensory architecture network - Storage and
elaboration of big data collected from multi sensor systems, creation of user-
friendly output based on complex mathematical formulas;
- Medical data storage systems - Development of medical data storage
systems according to the specific standards, guarantee of security and data
protection. Integrated system to process images in DICOM format;
- Gamification - Development of mini-games, edu-games and learning-
games, also for mobile devices.
Country Italy
City Catania
Region Sicily
Website https://www.pmf-research.eu/en/
Surname Merlo
Name Sonia
Emails [email protected]
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Phone number +39 095 7463250
Role in the organisation European Project Office
Have you ever participated in a FP project?
No
Sustainable Food Security - SFS
SFS-01-2018-2019-2020: Biodiversity in action: across farmland and the
value chain - [2019] Capitalising on native biodiversity in farmland landscape
(RIA), SFS-04-2019-2020: Integrated health approaches and alternatives to
pesticide use - [2019] Integration of plant protection in a global health
approach (RIA), SFS-05-2018-2019-2020: New and emerging risks to plant
health (RIA), SFS-08-2018-2019: Improving animal welfare - [2019] Precision
livestoc farming, LC-SFS-20-2019: European Joint Programme on
agricultural soil management (COFUND EJP), CE-SFS-24-2019: Innovative
and citizen-driven food system approaches in cities (IA), DT-SFS-26-2019:
Food Cloud demonstrators (IA), SFS-31-2019: ERANETs in agri-food - [A]
ICT-enabled agri-food systems (ERA-NET Cofund), SFS-31-2019: ERANETs
in agri-food - [B] Climate change and food systems (ERA-NET Cofund), SFS-
31-2019: ERANETs in agri-food - [C] International veterinary vaccinology
(ERA-NET Cofund),
Rural Reinassance - RUR
RUR-01-2018-2019: Building modern rural policies on long-term visions and
societal engagement - [2019] Buiding resilient mountain value chains
delivering private and public goods (RIA), RUR-04-2018-2019: Analytical
tools and models to support policies related to agriculture and food - [2019]
Modelling international trade in agri-food products (RIA), CE-RUR-08-2018-
2019-2020: Closing nutrient cycles - [2019] Bio-based fertilisers from animal
manure (IA)
Your role in the project Partner
Entity Profile (Please describe the organisation activities relevant with the topic selected)
P.M.F. Research is an Italian SME involved in several international projects
based on IT technologies and it is also a training institution particularly
focused on e-learning methodologies. Its expertise is based on training and
development of web-based solutions for collaborative learning and
educational content management.
Expertise offered
- Knowledge Management Technologies (Ontology and Semantic Web) for e-
learning scenario, social network approach, user profiling and web-based
collaborative Content Management System, Natural Language Processing
and Web Table Mining, Linguistic meta-model for semantic annotation, OWL
Web Ontology Language, Information extraction from Text, Semantic
Information Retrieval, ad-hoc Mobile Applications;
- Development of Semantic Web Services and Social Network infrastructure
for collaborative learning and knowledge sharing;
- Design and development of Learning Objects (LO) which are SCORM
compliant and built on latest technologies, including a high degree of
multimedia and interactive elements;
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- RFID - Arduino platform based systems to read and write RFID tags,
connected to a management platform to monitor data and to add structured
information;
- Geolocation - Development of interactive maps indoor and outdoor
connected to sensor networks to analyze the collected data and process
them numerically and graphically;
- Data monitoring from multi‐sensory architecture network - Storage and
elaboration of big data collected from multi sensor systems, creation of user-
friendly output based on complex mathematical formulas;
- Medical data storage systems - Development of medical data storage
systems according to the specific standards, guarantee of security and data
protection. Integrated system to process images in DICOM format;
- Gamification - Development of mini-games, edu-games and learning-
games, also for mobile devices. The games may provide various modes
including platform games, questionnaires, drag & drop, games with words
and numbers.
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IZSAM – Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell’Abruzzo e del Molise (Public
Administration) SFS: 08
Organisation Name (full name)
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise "G. Caporale"
Organisation Acronym IZSAM
Type of organisation Public Administration
Describe briefly your organisation
Health Authority under public law in the field of Animal health, veterinary
public health and environmental protection, for the protection of animal and
human health
Country Italy
City Teramo
Region Abruzzo
Website http://www.izs.it
Surname Garofolo
Name Giuliano
Emails [email protected]
Phone number +390861332411
Role in the organisation Veterinary chief
Have you ever participated in a FP project?
No
Sustainable Food Security - SFS
SFS-08-2018-2019: Improving animal welfare - [2019] Precision livestoc
farming (IA)
Your role in the project Partner
Entity Profile (Please describe the organisation activities relevant with the topic selected)
Research and selection of campylobacteriosis resistant subjects, protocols
development of sequence Next generation sequencing of amplicons of the
16s DNA portion, development of metagenomic protocols and bioinformatics
analysis. Characterization of the Microbiota through the Hypervariable
Regions of 16S rRNA Gene. Bioinformatics analysis for of the identification
and composition of the microbiota.
Expertise offered
Applied research in the primary agricultural production of chickens, pigs and
cattle. Next generation sequencing and bioinformatic applyed in typing
Campylobacter and Salmonella and in methagenomics studies for
microbiome identification and composition.
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Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Umbria e delle Marche (Public
Administration) SFS: 04,05,08,11,19,31
Organisation Name (full name)
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Umbria e delle Marche
Organisation Acronym IZSUM
Type of organisation Public Administration
Describe briefly your organisation
It' s a public institution which deals with animal health and food safety.
Country Italy
City Tolentino
Region Marche
Website www.izsum.it
Surname Aconiti Mandolini
Name Nicholas
Emails [email protected]
Phone number 3280346535
Role in the organisation Researcher
Have you ever participated in a FP project?
No
Sustainable Food Security - SFS
SFS-04-2019-2020: Integrated health approaches and alternatives to
pesticide use - [2019] Integration of plant protection in a global health
approach (RIA), SFS-05-2018-2019-2020: New and emerging risks to plant
health (RIA), SFS-08-2018-2019: Improving animal welfare - [2019] Precision
livestoc farming (IA), SFS-11-2018-2019: Anti-microbials and animal
production - [2019] Alternatives to anti-microbials (RIA), LC-SFS-19-2018-
2019: Climate-smart and resilient farming - [2019] Efficientcy and resilience
of mixed farming and agroforestry systems (RIA), SFS-31-2019: ERANETs in
agri-food - [C] International veterinary vaccinology (ERA-NET Cofund)
Your role in the project Partner
Entity Profile (Please describe the organisation activities relevant with the topic selected)
The organisation works on several aspects of animal health and welfare,
antimicrobial resistance, disease control and prevention and food safety
using the most advanced tecnologies in microbiology, molecular biology and
chemistry.
Expertise offered
Avian Pathology, Antimicrobial Resistance, cattle welfare and pig welfare at
slaughterhouse
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Edgelab srl (SME) BG: 04,05,07,08,09
Organisation Name (full name)
Edgelab srl
Type of organisation Small and Medium Enterprise (SME)
Describe briefly your organisation
We are a SME operating in the field of marine technologies and especially in
development and built of AUV (Autonomous Underwater Vehicles).
Country Italy
City La Spezia
Region La Spezia
Website edgelab.eu
Surname Cocco
Name Michele
Emails [email protected]
Phone number +39 0187 1822943
Role in the organisation Managing Director
Have you ever participated in a FP project?
Yes
If yes, please describe briefly your activities in previous FP projects
We have covered both coordinator and partner role in many projects.
Blue Growth – BG
DT-BG-04-2018-2019: Sustainable European aquaculture 4.0: nutrition and
breeding (IA), BG-05-2019: Multi-use of the marine space, offshore and near-
shore: pilot demonstrators (IA), BG-07-2019-2020: The Future of Seas and
Oceans Flagship Initiative - [A-2019] Blue Cloud services (IA), BG-07-2019-
2020: The Future of Seas and Oceans Flagship Initiative - [B-2019]
Observation and forecasting (IA), BG-08-2018-2019: All Atlantic Ocean
Research Alliance Flagship - [2018-2019] Assessing the status of the Atlantic
marine ecosystems, LC-BG-09-2019: Coordination of marine and maritime
research and innovation in the Black Sea (CSA)
Your role in the project Partner
Entity Profile (Please describe the organisation activities relevant with the topic selected)
Provide of underwater autonomous vehicles and maritime technologies like
ocean buoys.
Expertise offered Research and Development, provider.
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ATPr&d Srl (SME) SFS: 11,17 – BG: 06
Organisation Name (full name)
ATPr&d S.R.L.
Organisation Acronym ATPr&d
Type of organisation Small and Medium Enterprise (SME)
Describe briefly your organisation
ATPr&d is an innovative start-up focused on research and development in
biotechnology fields. Our purpose is the characterization of innovative natural
raw materials and the revaluation of vegetable by-products, obtained by
agroindustry processes.
The company aims to improve the quality and sustainability of agro-food
chains, producing eco-friendly products, to be addressed to many
applications as human and animal nutrition.
Renewable natural resources represent a very high but not fully explored
potential supply of raw materials. ATPr&d believes in protecting the
environment and its biodiversity, applying biotechnologies and giving added
value to products and by-products to reduce industrial waste and to generate
new renewable raw materials.
Country Italia
City CAMISANO VICENTINO (VI)
Region Veneto
Website http://www.atprd.it/
Surname MARIA
Name GRILLO
Emails [email protected]
Phone number 444419408
Role in the organisation co-founder
Have you ever participated in a FP project?
No
Sustainable Food Security - SFS
SFS-11-2018-2019: Anti-microbials and animal production - [2019]
Alternatives to anti-microbials (RIA), LC-SFS-17-2019: Alternative proteins
for food and feed (IA)
Blue Growth – BG
CE-BG-06-2019: Sustainable solutions for bio-based plastics on land and
sea (IA)
Your role in the project Partner
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Entity Profile (Please describe the organisation activities relevant with the topic selected)
By means of biotechnologies, ATPr&d aims to retrain the potential of natural
resources, re-evaluating raw materials and by-products from different value
chains. Thanks to biotechnology applications, traditional matrices can be
transformed into bioactive molecules or innovative substrates for agri-food
needs.
Expertise offered
The valorization of by-products is a key objective for ATPr&d in order to
reduce the use of new resources and follow the eco-sustainability principles.
Properly processed and treated by-products can act as raw material to
produce high value materials as functional ingredients, alternative proteins,
and bioactive molecules. We are interested in fermentation processes,
enzimatic threatments and use of insects in food and feed application.
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Univeristy of Tuscia (University) SFS: 11– BG: 04
Organisation Name (full name)
University of Tuscia (Viterbo, Italy), Department DIBAF
Type of organisation University
Describe briefly your organisation
DIBAF Department is involved both in the agricoltural and biological area and
is composed of about 70 reseracher with a fixed position.
Country Italia
City Viterbo (VT)
Region Lazio
Website www.dibaf.unitus.it/
Surname Buonocore
Name Francesco
Emails [email protected]
Phone number +390761357644
Role in the organisation Associate Professor of Biochemistry
Have you ever participated in a FP project?
Yes
If yes, please describe briefly your activities in previous FP projects
Our work was focused on the study of sea bass immune system and of its
importance in relation to fish Aquaculture. The last project was mainly related
to the the finding of a vaccination against the nodavirus.
Sustainable Food Security - SFS
SFS-11-2018-2019: Anti-microbials and animal production - [2019]
Alternatives to anti-microbials (RIA)
Blue Growth – BG
DT-BG-04-2018-2019: Sustainable European aquaculture 4.0: nutrition and
breeding (IA), BG-05-2019: Multi-use of the marine space, offshore and near-
shore: pilot demonstrators (IA), BG-08-2018-2019: All Atlantic Ocean
Research Alliance Flagship - [2018-2019] New value chains for aquaculture
production
Your role in the project Partner
Entity Profile (Please describe the organisation activities relevant with the topic selected)
We could use the immune system as a marker to study the animal welfare.
Moreover, we could identify antimicrobial peptides from aquatic animals and
use them both in aquaculture and as new drugs for human health.
Expertise offered Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Biochemistry, Immunohistochemistry
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Grow High (SME) SFS-24
Organisation Name (full name)
Grow High
Organisation Acronym GH
Type of organisation Small and Medium Enterprise (SME)
Describe briefly your organisation
Grow High is a small startup company that offers to bring agriculture
education back to schools in the form of IOT (Internet of things) controlled
vertical food fields accompanied by a rich and experiential educational
program. We offer an innovative agricultural educational experience for urban
schools based on our belief that when dealing with sustainability and
environment-related issues we must involve the future generation with new
technologies for raising food
Country Italy
City Milan
Region MI
Website growhigh.it
Surname Leshem
Name Libby
Emails [email protected]
Phone number +393454376886
Role in the organisation Founder
Have you ever participated in a FP project?
No
Sustainable Food Security - SFS
CE-SFS-24-2019: Innovative and citizen-driven food system approaches in
cities (IA)
Your role in the project Partner
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Entity Profile (Please describe the organisation activities relevant with the topic selected)
We propose to schools to implement vertical fields for growing food and to
give the students a practical innovative and interesting workshop on
environmental issues, healthy nutrition, leadership, entrepreneurship and a
lot more.
Our proposal is based on our collaboration with the Israeli company Vertical
field Ltd an expert for vertical gardening which developed a unique
technology and is responsible for for more than 200 evergreens, large-scale,
sustainable projects all over the world.
The educational program is "taylor made" adapted to the age of participants
and school vision. On May 2018, Grow High finished its pilot in a high school
in Carate Brianza near Monza, Italy. A 30 hours workshop was given to 50
students in the 10th grade and in the end we did Pasta al Pesto with the
fresh, organic, 0km, tasty basil!
Expertise offered
Suggesting to establish a large-scale Agro Vertical Field in the center of a
large city cultivating food, thus offer a model for complementary urban
agriculture that is supported by the community and constitutes a social,
educational and environmental model and even an employment model for
young entrepreneurs.
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Terra Humana Ltd. (SME) RUR: 10,11,15 ,17
Organisation Name (full name)
Terra Humana Ltd.
Organisation Acronym TERRA
Type of organisation Small and Medium Enterprise (SME)
Describe briefly your organisation
Terra Humana Ltd. is a science & technology intensive company with core
competence of applied scientific RTD and industrial engineering of circular
economical nutrient recycling and reuse from unexploited agricultural and
food industry by-product streams, most importantly Phosphorus recovery.
The applied technology is the innovative 3R zero emission pyrolysis
technology and combined biotechnological formulations and including full
production and product application value chain research, development,
industrial engineering, scale up and full industrial/market valorisation.
Country Hungary
City Kajaszo Biofarm Agri Reserach Station
Region Transdanubia
Website www.3Ragrocarbon.com
Surname Edward
Name Someus
Emails [email protected]
Phone number +36202017557
Role in the organisation director
Have you ever participated in a FP project?
Yes
If yes, please describe briefly your activities in previous FP projects
Phosphorus and nutrient recovery from agri/food industrial by-products
Rural Reinassance - RUR
CE-RUR-10-2019: Circular bio-based business models for rural communities
(IA), LC-RUR-11-2019-2020: Sustainable wood value chains (IA), RUR-15-
2018-2019-2020: Thematic networks compiling knowledge ready for practice
(CSA), RUR-17-2019: Reinforcing the EU agricultural knowledge database
Your role in the project Partner
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Entity Profile (Please describe the organisation activities relevant with the topic selected)
Economical bio-based fertilisers from unexploited biomass, animal by-
product and manure management, agri biotech, EU policy and regulations
Expertise offered
Phosphorus recovery, circular bio-based business models, EU policy
Fertilizers Regulation revision, compiling knowledge ready for practice
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Bay Zoltan Nonprofit Ltd (R&D Institution) SFS: 07,17,20,23,31,37,39 – RUR: 08,10,15,
Organisation Name (full name)
Bay Zoltan Nonprofit Ltd
Organisation Acronym BZN
Type of organisation R&D Institution
Describe briefly your organisation
Bay Zoltán Nonprofit Ltd. for Applied Research (BZN) is Hungary's leading
applied research institution. BZN performs its innovation activities at research
divisions: Biotechnology (BAY-BIO), Intelligent Systems (BAY-SMART) and
Engineering (BAY-ENG) division respectively. Knowledge Management
Centre (BAY-KMC) is responsible for horizontal activities including
technology transfer, IPR, grant writing, international project management.
BZN provides a technological bridge between innovation activities and
industry by its technology transfer services. BZN has extensive experience
and success in managing Interreg, FP7 and Horizon 2020 projects.
Due to its strategic cooperation projects, BAY-BIO has comprehensive
experience in algae biomass production technologies (fertilizer, feed), agro-
biotechnology, agro-industrial developments, environmental biotechnology
(sensors, monitoring systems), oil microbiology and biotechnology as well as
in the application of microbiological technologies in food industry, algal
biotechnology, molecular biology diagnostics, bio-remediation and automated
fermentation.
In addition to its RTDI activities, BZN contributes to development of the
bioeconomy in Hungary, and for this, promotes the cooperation of business,
social, educational and research spheres.
Country Hungary
City Budapest, Szeged
Region CEE
Website www.bayzoltan.hu
Surname Nora
Name Hatvani
Emails [email protected]
Phone number +36305319291
Role in the organisation research fellow, project manager
Have you ever participated in a FP project?
Yes
If yes, please describe briefly your activities in previous FP projects
R&D in biotechnology, management of international projects, communication
and innovation management
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Sustainable Food Security - SFS
SFS-07-2018: Making European beekeeping healthy and sustainable (RIA),
LC-SFS-17-2019: Alternative proteins for food and feed (IA), LC-SFS-20-
2019: European Joint Programme on agricultural soil management
(COFUND EJP), SFS-23-2019: Integrated water management in small
agricultural catchments (RIA), SFS-31-2019: ERANETs in agri-food - [A] ICT-
enabled agri-food systems (ERA-NET Cofund), SFS-37-2019: Integrated
approaches to food safety controls across the food chain (RIA), CE-SFS-39-
2019: High-quality organic fertilisers from biogas digestate (IA)
Rural Reinassance - RUR
CE-RUR-08-2018-2019-2020: Closing nutrient cycles - [2019] Bio-based
fertilisers from animal manure (IA), CE-RUR-10-2019: Circular bio-based
business models for rural communities (IA), RUR-15-2018-2019-2020:
Thematic networks compiling knowledge ready for practice (CSA)
Your role in the project Partner
Entity Profile (Please describe the organisation activities relevant with the topic selected)
Bay Zoltán Nonprofit Ltd. for Applied Research (BZN) is Hungary's leading
applied research institution. BZN performs its innovation activities at research
divisions: Biotechnology (BAY-BIO), Intelligent Systems (BAY-SMART) and
Engineering (BAY-ENG) division respectively. Knowledge Management
Centre (BAY-KMC) is responsible for horizontal activities including
technology transfer, IPR, grant writing, international project management.
BZN provides a technological bridge between innovation activities and
industry by its technology transfer services. BZN has extensive experience
and success in managing Interreg, FP7 and Horizon 2020 projects.
Due to its strategic cooperation projects, BAY-BIO has comprehensive
experience in algae biomass production technologies (fertilizer, feed), agro-
biotechnology, agro-industrial developments, environmental biotechnology
(sensors, monitoring systems), oil microbiology and biotechnology as well as
in the application of microbiological technologies in food industry, algal
biotechnology, molecular biology diagnostics, bio-remediation and automated
fermentation.
BAY-KMC has both project-based and permanent activities. Project-related
activities include the preparation and management of international projects;
communication and innovation management initiated by our researchers and
their partners; and training and mentoring activities related to market access.
Permanent activities include advising on financial resources, sharing
initiatives with our partners and drafting concepts. BAY-KMC actively
participates in national and international network building with partner RTDI
institutes, industry and investors. In addition, it manages the company’s IP
rights and the process of technology transfer; and develops customer
relationships.
In addition to its RTDI activities, BZN contributes to development of the
bioeconomy in Hungary, and for this, promotes the cooperation of business,
social, educational and research spheres.
Expertise offered
Research&Development, innovative solutions, project management,
communication and innovation management, national and international
network building, technology transfer activities
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Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna (University) SFS: 04,05,19,23,35
Organisation Name (full name)
Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Organisation Acronym UNIBO
Type of organisation University
Describe briefly your organisation
UNIBIO is one of the largest universities in Italy, gathering ca. 80.000
students and 3000 professors/researchers. Its range of expertise covers
almost all scientific disciplines and it ranks among the first EU institutions for
succesfull participation in FP7 and H2020 framework programes.
Country Italy
City Bologna
Region Emilia Romagna
Website https://www.unibo.it/sitoweb/brunella.morandi
Surname Morandi
Name Brunella
Emails [email protected]
Phone number +39 3403492847
Role in the organisation Assistant Professor
Have you ever participated in a FP project?
Yes
If yes, please describe briefly your activities in previous FP projects
setting up of experiments, data analysis, participation to project meetings,
report preparation. My acitivities deals with physiological studies on fruit trees
noth with field and lab experiments and aim at developing strategies to face
current challenges in agriculture such as climate change (especially water
scarcity). Main EU projects:
ISAFRUIT (FP6), FRUITBREEDOMICS (FP7), APPLEGENIE (FP7),
EUFRUIT (H2020)
Sustainable Food Security - SFS
SFS-04-2019-2020: Integrated health approaches and alternatives to
pesticide use - [2019] Integration of plant protection in a global health
approach (RIA), SFS-05-2018-2019-2020: New and emerging risks to plant
health (RIA), LC-SFS-19-2018-2019: Climate-smart and resilient farming -
[2019] Efficientcy and resilience of mixed farming and agroforestry systems
(RIA), SFS-23-2019: Integrated water management in small agricultural
catchments (RIA), SFS-35-2019-2020: Sustainable Intensification in Africa -
[2019] Soil systems for Africa (RIA)
Your role in the project Partner
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Entity Profile (Please describe the organisation activities relevant with the topic selected)
Availability of an experimental farm with orchards to be used for experimental
set up. Plant ecophysiology measurements such as leaf gas exchanges,
water relations, sap flow and fruit growth automatic sensors. Precision
agriculture approaches to fruit crops. Transciptomic studies. Dissemination
activities.
Expertise offered
SFS 04 and SFS05: Assessing the effects of the use of IPM approacheas
(i.e. anti-insect nettings etc.) on fruit crops physiology: productive efficiency,
light and water relations, canopy development etc.
SFS19: Contribution to the development of new mixed farming systems
which include fruit tree crops in association to other crops, forestry and/or
livestock; Assessing the physiological and productive efficiency of fruit tree
crops in mixed farming systems
SFS23: Assessment of the effects deriving from the adoption of innovative
irrigation/water management approaches on: 1) plant water use efficiency; 2)
plant physiological and productive performances. Development of specific
irrigation scheduling protocols aimed at reducing water use while increasing
water productivity and quality of the production. Main focus on tree fruit crops
SFS35: Development of strategies to improve water use efficiency in fruit
trees and to adapt the orchard management to water scarcity conditions.
Application of precision agriculture approaches to fruit crops.
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Istituto Sperimentale Italiano “L. Spallanzani” (Other) SFS: 07,08,17,30,31,37 – BG: 04 – RUR: 08,17
Organisation Name (full name)
Istituto Sperimentale Italiano "L. Spallanzani"
Organisation Acronym IS
Type of organisation Other
Describe briefly your organisation
National Institute of the private law, mainly devoted to research,
experimentation, advanced training and services. The more relevant areas of
activity refer to:
Farm animals (from domestic mammals to dogs, fishes and bees):
reproduction, genetic selection, population genetics, resistance to diseases,
typing and genetic characterization in endangered species
Foods: food safety and traceability of products of animal origin;
Green chemistry: exploration and extraction of bioactive molecules of interest
for the cosmetic, pharmacological and nutraceutical sectors, in vitro test as
alternatives to animal experimentation,
Aquaculture and microalgae: experimental cultivation of microalgae on
agricultural wastewater for bioremediation; production of suitable food for
zooplankton in hatcheries and generic fish feeds.
Country Italy
City Rivolta d'Adda, 26027, Cremona
Region Lombardy
Website www.istitutospallanzani.it
Surname Puglisi
Name Roberto
Emails [email protected]
Phone number +39036378883
Role in the organisation Research, head of laboratory
Have you ever participated in a FP project?
No
Sustainable Food Security - SFS
SFS-07-2018: Making European beekeeping healthy and sustainable (RIA),
SFS-08-2018-2019: Improving animal welfare - [2019] Precision livestoc
farming (IA), LC-SFS-17-2019: Alternative proteins for food and feed (IA),
SFS-30-2018-2019-2020: Agri-Aqua Labs - [2018] Understanging the
genome of farmed animals, its expression and translation into traits (RIA),
SFS-31-2019: ERANETs in agri-food - [A] ICT-enabled agri-food systems
(ERA-NET Cofund), SFS-31-2019: ERANETs in agri-food - [B] Climate
change and food systems (ERA-NET Cofund), SFS-37-2019: Integrated
approaches to food safety controls across the food chain (RIA)
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Blue Growth – BG
DT-BG-04-2018-2019: Sustainable European aquaculture 4.0: nutrition and
breeding (IA)
Rural Reinassance - RUR
CE-RUR-08-2018-2019-2020: Closing nutrient cycles - [2019] Bio-based
fertilisers from animal manure (IA), RUR-17-2019: Reinforcing the EU
agricultural knowledge database
Your role in the project Partner
Entity Profile (Please describe the organisation activities relevant with the topic selected)
The Institute focuses on scientific research, experimentation and services in
the area of reproductive technologies applied to selection of domestic
animals. The research activities are mainly based on experimental
embryology, fluorescence-activated cell sorter (FACS), seminology,
cryobiology, molecular genetics, genomics and proteomics. The research
studies include: animal reproduction, genetic selection including the study of
resistance to diseases, population genetics, bioinformatics and statistics,
food safety of animal products, toxicology and antibiotic resistance. In
addition, it takes part in the genetic typization and characterization of
endangered species and in traceability of food of animal origin. The species
of interest range from domestic mammals to fishes and bees. At a national
level the Institute performs the Official Control of animal frozen semen
collected in and/or imported into Italy. Among the statutory purposes of the
Institute is the activity of planning and providing advanced training courses in
the veterinary, agro-zootechnical and applied biology areas.
Expertise offered
FARM ANIMALS AND PETS
• Qualitative assessment (standard and advanced), freezing and storage of
animal semen
• Cytogenetics for the screening of chromosomal abnormalities
• Implementation of in vitro models as alternative to animal experimentation
• Sex ratio determination in sperm
• Predictive genetic tests for traits in dogs
• Parental assignment, reproduction, breeding, genetic improvement of
marine and freshwater fish species. Aquaculture facility of 1 000 m² based on
systems of closed circuit (24 tanks of 5 m² and 210 tanks of 0.2 m²).
QUALITY AND FOOD CHAIN SAFETY
• Genetic traceability of supply chain for the verification of food labeling.
Capillary sequencers and OpenArray system for SNP chip at low density.
• Analysis for the verification of the "double muscle" character for bovine
breeds
• Identification of microbial species for food sector safety
• Identification of species in foods by molecular markers
• Analysis of milk protein polymorphisms
PROTEOMICS
• Single and two-dimensional electrophoresis services on cells, tissues,
bacteria, food matrices
• Image analysis and subsequent bioinformatic 20-DIGE analysis
• Identification of proteins
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Fragim Ghana Ltd (SME) SFS: 35
Organisation Name (full name)
Fragim Ghana Ltd
Type of organisation Small and Medium Enterprise (SME)
Describe briefly your organisation
Valorisation of by-products deriving from palm oil extraction carried out by
small farmers / cooperatives
Country Ghana
City Akim Kusi
Region East Akim Municipal
Website no
Surname Apparuti
Name Gianni
Emails [email protected]
Phone number +393483053032
Role in the organisation Director Manager
Have you ever participated in a FP project?
No
Sustainable Food Security - SFS
SFS-35-2019-2020: Sustainable Intensification in Africa - [2019] Soil systems
for Africa (RIA)
Your role in the project Partner
Entity Profile (Please describe the organisation activities relevant with the topic selected)
Enhancement of waste deriving from the production of palm oil extracted
from small cooperatives / farmers.
More efficient use of the raw material;
Recovery of oil otherwise dispersed in the environment;
Increasing the production of sustainable palm oil;
The gap assumes the status of "new product" thus becomes a resource, not
a refusal which one needs to dispose of it;
Precursor for new environmental regulations that promote recycling;
Training on environmental sustainability and importance of product
certifications;
New market for the production of energy from renewable sources, with
products not in competition with the Food market;
Increase in income and new occupations for farmers, with a circular economy
development;
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Expertise offered Processing of waste deriving from the production of palm oil.
Experience on processing and processing machinery.
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Azienda Agricola Molini e Pastifici (SME) SFS: 01
Organisation Name (full name)
Azienda Agricola Molini e Pastifici Soc. Agr. a r.l.
Type of organisation Small and Medium Enterprise (SME)
Describe briefly your organisation
Azienda Agricola Molini e Pastifici is an innovative startup active in the
agricultural sector and dedicated to the production of organic products (pasta
and beer) from ancient grains of the Marche region (Italy).
Our products are km 0, strongly rooted in the territory, healthy, high quality
and are offered on the market at appropriate prices. Our consumer target is a
conscious consumer, interested about the quality of the food he feeds and
the environment. Our activity is expanding: for our new sustainable plant
we're going to redevelop an industrial complex, according to the principles of
circular economy.
Country Italy
City Grottammare (AP)
Region Marche
Website http://muliniepastifici1875.com/site/
Surname Marconi
Name Giuseppe
Emails [email protected]
Phone number 3926357892
Role in the organisation Founder
Have you ever participated in a FP project?
No
Sustainable Food Security - SFS
SFS-01-2018-2019-2020: Biodiversity in action: across farmland and the
value chain - [2019] Capitalising on native biodiversity in farmland landscape
(RIA)
Your role in the project Partner
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Entity Profile (Please describe the organisation activities relevant with the topic selected)
We already protect biodiversity of our landscape: we grow our raw materials
on particularly fertile and quality soils, whose conformation is naturally
suitable for the organic cultivation, avoiding soil degradation.
Our activity is strictly related to our region and all our products are made of
local raw materials and we work with a short distribution chain, to enanche
territory.
Our products are organic and safe, we avoid using any herbicide or other
harmful to health substances. We're going to implement the reuse of
agricultural waste and the enrichment of the soil with the self-produced
organic substance, according to the principles of circular economy.
We are always looking for new possibilities of innovation for the respect of
the environment. For example in the project for our new plant we're going to
produce solar energy and re-use it in the production process, avoiding
pollution and waste of energy.
So we desire being involved in a project for the defense of biodiversity
making available all our activities and know how.
Expertise offered
High skilled working team
Organizational flexibility
Entrepreneurial ability
Relationship net
Openness to sperimentation and to continue innovation.
Experience and knowledge in organic farming methods and food.
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I-Strategies società cooperativa a.r.l. (SME) SFS: 24,26; RUR: 01,04,17
Organisation Name (full name)
i-strategies società cooperativa a r.l.
Type of organisation Small and Medium Enterprise (SME)
Describe briefly your organisation
i-strategies specializes in promoting brand, companies and tourist
destinations using their Cultural Intangible Heritage (Oral History) as added
value. i-strategies is able to generate new contents and values using
quantitative and qualitative research methods (narrative interview in special)
and promoting it through digital storytelling techniques
Country Italy
City Offida
Region Marche
Website www.i-strategies.it
Surname Vagnarelli
Name Gianluca
Emails [email protected]
Phone number +39.3287440451
Role in the organisation Founder
Have you ever participated in a FP project?
No
Sustainable Food Security - SFS
CE-SFS-24-2019: Innovative and citizen-driven food system approaches in
cities (IA), DT-SFS-26-2019: Food Cloud demonstrators (IA)
Rural Reinassance - RUR
RUR-01-2018-2019: Building modern rural policies on long-term visions and
societal engagement - [2019] Rural society-science policy hub (CSA), RUR-
01-2018-2019: Building modern rural policies on long-term visions and
societal engagement - [2019] Buiding resilient mountain value chains
delivering private and public goods (RIA), RUR-04-2018-2019: Analytical
tools and models to support policies related to agriculture and food - [2019]
Modelling international trade in agri-food products (RIA), RUR-17-2019:
Reinforcing the EU agricultural knowledge database
Your role in the project Partner
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Entity Profile (Please describe the organisation activities relevant with the topic selected)
i-strategies created Mezzadria Stories Rural project.
Mezzadria Stories is a Rural Heritage born 10 years ago that has three
objectives:
- to save the oral memory of the last sharecroppers of Marche region (Central
Italy) with the aim of creating a digital archive of Piceno rural memory. 100
interviews have already been collected;
- to promote tourism through the rich and emotional local intangible rural
heritage (folklore, traditions, life histories);
- to recover the rich heritage of values and ethical practices of the
sharecropping civilization (sustainable development, biodynamic agriculture,
the Mediterranean diet, a socially responsible economy, social eating ecc.)
The Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities (MiBAC) has
recognized the cultural and social value of Mezzadria Stories by selecting it
for the official program of the European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018.
Expertise offered
Narrative Interviews: i-strategies knows how to save local rural memory of
communities through qualitative investigative research techniques such as
narrative interviews
Digital storytelling: i-strategies knows how to be more effective in
communication and how to do community building through digital storytelling
techniques.
i-strategies is involved as an advisor in the project “Storylines”, funded by
European Programme Erasmus+. The aim of the project is to develop the
new professional role of Storytellers
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Agricultural University of Georgia (University) SFS: 08,11,17,39; BG: 06,09; RUR: 08
Organisation Name (full name)
Agricultural University of Georgia
Organisation Acronym AUG
Type of organisation University
Describe briefly your organisation
The Plant Substrate Bioconversion laboratory of the AUG deals with
lignocellulose bio-refinery. In particular, to develop competitive
biotechnologies, the research team performs fundamental investigations to
understand physiological mechanisms providing an efficient microbial and
enzymatic conversion of plant raw materials into value-added products, such
as enzymes, pharmaceutical compounds (antioxidants, exo-polysaccharides,
immunomodulators, antimicrobials), probiotics, edible and medicinal
mushrooms, feed, and fertilizer. Microbial and enzymatic remediation of soil
and water polluted by organic xenobiotics is another area of team' studies.
Country Georgia
City Tbilisi
Region Georgia
Website http://agruni.edu.ge/
Surname Elisashvili
Name Vladimir
Emails [email protected]
Phone number +995 555525499
Role in the organisation Head of laboratory
Have you ever participated in a FP project?
No
Sustainable Food Security - SFS
SFS-08-2018-2019: Improving animal welfare - [2019] Precision livestoc
farming (IA), SFS-11-2018-2019: Anti-microbials and animal production -
[2019] Alternatives to anti-microbials (RIA), LC-SFS-17-2019: Alternative
proteins for food and feed (IA), CE-SFS-39-2019: High-quality organic
fertilisers from biogas digestate (IA)
Blue Growth – BG
CE-BG-06-2019: Sustainable solutions for bio-based plastics on land and
sea (IA), LC-BG-09-2019: Coordination of marine and maritime research and
innovation in the Black Sea (CSA)
Rural Reinassance - RUR
CE-RUR-08-2018-2019-2020: Closing nutrient cycles - [2019] Bio-based
fertilisers from animal manure (IA)
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Your role in the project Partner
Entity Profile (Please describe the organisation activities relevant with the topic selected)
Fundamental and applied research, technology development and
commercialization.
Expertise offered
Microbial physiology and biochemistry, submerged and solid-state
fermentation, biomass biochemical analysis, enzyme and biologically active
compound production, delignification, saccharification, bioremediation.
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Agricultural University of Georgia (University) SFS: 01,04,05,28,31,37
Organisation Name (full name)
Agricultural University of Georgia, the Bank of Plant Genetic Resources
Organisation Acronym AUG
Type of organisation University
Describe briefly your organisation
Agricultural University of Georgia is the main agricultural research and
educational center of Georgia. With its eighteen research institutes and
laboratories, it plays an important role in the research areas of agriculture,
engineering, and natural sciences.
The Bank of Plant Genetic Resources of the Agricultural University of
Georgia holds the largest PGR collection in Georgia with more than 3000
accessions, including farmer-selected varieties, landraces, endemic species,
and crop wild relatives.
The research group of the Genebank aims to use the local PGR natural
diversity in enhancement of resistance to disease and pests and for
improving agricultural productivity.
Country Georgia
City Tbilisi
Region Europe
Website http://www.agruni.edu.ge/node/919
Surname Betsiashvili
Name Mariam
Emails [email protected]
Phone number +995 593265200
Role in the organisation Associate Professor / Manager of the Bank of Plant Genetic Resources
Have you ever participated in a FP project?
No
Sustainable Food Security - SFS
SFS-01-2018-2019-2020: Biodiversity in action: across farmland and the
value chain - [2019] Capitalising on native biodiversity in farmland landscape
(RIA), SFS-04-2019-2020: Integrated health approaches and alternatives to
pesticide use - [2019] Integration of plant protection in a global health
approach (RIA), SFS-05-2018-2019-2020: New and emerging risks to plant
health (RIA), SFS-28-2018-2019-2020: Genetic resources and pre-breeding
communities - [2019] AQdding value to plant GenRes (RIA), SFS-31-2019:
ERANETs in agri-food - [A] ICT-enabled agri-food systems (ERA-NET
Cofund), SFS-31-2019: ERANETs in agri-food - [B] Climate change and food
systems (ERA-NET Cofund), SFS-37-2019: Integrated approaches to food
safety controls across the food chain (RIA)
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Your role in the project Partner
Entity Profile (Please describe the organisation activities relevant with the topic selected)
The Bank of Plant Genetic Resources of Agricultural University of Georgia
holds the unique and largest PGR collection of field and vegetable crops in
Georgia with around 3000 accessions of cereals (wheat, barley, maize),
legumes and vegetables, including landraces, endemic species, and crop
wild relatives.
The main aim of the research group of the Genebank is to use the local PGR
natural diversity in enhancement of resistance to disease and pests and for
improving agricultural productivity, maximizing yield, and developing crops
that can meet the challenges of a changing climate.
The main research direction of the group is focused on better use of local
germplasm to provide material for future molecular breeding efforts and
promote resistance to the most damaging disease and pests, in particular: a)
screening germplasm for resistance to fungal and bacterial diseases and
hemipteran insect pests, in field and laboratory experiments; b) measure
biochemical traits (e.g. benzoxazinoids, terpenoids, and callose formation) to
identify their role in responses to specific biotic stresses; c) identification
biochemical and genetic bases of disease and insect resistance; d) study of
fungal plant pathogens; research on the environmentally friendly methods to
control plant pests and diseases by using fungal biocontrol agents
Expertise offered
The main research direction of the research group is focused on better use of
local germplasm to provide material for future molecular breeding efforts and
promote resistance to the most damaging disease and pests, in particular:
a) Characterization and evaluation of plant genetic resources of field and
vegetable crops;
b) Morphological characterization and agronomic evaluation of selected
accessions for crop yield enhancement;
c) Biochemical characterization of cereals for revelation of their nutritional
value (protein, fat, sugar, starch, fiber);
d) Evaluation of germplasm (wheat, maize) for resistance to most damaging
diseases in field and laboratory experiments;
e) Screening maize germplasm for resistance to insect pests (lepidopteran
and hemipteran) in field and laboratory experiments;
f) Measure biochemical traits (e.g. benzoxazinoids, terpenoids, and callose
formation) to identify their role in responses to specific biotic stresses;
g) Study of fungal plant pathogens; research on the environmentally friendly
methods to control plant pests and diseases by using fungal biocontrol
agents.
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Azienda Sanitaria Locale TO 5 (Public Administration) SFS: 24; RUR: 04
Organisation Name (full name)
Azienda Sanitaria Locale TO 5
Organisation Acronym ASL TO5
Type of organisation Public Administration
Describe briefly your organisation
ASLTO5 (Local Health Authority) is divided into several Departments
including the Prevention Department. The Prevention Department sectors
take place in the Preventive Medicine (called in Italy Primary Prevention) that
is object of less experimentation than clinical sector about people healthcare.
However this sector Primary Prevention affects notoriously more on total
health status of people (life years gained, reduction of hospital admissions
numbers, reduction of mortality, etc) and it’s anexample of health intervention
on community.
Country Italy
City Nichelino (TO)
Region Piemonte
Website https://www.aslto5.piemonte.it/
Surname Mortara
Name Marina
Emails [email protected]
Phone number +393206826245
Role in the organisation Research collaborator
Have you ever participated in a FP project?
Yes
If yes, please describe briefly your activities in previous FP projects
INTER-IoT project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon
2020 Research and Innovation programme, ASL TO5 with the Food and
Nutrition Unit partecipated in the INTER Health use case.
The nutritional outpatient has carried out the decentralized monitoring of
lifestyles on the move with the help of mobile devices. The healthcare case
monitors the eating habits and physical activity of healthy subjects using
mobile devices, electronic questionnaires and databases, with a new
integrated IoT platform, called INTER-Health that allows the collection and
analysis of data received in real time. Using wearable mobile devices, a
measure defined as subjective (physical activity practice) can became
objective and the preventive action can be extended to a wider attendance.
Sustainable Food Security - SFS
CE-SFS-24-2019: Innovative and citizen-driven food system approaches in
cities (IA), SFS-37-2019: Integrated approaches to food safety controls
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across the food chain (RIA)
Rural Reinassance - RUR
RUR-04-2018-2019: Analytical tools and models to support policies related to
agriculture and food - [2019] Modelling international trade in agri-food
products (RIA)
Your role in the project Partner
Entity Profile (Please describe the organisation activities relevant with the topic selected)
The food and nutrition Unit deals of the prevention of infectious diseases
transmitted by aliments, beverages and drinking water and prevention of
acute and chronic diseases resulting from chemical contamination of food,
beverages and drinking water with particular reference to the pesticide.
The Nutrition Hygiene Unit promotes health supporting a proper nutrition and
a healthy physical activity by offering a series of interventions such as:
The study and analysis of nutritional status, food consumption and the
practice of physical activity of population groups.
The design of interventions of education and information about nutrition and
physical activity in collaboration with: schools, municipalities, organizations
and associations.
Expertise offered Food Safety, Nutrition, Healthcare, Food surveillance
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Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (R&D Institution) BG: 06
Organisation Name (full name)
Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia
Organisation Acronym IIT
Type of organisation R&D Institution
Describe briefly your organisation
Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT - Italian Institute of Technology)
is a scientific research center established by law in 2003 by the Italian
Ministry of Education, University and Research and the Ministry of Economy
and Finance, in order to promote excellence in both basic and applied
research and to facilitate the economic development at national level. IIT
scientific activities started in 2006, they encompass various disciplines and
present very strong approach to technology transfer. IIT staff consists of
more than 1600 people, the majority of which (about 81%) is dedicated to
research, with a gender distribution of 41% women and 59% men and an
average age of 34 years. About half of the researchers (46%) come from
abroad: 32% are scientists from more than 50 foreign countries and 14% are
Italian researchers who have come back to Italy after a professional
experience abroad. IIT has a vast experience in managing and supervising
research projects with a portfolio of more than 364 external funded research
projects, 174 of which are financed by EU funding programs as FP7 and
H2020 - 19 are funded by European Research Council (ERC). IIT has
produced more than 10745 publications and 229 inventions, resulting in more
than 650 active patents. Its research activity led to the creation of 18 spin-
offs, with additional 26 under due diligence. Research is carried out in the
Central Research laboratory in Genoa (IIT headquarters), as well as in 11
research satellite centers across Italy and 2 outstations in the US. IIT
scientific vision is interdisciplinary, based on the concept of “translating
evolution into technology”, with the aim of mimicking natural solutions to
develop new technologies in the fields of robotics, materials science and life
sciences. Currently, IIT is conducting a new scientific plan (2018-2023)
developing four strategic research domains: Robotics, Nanomaterials,
Technologies for Life Sciences, and Computational Sciences. The main goal
is to produce technologies that will have a positive impact on some important
societal challenges, such as sustainability and environment, healthcare and
aging society, while reflecting the priorities of the EU framework programs.
This approach promotes the creation of joint-labs and research agreements
with industrial partners, universities and international research centers.
Country Italy
City Genoa
Region Liguria
Website https://www.iit.it/
Surname Athanassia
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Name Athanassiou
Emails [email protected]
Phone number +39 01071781528
Role in the organisation Principal Investigator
Have you ever participated in a FP project?
Yes
If yes, please describe briefly your activities in previous FP projects
Blindpad, Personal Assistive Device for BLIND and visually impaired people,
FP7-ICT-2013-10 Partner.
Bioproto, Bioplastic production from tomato peel residues, Project ID: 625297
Funded under: FP7-PEOPLE Monopartner.
GrapheneCore1, Graphene-based disruptive technologies, Project ID:
696656
Funded under: H2020-EU.1.2. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Future and
Emerging Technologies (FET) Partner.
Graphene Core 2, Project ID: 785219, Funded under: H2020-EU.1.2.3. -
FET Flagships Partner.
COMPLETE, Cloud-MicroPhysics-Turbulence-Telemetry: An inter-
multidisciplinary training network for enhancing the understanding and
modeling of atmospheric clouds, Project ID: 675675, Funded under: H2020-
EU.1.3.1. - Fostering new skills by means of excellent initial training of
researchers, Partner.
HARMONIC, HierARchical Multiscale NanoInterfaces for enhanced
Condensation processes, Project ID: 801229, Funded under: H2020-
EU.1.2.1. - FET Open, Partner.
Blue Growth – BG
CE-BG-06-2019: Sustainable solutions for bio-based plastics on land and
sea (IA)
Your role in the project Partner
Entity Profile (Please describe the organisation activities relevant with the topic selected)
Researchers of the Smart Materials Group have experiences in functional
material preparation starting from naturally-derived resources (such as
alginate from brown algae, fibroin from Bombyx mori, keratin from wool),
surface modification (hydrophobic, oleophilic, oleophobic functionalization of
papers, textiles, foams, and metals), advance nanotechnological devices for
water purification, wearable electronics and wound healing studies. Focuses
of the research work are the chemical and structural control of the developed
polymeric-based, composite materials, in order to achieve the best
performances for a specific application. Various techniques are used to
fabricate functional materials, such as electrospinning, microfabrication,
spray drying, casting, spin coating, emulsion, probe type sonication (on a
laboratory level), and via extrusion, hot press, 3D printing, injection molding
(on a more scaled-up level). The obtained materials can be characterized in
terms of mechanical properties (tensile stress, compression test, adhesion –
Instron 3365), thermal proprieties (TGA - Q500 from TA Instruments, DSC),
morphology (SEM- JEOL JSM-6490LA, TEM, AFM- Park System), contact
angle, water vapor adsorption, oxygen permeability, and liquid permeability
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(Franz cells). Moreover, the lab is equipped with several spectroscopic
instruments (XPS, ATR-FTIR, UV-vis) for a deep chemical characterization of
matrix materials and active compounds. Lastly, advanced microscopy
techniques are available at the Nikon Center (Confocal, Time-lapse, Two-
photons microscopy, as well as N-SIM and N-STORM Super Resolution
Microscopies), to study in vitro cellular processes and device microfluidics.
Expertise offered
The Smart Materials Group of the Italian Institute of Technology offers
expertise in developing methods for the conversion of agrowaste biomass
into high added value products. Our main goal is to use waste as a
renewable source of material to develop biodegradable biocomposites and
bioplastics. We developed processes for agrowaste using either solvents
processing or melt extrusion and injection. We use these composites as food
containers or packaging materials, containers for cosmetics etc.