| CEFSER in FOOD CLUSTER Initiatives (FCI) | |
From the very begging of the project lifetime, CEFSER is a member of the FOOD CLUSTER initiative of EC. |
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The European Food-cluster initiative is a 'pilot' scheme designed to establish European clusters of coordination in order to enhance regional research capacity building and regional economic development with significant impact at local level. |
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Meetings of Food Cluster initiative: 2nd held at Brussel, September 2008 (on the left), 4th held at Wageningen, October 2009 (on the right) |
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Moving towards this increased European coverage by creating a European Food Cluster involves joining EU "hotspots" as regional food clusters, learning each other's strengths and weaknesses, defining regional strategies, investing in the strengths through integral use of national and regional funding (FP7/CIP/SF, etc) as a basis for establishing EU consortia founded on regional strengths in Food science – in fact using a European Food Cluster to building the ERA in Food. |
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The 4th Food Cluster meetings held at Wageningen, October 2009: Food Cluster meetings are a good chance to share common research interests |
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The concept is to connect the new FP7 projects into the Food Innovation Network Europe (FINE) so creating a European Food Cluster. FINE is a network of regional food clusters embracing the vision of connecting such clusters (comparising interacting science, industry and government components) into a network. The fit for the FP7 projects is not absolute as they have both individual regionally-based aims as well as scientific development aims; some already have the characteristics of a (regional) cluster whereas others are at present more individualistic. |
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The 2nd Food Cluster meeting at Brussels, September 2008: Food cluster meetings are a chance to meet colleagues from whole Europe |
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Meetings of Food Cluster initiative: 3rd held at Mersin, Turkey, February 2009 (on the left), 4th held at Wageningen, October 2009 (on the right): there is always a social part of Food Cluster meetings |
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The 4th Food Cluster meeting at Wageningen (Restaurant of the Future), The Netherlands, October 2009 |
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The 4th Food Cluster meeting at Wageningen: Food Cluster meetings are a chance to meet the EC project officer, Dr. Irmela Brach (on the left) and to discuss about the project realisation |
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| More about FOOD CLUSTER initiative can be found on http://www.foodclusterinitiative.eu/ | |
| FCI impact assessment report - Brochure | |
| FCI impact assessment report - Full Report | |
