Inco-ct-2004-003321 foodlink linking Associated Candidate Countries and eu member States food sectors with a view to higher level of participation in the fp 6 projects

Acronym: QUALMEAT

Name of the project: Quality of domestic animals meat producing by different agricultural systems in Baltic and NIS countries

Call information: Food Quality and Safety

Acronym: BET4YOUNG

Name of the project: Linking New and Old Member States in food sector through awarding young promising researchers travel grants

Call information: Food Quality and Safety

Acronym: CEEC FOOD MAPPING

Name of the project: Mapping and foresight of agricultural and food research capacity in the New member States and in the Candidate Countries

Call information: Food Quality and Safety

Acronym: ORGMEAT

Name of the project: Quality of domestic animals meat producing by different agricultural systems in Baltic and NIS countries

Call information: Food Quality and Safety

Acronym: INTAS-FOOD-COP

Name of the project: Young researchers linking institutions

Call information: Food Quality and Safety

Acronym: IMPROFOODS

Call information: Food Quality and Safety

Acronym: EBRI

Call information: Food Quality and Safety

Enteropathogens in the Food Chain

FOODLINK project cooperated with SMEs for Food and TrainNet Future in order increase the critical mass and exchange the experience. Within the cooperation with SMEs for Food there was organized the brokerage event. The role of SMEs for Food was to promote the event through the project partners and clients. TrainNet Future contributed to promoting database as tool to exchange ACC and NMS profiles.

WP4 last from October 2004 to the end of the project. In that time all partners supported their national researchers and SMEs to be joined to the FP6 projects. Additionally the consortia created by the means of Brokerage event or Cooperation database submitted the proposals themselves. The role of FOODLINK partners were to support in writing projects, creating the consortia or searching suitable call to the idea. The total outcome of these works was 59 projects submitted.

The objective of WP 5 was to assure effective communication between partners; exchange of data and experiences, to assure common format of activities and quality of work, to monitor the progress of the work, objectives achievements and delivery of results.

FOODLINK project stared by the Kick-off meeting on 1st June 2004. All partners met to get to know each other and to discuss the project methodology. Below there is presented the event agenda.

10.00-10.15		Welcome
10.15-11.35		Presentations of project partners’ institutions each partners will make a short presentation (ca. 6 minutes) about the institution he/she represents
11.35-12.00		The project concept – Pawel Bartoszek Aims and main deliverables
12.00-13.20		Realization plans – Pawel Bartoszek with participation of all partners Division of tasks and timing
13.20-14.20		Lunch
14.20-14.50		Financial and Contractual issues – Pawel Bartoszek Financial regulations, eligible costs, advance
14.50-16.00		Collaboration with other SSA projects represented by partners EXTRANAT – CARTIF CEC animal science – Ivan Minkov TrainNetFuture- Claudia Mosoiu POLFOOD – Pawel Bartoszek Other projects – to be agreed

The project started with the short presentation of the partner’s institutions. Each representative described the research profile, experience and institution offer. After the initial phase there was a discussion about the project realization. The coordinator focused on project objectives and deliverables. Each work package and the schedule of its realization were in detail described. The participants agreed on the project methodology and the way of reporting. Next session concentrated on financial and regulation issues in FP6. Because some of the partners firstly participated in the project founded by the framework programs it was necessary to explain the issues related with model contacts, eligible costs and audit obligation. At the end the discussion concentrated on the cooperation possibilities with the other SSA projects in food sector.

Day-to-day communication and smooth cooperation was a tangible result of this work package. Any problem was solved through the consortia discussion or phone consultation. There wasn’t any need to exclude any partner.

Common actions and consortium meetings resulted in better knowledge of the partners and results with contact for prospective partnerships in FP6, “Food Quality and Safety” thematic priority. The database of the ACC institutions active in research and innovation in food sector contributed their visibility and raised of number of ACC partners in submitted proposals.

The information days, individual consultations and promotion actions increased the knowledge about the FP6 problems, solutions and trends. It was especially useful for research sector interested in project participation; the same is true about the companies.

FOODLINK brokerage event will be a platform to dissemination of information about the FP5 projects concerning food sector. The brokerage event participants will get information about possibilities to participate in FP6.

The information days and brokerage event will help SME to know better the competencies of the science part they can use first for training purposes and then to establish better collaboration links. Bilateral meetings and discussion will establish new contacts with prospects of bilateral collaboration as well as including SMEs in international projects.

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   Section 1 - Exploitable knowledge and its Use
   

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   Dissemination of knowledge
   

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   Section 3 - Publishable results
   

List all deliverables, giving date of submission and any proposed revision to plans.

List all milestones, giving date of achievement and any proposed revision to plans.