CAPINFOOD

Improving the enabling environment and public awareness for innovation in the South-East-European food sector through transnational collaboration

1 Mar 2011– 28 Feb 2014

http://www.capinfood.eu

External identifier

SEE/B/0027/1.3/X

Cost

€ 2.253.178

The main objective of CAPINFOOD project is to improve the enabling environment for food innovation by capacity building of the supporting institutional framework and by promotion of public awareness on benefits of innovation in the food sector through transnational collaboration.

Specific objectives of the project are:

to develop national innovation strategies
to improve coordination mechanism of efforts for enhancing innovation
to develop skills of SEE institutions in using effective tools
to promote the use of ICT based tools for fostering innovation
to develop pilot systems for institutions for provision of collective innovation support services for food SMEs
to improve recognition of food innovation and entrepreneurship
to disseminate results to a wider community and also beyond the food sector
to integrate non‐EU countries into the development of SEE
to establish an SEE regional forum for concerting efforts and sharing successful approaches

Participants

Bay Zoltan Nonprofit Ltd. for Applied Research (LEAD PARTNER) Hungary
Campden BRI Hungary Nonprofit LTD. - CBHU Hungary
Computer and Automation Institute of Hungarian Academy of Sciences - MTA-SZTAKI Hungary
Federation of Hellenic Food Industries - SEVT Greece
University of Milan, Department of Agricultural Food and Environmental Economics - UMIL Italy
National Institute of Research & Development for Food Bioresources - IBA Romania
Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia, Chamber of Agricultural and Food Enterprises - CCIS-CAFE Slovenia
University of Plovdiv - UP Bulgaria
Ghent University - UGENT Belgium
Capital City Podgorica - Secretariat for entrepreneurship development - SED Montenegro
Faculty of Agriculture, University of Belgrade - UB Serbia
University of East Sarajevo, Faculty of Technology - UES Bosnia and Herzegovina
Uzhhorod National University - UZH Ukraine