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
External identifier
SEE/B/0027/1.3/X
Cost
2,253,178 euro
 

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

Manager

Email
haidegger.geza@sztaki.hun-ren.hu
Phone
+36 1 279 6224