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NTPs as INSTRUMENT in FP7:an NTPs as INSTRUMENT in FP7:an example of the two way flow example of the two way flow

knowledge, the European Technology knowledge, the European Technology Platform”Food for Life” and the Platform”Food for Life” and the ”Transparent_Food” PF7 project”Transparent_Food” PF7 project

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National Food Technology Platforms of ETP Food for Life (1)

• Initiatives under the leadership of the industry under the umbrella of the ETP

• Voice of the industry• Established in more than 27countries in Europe• In 9 additional countries: establishing of the NFTP is

in progress and/or planned• NFTPs from cca 50 – 500 members/country:

participation in the NFTP network• Industry, SMEs• Researchers• Policy makers, public institutions• Consumer’s (organisations)• Other members of the food chain

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National Food Technology Platforms of ETP Food for Life (2)

• National forums, under the umbrella of Joint European Vision, Strategic Research Agenda, Implementation Plan developed by the ETP

• Adjusted to national needs and conditions: National Vision Document, Strategic Research Agenda, Implementation Plan

• Dialogue between industry/SMEs, research providers, government/funding bodies

• National languages• NFTPs can act as hubs for consultations and

dissemination• Collaboration of NFTPs


Norvegia

Svezia

Finlandia

UK

Islanda

Irlanda

Turchia

Russia

Svizzera

Estonia

Lettonia

Danimarca

Israele

Libano


• A standard operational procedure, which ensures• regular supply of;• easy access to;• prepared information in a standardised format to the NFTPs, what they can disseminate it to their members

• Includes:• Short summary of the results• Presentations at NFTPs regular meetings• Preparation of presentation on material

A procedure for dissemination of the results at national level through National Food Technology Platforms (NFTP’s) of the ETP Food for Life


What can the ETP Food for Life and its NFTPs offer for FP7 (1)

• Networking, events• Enhancing collaboration, capacity building• Information on main research trends and challenges to

meet industry needs• Information, awareness building on results of publicly

funded research• Lobbying

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What can the ETP Food for Life and its NFTPs offer for FP7? (2)

Networking on• national• transnational• European• food chain stakeholder’s• interdisciplinary

level• European wide networking

• Personal-based on common interest, expertise• Organisations• National Technology Platforms



Enhancing collaboration, capability building• Access to complementary knowledge• Access to peer view and feedback• Development of collective knowledge• Access to partner search - matchmaking• Incubation of international, national project ideas+

development of project teams• Increased opportunities for research

cooperation/participation in FP 7 projects• Opportunities for benchmarking• Business partnerships beyond the projects


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Contribution and access to comprehensive, structured, collective, regularly updated view of the industry and other stakeholders• Main market, consumer, society trends,• Key thrusts,• Main research challenges• Main research objectives• Key topics and deliverables• Priorities, resources• Described in the Vision Document, Strategic Research

Agenda, Implementation Plan

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What can the ETP Food for Life and its NFTPs offer for FP7 (5)

Information, awareness building on• Project calls, funding opportunities• Results on publicly funded European, transnational and

research projects• Lobbying

• ETP Food for Life is regularly consulted for ideas for call’s subjects

• Cca. 90% of the food related calls in FP7 were on the list proposed by the ETP as well

• NFTPs have a significant input: Cooperation; ERA-NET; Joint Programming

• Recommendations of NFTPs and SME Task Force

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Transparent_FoodTransparent_Food

PARTNERS:• Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms Universität Bonn –

UBO/Germany - coordinator• Kuratorium für Technik und Bauwesen in der Landwirtschaft

e.V. – KTBL/Germany• Technische Universität Berlin - TUB/Germany• European Association for Food Safety (SAFE consortium) –

SAFE/Belgium• Institutet för Livsmedel och Bioteknik AB – SIK/Sweden• Aarhus Universitet - AU/Denmark• City University London – City/Great Britain• RLabs Market Research Ltd – Rlabs/Greece• Ghent University – UGENT/Belgium• ”Campden BRI Magyarország” Nonprofit Kft. – CCH/Hungary

Transparent_Food FP7 project

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http://www3.uni-bonn.de/

http://www.ugent.be/


• Measures for achieving confidence of• consumers’, customers’• through openness and accountability

on activities along the food chain• By making information available on the verity of

messages (claims, statements) on• specific characteristics of products, processes,

production environment• which meet the valid needs of consumers, customers

for facilitate their informed decisions• Sound balance with confidentiality needs of food chain

members

Transparency in the food chain

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• Transparency is a complex issue with several approaches.• Need for

• more harmonised definition and interpretation of principles and requirements

• identification and collection of successful practices• developing findings and recommendations through

regular consultations with a broad public of stakeholders from various countries in Europe

• To achieve progress and improvement.

Why we need consultations with stakeholders on transparency?

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• Summary compendium on state-of-the-art on present knowledge on transparency

• Strategic Research Agenda for the identification of deficiencies, future research needs, and research priorities

• Best practice guide on transparency • Blueprint information backbone scheme

• agreement on information exchange between system providers

• development of a European communication network • facilitate interaction between existing and developing

transparency initiatives

Expected results (1)where NFTPs can contribute to the discussions and disseminate the results

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• General procedure for analysing transparency cases in different domains for successful practices

• GAP analysis results in matching quality standards with signal needs; recommendations for quality standard providers,

• Recommendations for different stakeholders such as the industry – particularly SMEs, policy makers, solution providers, standard providers, etc.

• Training material on recommended practices for transparency.

• Concise consumer information on potential use of transparency information

• web-based European Transparency Platform

Expected results (2)

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• Web consultations (on-goingly, related to the main documents – Dec 2010, May

2011 )

• Presentation of the results on an NFTP meeting of the ETP Food for Life

Sept 2010 - distribution of actual information

June 2011 - demonstration training to voluntary NFTP representatives

Oct 2011 - presentation of final results

Planned channels and events (1)

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• Developing of a core training workshop material and guidance to the representatives of the NTPs on using this material.

May 2011• Organising national workshops for all stakeholders in their own

(7) countries (all project participants) from June 2011 to Oct

2011• European workshop - presenting strategic research agenda

June 2011• Stakeholder Implementation workshop Sept 2011

• European Transparency Platform from June 2010

Planned channels and events (2)

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Transparent_Food project is financed by the European Commission under

the 7th Framework Programme. Contract No.: FP7-KBBE-2009-245003

More info on the project at :

www.transparentfood.eu

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Documents

strategic research agenda

research providers

main research trends

national level

national vision document

national needs

national forums

implementation plandialogue