1st Metting of the National Food Technology Platforms German Food-Platform - Research Association of the German Food Industry 1st Metting of the National Food Technology Platforms Rome, 14th April 2007
German Federation of Industrial Research Associations The Network Ministry German Federation of Industrial Research Associations Funding Agency 102 industrial research associations of various industry sectors Food & Drinking Sector: >> 130 associated research institutions >> approx. 5.000 enterprises Network of industry & academia performing research
Method: Collective Research Innovation Network for the food and drinking sector in Germany, esp. SMEs Method: pre-competitive collective research Features: - projects generated in a bottum-up approach - applied industrial research related to practice (economic added value) - research organisations research provider SME / industry project monitoring - dissemination and transfer is organised by both - projects proposed and coordinated by the FEI
Project performance research organisation project project monitoring group (industry) functions: - execution of the project - periodical reporting - transfer of knowledge - advise and support to implement project results results functions: - steering of the projects by milestones (regular meetings) - discussion and utilization of intermediate results - co-decision of conceptual changes in the project, mode of transfer and dissemination of results, time of publication - assisting broad and efficient knowledge transfer dissemination & transfer pilot installations and productions staff exchange ----- publications advisory services conferences, seminars and workshops integration of multipliers industrial implementation
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