INNOWINE Internationalisation and transfer of specialisation and know how in the wine-oenological sector of Friuli Venezia Giulia Region KICK OFF MEETING Novi Sad June 2012

Partnership  INFORMEST (Lead Partner)  UNIVERSITY of UDINE: Dept. of Food Science (DIAL)  APPLIED GENOMICS INSTITUTE (IGA)  FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE, UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD  FACULTY OF FOOD TECHNOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF OSIJEK  REGIONAL AGENCY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SLAVONIA AND BARANJA

Project Area  Friuli Venezia Giulia Region  County of Osijek-Baranja  Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, with a particular focus on Fruska Gora Project Official Starting Date: 4 June 2012 Duration: 18 months

From the results and inputs received during the SEENET programme, Action 3A Objectives Improvement of the quality of auctoctonous wine productions Transfer of scientific and technological know how Strengthen of the cooperation between institutions at a transnational level Strengthen of the public administration

Beneficiaries Local producers in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina and in Osijek Baranja County Universities (students, reasearchers etc.) Innovation Centres Local administrations Local populations

ACTIVITIES Work Package TitlePartner Responsible 1Management and CoordinationINFORMEST 2Communication and DisseminationINFORMEST 3Valorisation of the autoctonous wine production through the istruments of applied genomic IGA 4Improvement of the Laboratories for the wine analysis in the University of Novi Sad and Osjiek UNiVERSITY OF NOVI SAD 5Strengthen of the cooperation between Universities and support to the mobility of reasearchers, students etc. UNIVERSITY OF UDINE – DIAL

Informest Team Vanessa Sanson – Project manager Cristiana D’Incà – Financial manager Anna Margotti External Experts Andrea Cecchini WP3 and WP4 Graziano Lorenzon WP3 and WP5 (Funding opportunities)

WP1- Management and Coordination Day to day implementation activities Partners and Technical Meeting Financial Management WP2 - Communication and Disseminan Drafting of a communication plan Creation and Maintenance of INNOWINE website Dissemination Material Final Event

WP3 - Valorisation of the autoctonous wine production through the instruments of applied genomic Establishment of a MTA (Material Transfer Agreeement) between Uni Novi Sad, UNIUD and IGA Multiplication of the selections: one reasercher of the Facuty of Agricuture of Novi Sad will join IGA for 2 /3 months staying -> training Experimental field (Uni Novi Sad) Developement of protocols Monitoring of EU opportunities to further finance the initiative through grants. Transanational programmes (etc)

WP4 - Improvement of the Laboratories for the wine analysis in the University of Novi Sad and Osjiek Inventory of the exhisting technical equipment and identification of the equipment to be purchased Purchasing of the equipments and staff training Promotion of the new offered servcies during the organisation of open events, debates, etc.

WP 5 - Strengthen of the cooperation between Universities and support to the mobility of reasearchers, students etc Study visits to draft the cooperation agreement to support the mobility between involved Univesity Definition of an international course on oenology Cooperation Agreement Signature Monitoring of funds at a local, national and EU level to support the cooperation and the students/researchers mobility

ADMINISTRATIVE RULES and PROCEDURES Regional Decree and related Advanced Payment by Friuli Venezia Giulia Region to INFORMEST (on the way) Partnership agreement will be signed in the next 20 days Advanced payment request* Expenditures Eligibility: starting from: 4 June 2012 Progress Report: Every 4 months, narrative and financial * * Templates will be sent by INFORMEST

In order to report the costs related to human resources it has to be provided: Paid out invoice/salaries (payrolls) and relative proof of payment Contract/engagement letter Table with working day rate including social security payments etc. In case of an external expert: CV and Report of the activity carried out

Travel costs Some instructions: - authorization of the business trip to be provided in any case -plane/train => economy class, -taxi, parking: refundable with verifiable justifications -car: 1/5 of the average fuel cost to apply to the dates of the travel -rental car: allowed (rental contract, invoice, payment to be kept and attached to the report) Travel expenditures are to be backed by pages, train tickets, boarding passes (if any). It is also advised to provide further documents facilitating the traceability of the expenditures (description of the purpose of the travel/target groups, minutes of the meeting, mission report) -Meals -Accomodations -PROOF of PAYMENT!

Purchasing of Materials -At least 3 offers/Tender Procedure -Contract -Invoice -Proof of Payments Contact INFORMEST financial manager before undertaking any procedure in order to verify the compliance with the project administrative procedures!!

All the invoices should provide a clear indication of the expenditure made, clearly linked to a particular activity of the project. A translation in italian or English has to be provided for the invoices made in any other language Invoice addressed: partner, clearly quoting also the project INNOWINE

WP2 Communication and Dissemination -Logo -Web Site: (the domain will be purchased by next week), language? -Web site structure: -Home page -Partnership -Online contact form -Calendar for events/activities -Intranet Area (for documents exchange etc.) -News By 2nd July: BRIEF Partner Description and High Def Logo To be sent to: INFORMEST project manager and Webmaster!

Thank you for your attention INFORMEST Via Cadorna Gorizia ITALY Tel: Fax: