1. Food Chain Management – European Experiences and Local Solutions FEELS LEONARDO PARTNERSHIP Patrik Rovný - Elena Horská

2. Program in Slovakia December 10, 2008: Project meeting Project meeting Project seminar Project seminar Dinner Dinner December 11, 2008: Thematic visits (3 businesses) Thematic visits (3 businesses) Dinner and meeting with representatives of ASYF Dinner and meeting with representatives of ASYF

3. Context and Motivation Challenges for project team to increase their professional experiences in terms of transferring the experiences or gethering new information in frame of thematic seminar or fieldtrip. Strengthening the cooperation links in European context Strengthening the cooperation links among partner institutions Benefits: Improvement of vocational training Beneficaries: trainers, trainees, businesses in the food chain

4. Introduction of Partner and their involvement in vocational training Coordinator: Slovakia Association of Slovak Young Farmers (Patrik Rovný) Association of Slovak Young Farmers (Patrik Rovný) Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Faculty of Economics and Management (Elena Horská) Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Faculty of Economics and Management (Elena Horská) Food Research Institute (Soňa Supeková) Food Research Institute (Soňa Supeková)

5. Introduction of Partner and their involvement in vocational training Other partners: IAMO (Leibnitz institute of agricultural developments in Central and Eastern Europe) Halle, Germany IAMO (Leibnitz institute of agricultural developments in Central and Eastern Europe) Halle, Germany FH Joanneum (University of Applied Sciences) Austria FH Joanneum (University of Applied Sciences) Austria University of Vaasa, Finland University of Vaasa, Finland Warszaw Agriculture University, Poland Warszaw Agriculture University, Poland Association of Hungarian Young Farmers Association of Hungarian Young Farmers (University of Pisa, Mendel Agricultural and Forestry University) (University of Pisa, Mendel Agricultural and Forestry University)

6. Activities Centralized activities Project seminars Thematic visits Project website (responsible: coordinator) International Monography (responsible: coordinator) Decentralized activities (desinged and managed by each partner) Local dissemination activities (training seminars, information days) Promotion at the national level Slovak team: Book of Case studies „Product, Quality and Agri-food Marketing „Product, Quality and Agri-food Marketing

7. Partnership and points of interests Slovakia: From farm to fork Germany: Development of agri-food sector in the Central and Eastern Europe Poland: Strategic management in agri-business Finland: Food industry and Food product development Austria: Globalization of Brand management in the European food market Hungary: Young farmers and their achievements

8. Plan of project seminars, meetings and thematic visits Slovakia: December, 10 – 11, 2008 Germany: January, 14 – 17, 2009 MACE conference, project meeting, GreenWeek MACE conference, project meeting, GreenWeek Poland: June 2009 Finland: September 2009 Austria: March 2010 Hungary: June 2010

9. Tasks, responsibilities and your comments.... Centralized activities 1.Follow up the plan of project seminars and thematic visits 2.Preparing the international monography for printing: Structure of the monography defined based on your proposals: February 2009 Structure of the monography defined based on your proposals: February 2009 Guidelines for preparing your chapter for international monography: February 2009/coordinator will prepare Guidelines for preparing your chapter for international monography: February 2009/coordinator will prepare Deadline for submitting your contribution: December 2009 Deadline for submitting your contribution: December 2009 3.Website preparation/coordinator – January 2009 Decentralized activities 1.Proposal of decentralized dissemination activities – January 2009

10. Your suggestions... Have a nice stay in Slovakia !!!