1. Sociedade Portuguesa de Inovação Beijing, December 2004 Cross-Border Agro-Food Processing Platform Strategy

2. Responding to S&T co-operation with China – The Development of a Cross-Border Agro-Food Processing S&T Platform December 2004 Index  Objectives  Discussion Topics:  Platform Mission  Platform Partnerships  Platform Activities  Platform Financing Sources

3. Responding to S&T co-operation with China – The Development of a Cross-Border Agro-Food Processing S&T Platform December 2004 Objectives The general objective is to outline a platform strategy by achieving the following specific objectives:  Identify the Mission and the areas of opportunity;  Identify potential partnerships;  Identify potential activities on developing cross-border collaborations;  Identify sources of funding for platform sustainability.

4. Responding to S&T co-operation with China – The Development of a Cross-Border Agro-Food Processing S&T Platform December 2004 Discussion Topics Platform Mission  Define the platform Mission;  The platform should bring together leading individuals, representing the diversity of the sector to promote long-term cooperation on issues relevant to processing chains for fruits and vegetables.

5. Responding to S&T co-operation with China – The Development of a Cross-Border Agro-Food Processing S&T Platform December 2004 Discussion Topics Platform Partnerships  Identify potential participants (e.g. individuals, associations, agencies, etc.);  Stakeholders identified throughout the project and Core Project Team members can act as a starting foundation for the initial platform partnership;  Existing food networks can be drawn on and leveraged (e.g. Global Food Network, Asian Food Safety Network, etc.);

6. Responding to S&T co-operation with China – The Development of a Cross-Border Agro-Food Processing S&T Platform December 2004 Discussion Topics Platform Activities  Identify potential activities to build partnerships (e.g. individual missions, networking workshops, etc);  Provide specific topics that will attract interest from relevant fields of the agro-food processing sectors (e.g. Traceability, advancements in modified atmosphere packaging);  Identify other means to attract interest from the relevant Chinese and European sector Communities;  Develop platform tools that will provide necessary assistance towards developing partnerships as well as attract interest from the targeted sector communities (e.g. Partnering Database, Topic Based Communities, etc).

7. Responding to S&T co-operation with China – The Development of a Cross-Border Agro-Food Processing S&T Platform December 2004 Discussion Topics Platform Financing Sources  Identify potential national and international funding sources for the Platform’s long-term sustainability (e.g. EU 6 th Framework Programme, Asian Development Bank, etc.);  Identify, if possible, revenue generating platform activities (e.g Web site banner revenue from sector industries).

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