The investment opportunities generated by the S3P Agri-Food will contribute to a more competitive and sustainable EU food supply chain, more resilient food systems, and to a more effective targeting of the EU regional funds on growth and jobs, especially through the numerous SMEs and micro-companies that make up this chain. The Platform will also promote the complementarity of funding instruments in the support of an investment project pipeline.

FACTS AND INFORMATION ON THE S3P AF PLATFORM (as of 31/01/2020)
* 59 national and subnational entities from 23 countries (19 EU countries and 4 non-EU)
* The majority are from Italy (11), Spain (8), Netherlands (6), Finland (4), France (4), Hungary (4)
* Five Partnerships:
- Consumer Involvement in Agri-Food (4),
- High-tech Farming (34),
- Nutritional Ingredients (10),
- Smart Sensors for Agri-Food (16)
- Traceability and Big Data (22)
PAST MILESTONES
2019 Autumn Agri-food Working Committee Semi-annual Meeting was organised within the context of the event entitled Digitalisation and New Technologies in Agri-food and took place on 3-4 December 2019 in Malaga, Spain.
2019 Spring Agri-food Working Committee Semi-annual Meeting took place on 27 March 2019 in Florence. Presentations are available on the event webpage.
The S3 Thematic Platforms Conference and Meetings was held on 27 and 28 November in Bilbao. Smart Specialisation Platform on Agri-food Working Committee Semi-annual Meeting took place on 28 November. Please visit the webpage for further information, presentations and the final report.
S3P Agri-food Semi-annual Working Committee meeting took place in Seinajoki, Finland on 11th June 2018 . The Working Committee consists of all regions participating in Agri-food thematic partnerships. As a result, these Working Committee Meetings bring together the European Commission services and representatives of all Agri-food thematic partnerships. Further information and presentations are available here and the report here.
Smarter Regions 2.0 Conference: the 2nd High-level Smart Regions event, took place on 1-2 June 2017 in Helsinki, and provided the opportunity to national and regional authorities to share experience of how Smart Specialisation has been implemented in their countries and regions. Further information is available here.
Kick-off event of S3P - Agri-Food took place on the 6-7 December 2016 in Florence, Italy.
This meeting resulted in the first group of partnerships formally joining the Agri-Food S3 Platform as members. At the same time, it resulted in agreed working arrangements to prepare partnerships in thematic areas and establish a project investment pipeline, in particular for pilots and demonstrators in the targeted areas. The European Commission is committed to develop support and advisory services to accelerate this project pipeline. Presentations are available here.
References
Ciampi Stancova, K. 2019. Interregional Cooperation in agri-food smart specialisation. Regional Studies Asociation. Regions e-Zine, Issue 3.
Ciampi Stancova, K. and A. Cavicchi, 2018. Smart Specialisation and the Agri-food system: a European perspective. Palgrave Macmillan.
Radosevic, S. and Ciampi Stancova, K. 2018. “Internationalising Smart Specialisation: Assessment and Issues in the Case of EU New Member States.” Journal of the Knowledge Economy, March 2018, Vol. 9, Issue 1 pp.263-293.
Ciampi Stancova, K., and A. Cavicchi. 2017. Dynamics of Smart Specialisation Agri- food Trans-regional Cooperation, JRC Technical Reports.
Cavicchi, A. and K., Ciampi Stancova. 2016. Food and gastronomy as elements of regional innovation strategies. European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Institute for Prospective Technological Studies, Spain.
Brennan L., Rakhmatullin R. 2015. Global Value Chains and Smart Specialisation Strategy. Thematic Work on the Understanding of Global Value Chains and their Analysis within the Context of Smart Specialisation. JRC S3 Policy Brief.