S3P Agri-food Working Committee Semi-annual Meeting

  • 11 Jun 2018 to 11 Jun 2018
  • Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences Kampusranta 11, Frami F-building, 60320 Seinäjoki

The Working Committee consists of all regions participating in Agri-food thematic partnerships and as a result, this Working Committee Meeting in Seinajoki brough together the European Commission services and representatives of all Agri-Food thematic partnerships. Over 50 regional stakeholders discussed the implementation of the Platform's activities while focusing on practical and methodological ways to resolve current and potential issues, and provide strategic guidance. This meeting took place in Seinajoki, Finland on 11th June 2018.

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Agenda and Presentations

FINAL AGENDA (PDF)

11 June 2018

Morning session 

  
 

 

  
09:45 - 10:00 Registration and coffee  
10:00 - 10:15 Welcome and official opening  
 

Antti Saartenoja, Deputy Regional Mayor of Southern Ostrobothnia region

  
 

DG AGRI, DG REGIO and DG RTD and JRC

  
10:15 – 11:15

Thematic Smart Specialisation Platform on Agri-Food, part 1

  
 
  • S3P Agri-Food Platform: progress and results achieved (Ruslan Rakhmatullin, JRC)

 
  • Update on the activities and progress to date from Agri-Food Partnerships:
  
 

Smart sensors 4 agri-food (Veerle Rijckaert, Flanders)

 

Consumer involvement in agri-food innovation (Theo Neyenhuis, Food Valley region/Province of Gelderland)

 

Nutritional ingredients (Sophie Bourez, Wallonia)
 
  • Q&A
  
11:15 – 11:30

Coffee break

  
11:30 – 12:15

Thematic Smart Specialisation Platform on Agri-Food, part 2

  
 
  • DG REGIO Pilot Action (Alessandra Lepore, DG REGIO)

 
  • Update from partnerships supported by the DG REGIO Pilot Action:
  
 

High Technology Farming (Fabio Boscaleri, Tuscany)

 

Traceability and Big Data (Agnes Trarieux, Pays de la Loire)
 
  • Q&A
  
12:15 – 13:30

Synergies with EU programmes and initiatives

  
 
  • Synergies between ERDF and Framework Programmes (Davide Amato, DG RTD)
 
  • EU funds for agricultural innovation (Alexia Rouby, DG AGRI)

 
  • Synergies with EIT Food (Begoña Perez Villarreal, EIT FOOD) - via Skype

 
  • Synergies with Interreg Europe (Erwin Siweris, Interreg Europe)

 
  • EIB project financing (Jukka Luukkane, EIB)

 
  • Q&A

 
13:30 – 14:30 Lunch break  
     
 

Afternoon session

  
14:30 – 16:15 Parallel discussions (sessions)        
 

 

Introduction to the Session by Ruslan Rakhmatullin (European Commission, JRC)

*      Regional commitment and governance issues

*       Mapping and matching competences to align innovation roadmaps

*       Investment projects – Types of instruments

Moderated by representatives of lead regions as well as experts, with participation of EC representatives

 
16:15 – 16:30

Coffee break

  
16:30 – 17:00 Reporting from the parallel sessions and conclusions  
 

Discussions and Q&A

  
 

Closing

  

 

 

 

Practical Information

When
11 Jun 2018 to 11 Jun 2018
Where
Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences Kampusranta 11, Frami F-building, 60320 Seinäjoki
Registration Information
Participation is by invitation only.

Description

We would like to thank all speakers and participants for a great event in Seinajoki! Please also note that all presentations are now uploaded below.

Many partnership activities supported by the Thematic Platform on Agri-food are built on regular exchanges between the European Commission services and European regions leading and/or taking part in various thematic partnerships. To ensure the smooth functioning of this joint initiative, it has been agreed to meet twice a year to discuss implementation of the Platform's activities, resolve potential issues, and provide strategic guidance.

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.

The Working Committee meetings offer lead and partner regions an opportunity to:

  • assess and benchmark the progress of each partnership, discuss any ongoing/future challenges and develop new solutions;

  • obtain information on possible synergies with other initiatives, e.g. Interreg, EIT Food or EIB;

  • discuss and share strategic guidance for the next period on key issues such as building synergies with EU funding programmes, overcoming regulatory obstacles for investment, understanding financial instruments, and skills.

Furthermore, S3P Agri-food Working Committee meetings offer thematic partnerships to organise their technical meetings.

All participants of the S3P Agri-food Semi-annual Working Committee meeting were invited to participate in the Food Safety 2020 event taking place on 11-13 June 2018 at Seinajoki University of Applied Sciences. The event was organised by the ERIAFF network and focused

on the following three themes: High Tech Agriculture, Nutrition, and Big Data. 

An additional public session was organised by the S3 Platform on the 13th of June as part of the ERIAFF event. The session (titled ''Smart Specialisation Platform for Agri-Food: Exploring Opportunities for Interregional Collaboration and Joint Investment in Strategic Growth Areas") ran from 10:00 to 11:30 am on WEDNESDAY, 13 JUNE 2018 (Room - Glass Palace F144). This session was open to all ERIAFF participants.

 

Contact

In case you have questions regarding the event, please contact Katerina.Ciampi-Stancova@ec.europa.eu

Venue

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