CAPITALISATION PLANAvignon, 17 – 18 of May 2011

AGROENVIRONMED project aims to realize a long-lasting Med Agro-food Platform that will act as a techno-environmental cluster, helping the dissemination of eco-innovative technologies and know-how and improving the competitiveness of the sector.

The Techno Environmental Platform TEP will be an operational tool running in an interactive web area fostering the transfer of available environmental technologies and best practices among the relevant stakeholders with the aim of reducing the environmental impact of the agro-food companies and increasing their competitiveness.

The Capitalisation Plan will identify the strategy to ensure exploitaton and sustainability of the Platform beyond project’s execution through the website, allowing communication among all members of the platform, in synergies with other European and INTERREG projects and other interested actors in Med area.

OBJECTIVES:

Networking and communication among stakeholders at regional and interregional level.

Database of eco-innovation technologies and best practices reducing the environmental impact – BATs and BEPs.

Advisoring to agro-food SMEs.

TEP's SERVICES:

Agro-food SMEs

Tech providers

Knowledge providers (universities, research centers, S&T parks)

Policy makers

BENFICIARIES:

Tools updating (website and other communicaion, TEP and databases).

Exchange of experiences with other projects, networks and platforms.

Platform expansion (new sectors, members and Countries- Meiterranean not EU).

Funds raising.

CAPITALISATION ACTIONS:

Basic – Partners' resources for 1 year more.

Advanced – New funds' subventions for 3 years more.

LEVELS:

BASIC LEVEL (1 year)

Communication

Web site management (IAT). Articles and newsletter (IAT – feedbacks from all):2/3 technical articles2/3 newsletters . Liasons with Regional and National Authorities (all).

TEP (ARTI)

SMEs' updating (sub-sectors) BATs and BEPs databases updating Questionnaires of satisfaction

Capitalisation management and monitoring (STPS)

Plan coordination and up-dating (STPS)Liaison with JTS and MA (IAT)Partners internal communication (IAT):

Intranet2 web conferences

TOOLS UPDATING (1 of 3):

ADVANCED LEVEL (3 years)

Communication

Web site management and improvement (IAT). Articles and newsletters of old and new sub-sectors (IAT – feedbacks from

all):2/3 technical articles per year2/3 newsletters per year.

Regional Contact Points (all).

TEP (ARTI)

Expansion New sub-sectors New parnters WGs

New regional sub-sectors characterization Up-dating of the Mediterranean Agrofood technological characterization Up-dating of BATs and BEPs of new subsectors Up-dating of prospective technological studies (ZRBistra)

TOOLS UPDATING (2 of 3):

ADVANCED LEVEL

Capitalisation management and monitoring (STPS)

EGTC constitution International body recognized by the EU with the task of facilitating and

enhancing territorial cooperation in specific field “Eco-innovation zero impacts in agro-food SMEs”.

Technical and scientific committees Plus steering committee and WGs

TOOLS UPDATING (3 of 3):

BASIC LEVEL

Communication and TEP

Web site Articles and newsletters Databases

EXCHANGE OF EXPERIENCES:

ADVANCED LEVEL (1 of 2)

Regional and national conferences in each Region

TARGETS Agro-food SMEs Tech providers Knowledge providers Policy makersProjects' partnerships

EXCHANGE OF EXPERIENCES:

ADVANCED LEVEL (2 of 2)

Participation in fairs (Agro-food, Environment, Eco-innovations)

1 PER REGIONS AND 1 PER NATIONSHolding a conference in Agro-food eco-innovationsInfo-points

BATs and BEPs international awards

International levelAgro-food SMEs showing best-practices and eco-innovationsAwarding best-practices

BASIC LEVEL

Analysis of expansion (deliverable) including:

Other existing platform More functional models More themes and sub-sectors Integration of other toolsExploration of Not EU Mediterranean Members

TEP EXPANSION:

ADVANCED LEVEL

New TEP implemenation

New functional models New themes and sub-sectors Integration of other toolsSocial networkInvolvement of Not EU Mediterranean Members

BASIC LEVEL

Liaisons with Regional and National authorities.

Participation in call for project proposals and/or programmes

Hypothesis of associations or foundations.

Private company investigation.

Plan for the establishment of the EGTC.

FUND RAISING:

ADVANCED LEVEL

Liaisons with MED partnerships interested to capitalize activities

Request to the JTS/MA to provide funds for capitalization plans

Liaison with other European and International organizations

Constitution of the EGTC

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