Liviero Alessandra WP3 manager

 Defining a methodological framework for the establishment of the WP4 Platform  The WP3 defines the platform characteristics in terms of procedures, contents and targets of the (Platform) main activity Timeframe: 1st October 2012 – 29th March 2013

Duration 01/10 – 31/1201/ /03 REPORT OPERATIONAL MANUAL Act. 1 Act.2 Act. 3 models from other sectors determine which apply to agriculture method of transfer to farm businesses services and tools for platform consumption commerce processing 3 Focus groups innovation and competitiveness determine who can access platform List of indicators

Report on Significant approaches to strenghten competitiveness of primary sector Transnational analysis based on survey data: -Identifying economic models, business tools and business support programmes already applied in other sectors whose efficacy and success are proved - defining which of them could be adopted in agriculture and in agro- food sector Transnational analysis based on survey data: -Identifying economic models, business tools and business support programmes already applied in other sectors whose efficacy and success are proved - defining which of them could be adopted in agriculture and in agro- food sector 3 Focus group activity on following aspects: -increasing visibility of the intangible value of agriculture and its products, as well as promotion of procedures to rationalize the agricultural production processes 3 Focus group activity on following aspects: -increasing visibility of the intangible value of agriculture and its products, as well as promotion of procedures to rationalize the agricultural production processes

 Transnational Survey – by 20 th November, we will send to the various WP3 PMs the questionnaire and the instructions for conducting the survey;  The deadline for collecting the questionnaires and sending them back to the LP is 31 December;  In the meantime, you can carry out the bibliographic survey on the significant economic models, business tools and business support programmes activated in your areas, by outlining the most successful experiences.

 We’ll send the instructions and the target groups to be interviewed by 20 th November.  In the meantime, please, you can start looking on the focus groups that will be held between 20 th November and 20 th December.  Send us a report based on the results of the focus groups by 31 st December.

By discussion among WP3 managers: -describing how the economic models, business tools and business support programmes should be adapted to agriculture and the agro-food sector; -describing the services and the tools to be provided by the Platform in order to promote the adoption of such approaches by agricultural enterprises; - defining the minimum requirements for enterprises, with respect to their tendency to innovate, in order to target the provision of services only to those enterprises that are factually potential demanders and users of such services, catching the opportunities provided by the Platform By discussion among WP3 managers: -describing how the economic models, business tools and business support programmes should be adapted to agriculture and the agro-food sector; -describing the services and the tools to be provided by the Platform in order to promote the adoption of such approaches by agricultural enterprises; - defining the minimum requirements for enterprises, with respect to their tendency to innovate, in order to target the provision of services only to those enterprises that are factually potential demanders and users of such services, catching the opportunities provided by the Platform

The final version of the document will be adopted by the partners during the 2° Project Steering Committee meeting in Iasi (Romania). Operational manual for adopting development approaches in agriculture

 All partners are granted a budget for an external expert – please select your expert and define his/her task as quickly as possible;  Please send the name and contact information of the WP3 manager to the LP within a week of the kick-off meeting;  Please respect the scheduled deadlines to avoid delaying the project.

Operational manual for adopting development approaches in agriculture Report on Significant approaches to strengthen the competiveness of the primary sector Basis for the implementation of further project actions WP4, WP5, WP6. Basis for the implementation of further project actions WP4, WP5, WP6.