Successful activities, experiences of the Hungarian National Technology Platform ”Food for Life” (1) Using reputation, existing links, information channels of the national federation (ÉFOSZ – FHFI) to involve the industry and the government Development of agreed national innovation strategy of the food industry identifying priorities focusing efforts submitting to several government departments Lobbying at the government Recovery of acknowledgement of the food industry innovation as a priority area for research funding Transfer of information from and to the ETP

Successful activities, experiences of the Hungarian National Technology Platform ”Food for Life” (2) Starting consultation between the industry and the researchers how to improve mutual understanding and collaboration Benefits of SMEs-NET project Survey of industry needs Identifying main problems, hurdles Benchmarking Running the NTP at low cost short, cheap meetings – combined with other events networking no participation fee Regular, repeated communication – every two months Repeated efforts for receiving funding