CROSS-BORDER COOPERATION PROJECT FOR IMPROVING KNOWLEDGE ABSORTION in AGROINDUSTRY SMEs

POCTEP P.O.C.T.E.P Cross-border Cooperation Programme Spain-Portugal.

TERRITORIAL AREA Alto Alentejo Alentejo Central Alentejo Litoral Baixo Alentejo Cádiz Huelva Sevilla Córdoba

PARTNERSHIP

OBJECTIVES Promoting the transfer of news technologies … …to improve processes in the agro-food industry.

SCOPE Selecting and identifying innovative technological solutions Identifying simulation models for these technologies and virtual implementation Sensitizing on integration needs of new cross-border technologies Creating sustainable networks for technologies transfer in Alentejo and Andalusia

PHASES

PROJECT PHASES NEW TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATION STUDY 1 MATRIX TECNOLOGIES AVAILABLE 2 ANALYSIS AND SELECTION 3 IMPLEMENTATION 4 May 2011March 2014

STEP 1 Sector technological level. Technological needs demand. Impact of new technologies incorporation. DIAGNOSIS OF THE TECHNOLOGICAL SITUATION OF THE AGRO-FOOD INDUSTRY SECTOR NEW TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATION STUDY 1

STEP 2 Technologies offer catalog MATRIX TECHNOLOGIES AVAILABLE 2 MATRIX OF TECHNOLOGICAL DEMAND AND OFFER Matrix of companies Suppliers and demanders.

STEP 3 ANALYSING, SELECTING AND OPTIMIZING THE TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER PROCESS. ANALYSIS AND SELECTION 3 TT Best Practices guideen TT. Basic recommendations Analysis, selection and optimization of Technology Transfer Methodologies

STEP 4 IMPLEMENTING AND VALIDATING SOLUTIONS IMPLEMENTATION 4 Case studies for technologies validation Implementing and validating solutions through simulation and demostration techniques in Pilot Plants (TEICA y CITADESVA) Methodology Manual

MAIN RESULTS Meeting between Research Centers – Beja, 2011 July 19 th

MAIN RESULTS CREATING NETWORKS BETWEEN A2 TRANSFER COMPANIES AND INSTITUTIONS Tecnology Transfer seminars Alentejo/Andalusia TEICA - Cortegana, 12 th December 2011 ADESVA - Lepe, 2 nd November 2011 November

MAIN RESULTS “Carta de Principios” signature – Entities from Andalusia and Alentejo joined a cross-border network of knowledge centers and agents

MAIN RESULTS Colaboration between Escola Superior Agrária de Beja and TEICA - Undergraduate students training for curricular practices Framework Partnership Agreement to develop research projects- CEBAL (Alentejo) and TEICA (Andalusia), signed on November 30 th, 2012

MAIN RESULTS Technology Transfer Workshops Alentejo/Andalusia New technologies for irrigation control – IFAPA – Lepe, 21 st June 2012 Labelling solutions in meat industry –TEICA – Cortegana, 6 th June 2012

MAIN RESULTS Technology Transfer Workshops Alentejo/Andalusia Technology transfer in the meat sector– Portel, 30th november 2012 Study visit - FERCARNES Seminar – Nearly 100 participants (companies, entities and academics) working in the meat sector Alentejo/Andalusia

Principales resultados Technology Transfer Workshops Alentejo/Andalusia Landraces – Marketing and sales - Beja, 15 th March 2013 Seminar – 122 participants from meat sector in Alentejo/Andalusia (partners, entrepreuneurs, researchers, academics and vocational training students)

MAIN RESULTS IBERGRANATUM, SL e IBERGRANATUM, Lda. (Promegranate) Examples of cross-border cooperation O’TREVO / IFAPA (Weed and water management)

MAIN RESULTS Demo Days Alentejo/Andalusia Pilot Plant TEICA Pilot Plant ADESVA - CIDERTA Cortegana, 9 th October 2012 Huelva, 11 th -12 th December 2012

MAIN RESULTS A2 TRANSFER DAY IN OVIBEJA FAIR Study visits – ESAB experimental plots and COTR (Operational and Technological Irrigation Center) Seminar – More than 100 agricultural companies and scientific system entities from Alentejo and Andalusia

MAIN RESULTS 33 SMEs / companies with specific support 31 queries (raised after transfer actions) answered

WEBPAGE A2 TRANSFER COMMUNICATION Webpage Video A2 TRANSFER Methodology A2 TRANSFER

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