BALKAN AGRO FOOD NETWORK


By Mr. Olivier CHARTIER on Mar 05, 2007
Status: Public

The agrifood community from the Western Balkan is getting ready for FP7
An information platform identifying key players in the agricultural and food research sector has been set up at www.bafn.eu within the FP6 project BALKAN AGRO FOOD NETWORK (BAFN). The project aims at facilitating the participation of researchers from the Western Balkan countries in the EU research programmes of the agricultural and food sector.

The project, supported by the European Commission under FP6, started on May 1, 2006 and runs for two years. Partners from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and FYR of Macedonia, as well as organisations from Bulgaria, Hungary and Greece participate in the project. It is coordinated by Euroquality, a consulting company established in Paris. More than 460 research teams and 520 private companies have been identified in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia and FYR of Macedonia. At the beginning of January 2007, the BAFN database already contained detailed information about more than 225 research groups, 535 researchers and 105 companies. These directories help to identify specific competencies in South East Europe and initiate cooperations. Those who register benefit from early warning and are informed regularly about the opportunities offered by the European Union.
Other major outputs of BAFN include a mapping report, identifying the research potential in the field of agricultural and food research and a recommendation report identifying possible future support policies and priority research areas, considered as the priority areas for agricultural and food research cooperation. The report will be a contribution to the implementation of the EU-Balkan Countries Action Plan in Science and Technology.

Article published in eJournal winter 06/07.
Author: Olivier Chartier, BAFN.

Updated information from the BAFN Newsletter (July 2007): http://www.see-science.eu/news/2047.html

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