TECHFOOD EU-ASIA aims at fostering technological and business
collaboration among Small and Medium-sized enterprises from EU Countries (Italy,
Hungary and Slovenia) and Asian Countries (China, Mongolia and Vietnam) in the
Field of Food Processing and Food Packaging Technologies.
Main Objectives
The
project TECHFOOD EU-ASIA is designed to:
- strengthen mutual trade and
investment flows between the regions and foster the development of the target
sector in project partner countries by establishing of new business cooperation
initiative and know-how transfer;
- improve the competitiveness of SMEs, with
particular attention to the foodstuff products’ quality and security management;
- establish networking and co-operation links among sectoral associations and
public institutions in EU and Asian project partner countries, in order to
exchange best practices, develop common strategies, promote joint initiatives.
Main Actions
Phase 1. Preparatory activities
- Realisation of a Market Survey of
the target sector in each project partner countries;
- Dissemination of a
project’s SMEs catalogue of selected companies from the target sectors;
- Identification and selection of SMEs from target sector in all project partner
counties.
Phase 2. Matchmaking activities
- Scheduling of bilateral meeting
between European an Asian companies;
- Organization of two big matchmaking events, in Italy and China;
- Organization of two workshop related to the target
sector.
Phase 3. Follow up actions
- Advisory services on demand for European and
Asian small and medium-size enterprises;
- Dissemination of Project Final Results.
Partners
- China Council for the Promotion of International Trade - China
- Consorzio Sviluppo e Impresa - Italy
- Innovation Association Kopernikuz - Hungary
- University of Primorska / Science and Research Centre of Koper - Slovenia
- Mongolian National Chamber of Commerce and Industry - Mongolia
- Vietnam Association of Food Science and Technology - Vietnam
Associates
- CERMET Certification and quality research company - Italy -
http://www.cermet.it
- Confagricoltura Veneto - Italy - http://www.confagri.ve.it
- Shaanxi Food Association - China
- Ministry of Economy - Slovenian Intellectual Property Office -
Slovenia - http://www.uil-sipo.si
- Hungarian Association of Packaging and Materials
Handling - Hungary