Transcript Romanian National Food Technology Platform “Food for life”

Romanian National Food
Technology Platform
Eng. Adriana MACRI
Institute of Food Bioresources - Romania
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Initiative
Institute of Food Bioresources (IBA) has taken the
initiative to build the National Food Technology
Platform:
• Institute of Food Bioresources is a public food
research institute, belonging to the Ministry of
Agriculture;
• National Authority of Scientific Research (ANCS)
coordinates the organization of all the national
platforms.
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Activities…
Dissemination:
Information about ETP ”Food for Life” and
Romanian initiative:
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over 200 e-mails
over 70 faxes
over 60 phones
40 regular mails.
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Activities…
- 5th February – meeting with ANCS representatives
- 14th February – presentation of the platform
initiative to Food Industry Federation ROMALIMENTA
- 9th March – meeting with industry
(ROMALIMENTA and only several industry
representatives)
- 12th March – meeting with all stakeholders and
ANCS
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Activities….
Lobby:
- to the Ministry of Agriculture (meeting in
January with representatives of research
department )
- to the Ministry of Health.
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Results
- increasing of stakeholders number for
platform working groups
- scientific community very well represented
(14 universities and 10 research institutes)
- high support from the National Association for
Consumer Protection (non-governmental
association)
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Results
Establishing of:
- Chairman – Food Industry Federation
Romalimenta
- Secretariat – Institute of Food Bioresources
(Adriana Macri)
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PROBLEMS
Reduced participation of the industry
▪ involved:
- Romanian Food Industry Federation
- Milling and Baking Industry Association
- 3 large companies
▪ no one SME or multinational company
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We need to get help, advices from
the existing platforms:
- methods, strategies to involve more industry
- increasing the dialog with governmental
institutions
- financial items.
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INSTITUTE OF FOOD BIORESOURCES
6 DINU VINTILA STREET 2
021102 BUCHAREST
ROMANIA
Tel./Fax: 00402109128; 00402113639
E-mail: [email protected]
[email protected]
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