Transcript Diapositivo 1 - Federalimentare

Portuguese National
Technology Platform Food
For Life
Rome, 14-04-2007
Background
Portugal has a poor record of industrial spending on R&D
and Innovation, this is very accentuated in the food
sector.
State distributed funding, although modest, is much
higher than industry own funding.
SMEs are predominant with essentially regional and
national markets.
High quality R&D, training and scientific service suppliers
relevant to the food sector do exist, but they are
relatively few and poorly articulated with each other.
No coordinating agency exists for the food sector.
Portuguese National Technology Platform Food For Life
The food cluster in Portugal
The country has a food production in most sectors from
fish and meat through to complex transformed products.
Consumer products of high added value are a relatively
small proportion of the total.
Fruits and vegetables, dairy products and wines are
sectors with significant exports.
Of the secondary areas the metallurgic industry, software,
packaging, logistics, services and animal feeds have
significant
national
industries
whereas
specialist
equipment and ingredients are largely imported.
Portuguese National Technology Platform Food For Life
State distributed
Innovation
funding
for
R&D
and
Funding can be both nationally and, in the case of
innovation, regionally distributed.
A specific Innovation Agency exists to distribute funds for
research in and with private companies. Many different
programmes,
relatively
complex
and
beurocratic
processes.
Strategic research areas are determined by official bodies
and any input from the food sector is informal,
unstructured and consultative.
Portuguese National Technology Platform Food For Life
Proposal for platform; current situation
FIPA is creating the conditions to launch a platform which
largely follows the ETP-F4L philosophy.
Aims to:
• Influence strategic research programmes relevant to
competitiveness of the food cluster.
• Influence training and learning initiatives relevant to
competitiveness of the food cluster.
• Act as the interface between the science and technology
supply sector and the food sector.
Portuguese National Technology Platform Food For Life
Proposal
for
platform; current
(cont.)
FIPA has contacted major universities
preparation of initial documents.
situation
to
assist
ETP widely disseminated in Portugal.
1st Stakeholder meeting planned for May / June 2007
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