Rural-ETINET, FP7: Opportunities in the Rural Sector

A EU-funded specific support action entitled Rural-ETINET, with 13 project consortium members, is organizing the workshop “The Seventh Framework Programme: Opportunities in the Rural Sector”

Rural-ETINET aims to set up and manage a network comprised of a series of sub networks of SMEs, with SME representatives and organisations that work with SME businesses in rural areas.
The sub-networks cover the following sectors:
• Novel crops
• On-farm processing
• Forestry/wood chain
• Waste management
• Eco-systems

Rural-ETINET actions have three main goals:
• To promote innovation in SMEs
• To compile, analyse and disseminate information on science and technological developments, applications and markets
• To identify and disseminate best practice.


The workshop on the 7th Framework Programme of Research and Development of the European Union will take place on 1st December 2006 in the “Central Office of Agricultural Ecology” of Italy in Rome

Participation is free and all interested people could attend the training previous request of registration. Please send an email Ms. Materia at materia@apre.itAPRE - Agenzia per la Promozione della Ricerca Europea
P.zza G.Marconi 25 - 00144 Roma
tel. ++39 06 5911817 fax. ++39 06 5911908
www.apre.it