National Pilot Platforms
• Seven key TOR for NPP development identified
• Undertaken mapping of stakeholder interactions in partner countries
• Completed initial roadmap models for NPPs and a 360 review exercise at project end providing recommendations and roadmap for continuation, expansion and development.
• Established three stakeholder databases categorising the aquaculture sectors in partner countries
• NPPs are developing and prioritising their own national SRIA agendas whilst continuing to promote and develop the domestic legitimacy and ownership of their platforms.
Trade, Social Sustainability and Inclusion
- Reports have been published relating to trade, certification and inclusion models in south east Asian / European aquaculture.
Capacity Building, Alignment and Training Survey
• A report on results of a training survey, the development of open education training materials and online portal.
• The Alignment Workshop Report highlights key insights from both Europe and south-east Asia into educational structures, challenges and development of education in aquaculture with a particular focus to innovation and mobility.
• Capacity Building Workshops:.Three EURASTiP Capacity Building workshops brought together 150 participants from 28 different countries.
EURASTiP Exchange Programme
To maximise collaboration and strategic partnership, 4 calls totalling 54 funded exchanges took place, with work packages 2&4 having combined resources proved to be a very popular and successful programme for educators, researchers and industry.
Thematic Brokerage
3 Brokerage events took place, one in Brussels and two held back to back in Vietnam and Thailand. These very successful and well attended events collaborated with other EC projects, the EEAS, EuroCham, EATiP MiPs and national platforms. EEAS trade representatives have encouraged additional targeted trade missions to build on se Asian - European relations.
Linkage with ASEAN FEN
EURASTiP has boosted ASEAN-FEN’s reputation as a platform to promote academic/research excellence in the field of aquaculture. ASEAN-FEN has expanded its role as a centre to promote foreign academic staff and student training. This has attracted more universities in ASEAN to enrol in ASEAN-FEN. EURASTiP has assisted ASEAN-FEN in establishing new collaboration in Europe.
Dissemination
• The project website – www.eurastip.eu
• Successful project social media – Twitter and YouTube Channel
• Factsheets, flyers and promotional materials for use at events and conferences, all multi language.
• A widespread promotional campaign across Europe, se-Asia and at other international events. A detailed dissemination log gives a breakdown on this far reaching activity.
Administration
• Online project management
• A project risk assessment
• Meeting minutes and reports
Gender Equity and Equality
EURASTIP partners have made a commitment to promote gender equality across all the platform’s activities. To this extent a gender panel has been formed and three gender panel reports submitted as project deliverables. Project dissemination activity includes promotion of gender issues in aquaculture. The gender panel lead chaired a new session of Women in Aquaculture at Aquaculture Europe 2019
EATiP Mirror Platforms
The EATiP Mirror Platform (MiP) network proved to be a key agent within the EURASTiP project and project methodology. EURASTiP has facilitated and part financed a number of MiP events. Joint meetings were held with EATiP, MiPs and NPPs to address multi stakeholder platform methodology and areas of mutual interest between MiPs and NPP representatives.