Objective Although international competition is becoming more and more severe and capricious consumers demand innovative products, RTD investments in the food sector have remained relatively low over the last decade. This project aims to increase the volume and effectiveness of these investments by regional policies. This network of emerging food regions aims at the development of strategies, tools and policies to increase regional investments in RTD. The European Food and Drink industry represents one of the largest manufacturing sectors in Europe. FINE starts with comparing the profiles of the participating regions by regional SWOT-analysis, mostly based on already available data, experiences and templates. Based upon the comparison and recommendations, each region will define a new strategy to stimulate RTD investments in its food cluster. The good and bad practises will be translated to recommendations for regional, national as well as European policy makers in general. Finally regional profiles, ambitions and strategies will be translated into ten interregional RTD projects in food. Each participant will further communicate and sink in the strategic recommendations with all regional stakeholders (universities, policy makers, companies etc.) and at the same time develop interregional projects in line with the developed regional RTD strategy. Concrete results of FINE will be: 1. Shared best practices, regional strategies, policy recommendations and policy tools to stimulate regional investments in RTD in general and in the food regions within FINE in particular. 2. An action programme for Europe's hotspots in the field of food RTD and innovation with ten interregional projects to increase investments in RTD. 3. A long term collaboration between the regional actors in the field of food related RTD with an aim to: a. Benefit from each other complementarities b. Promote the formation of the European Research Area. Fields of science medical and health scienceshealth sciencespublic healthsocial scienceseconomics and businesseconomicsproduction economicsproductivity Programme(s) FP6-SME - Horizontal research activities involving SMEs: Specific activities covering wider field of research under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006. Topic(s) SME-1 - Co-operative Research (all areas of science and technology) Call for proposal FP6-2004-KNOW-REG-2 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CA - Coordination action Coordinator ONTWIKKELINGSMAATSCHAPPIJ OOST NEDERLAND NV EU contribution No data Address HENGELOSESTRAAT 585 5518 ENSCHEDE Netherlands See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (8) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all ASTER S.CONS.P.A. Italy EU contribution No data Address Via Gobetti 101 - Area della Ricerca di Bologna BOLOGNA See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data CENTRO DE AUTOMATIZACIÓN, ROBÓTICA Y TECNOLOGÍAS DE LA INFORMACIÓN Y DE LA FABRICACION Spain EU contribution No data Address Parque Tecnologico de Boecillo, Parcela 205 BOECILLO See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data CENTURIA RIT - ROMAGNA INNOVAZIONE TECNOLOGIA SOC.CONSORTILE A.R.L. Italy EU contribution No data Address Via Tortona, 200 CESENA (FC) See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data FUNDACJA UNIWERSYTETU IM. ADAMA MICKIEWICZA Poland EU contribution No data Address UL. RUBIEZ 46 POZNAN See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data SCOTTISH ENTERPRISE United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address 5 ATLANTIC QUAY, 150 BROOMIELAW GLASGOW See on map Total cost No data STIFTELSEN ROGALANDSFORSKNING Norway EU contribution No data Address PROF. OLAV HANSSENSVEI 15 STAVANGER See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITEIT GENT Belgium EU contribution No data Address Sint Pietersnieuwstraat 25 GENT See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data ØRESUND FOOD NETWORK Denmark EU contribution No data Address ARNE JACOBSEN ALLÉ 15-17 COPENHAGEN S See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data