SUSFOOD- ERANET IN SUSTAINABLE FOOD (2011-2013)
Elika, on behalf of the Department of Environment, Territorial Plannig, Agriculture and Fisheries of the Basque Government, is a member of SUSFOOD, Coordination and Support Action on Sustainable Food.
The goal of SUSFOOD is to reinforce the scientific cooperation between EU member and associated states in order to maximise the contribution of research to the development of more sustainable food systems.
This ERANET will foster the coordination between the participants’ programmes through a need-driven four-step approach:
- Information exchange and mapping to improve mutual acquaintance and share of best practices
- Strategic orientation of research programmes to eliminate overlapping and tackle unaddressed and novel issues
- Joint activities to consolidate and harmonise partnership and outline common vision and agenda
- Calls for proposals to support joint strategic research activities.
The consortia is composed of another 24 governmental organizations responsible for Food programmes funding and management The European Commission has recently approved this ERANET with a 2 millions Euros budget during 36 months.
More information on SUSFOOD will be published soon.
SAFEFOODERA- FOOD SAFETY ERANET (2004-2009)
The aim of this Food Safety ERANET has been to establish an European Platform for the strategic cooperation and development of joint and transnational research activities on Food Safety among the 25 European participating countries, included Basque Country as the unique region. The ultimate goal of this network is to protect the European population against health risks from the consumption of food.
In the last phase, an Emerging Risk PLATFORM proposal was launched. The overall aim of this Platform is to analyze and exchange information on current and future research related to the emerging risks, and to develop strategic future actions to achieve the proactive identification of emerging feed and food safety risks.
