EIP-AGRI The EIP must bridge the gap between research and farming practice focussing on real, existing issues and research needs from the ‘field’ and involve all innovative actors
Jan 12, 2016
EIP-AGRI
The EIP must bridge the gap between research and farming practice
focussing on real, existing issues and research needs from the ‘field’
and
involve all innovative actors
EIP-AGRI Method
• It acts based on an “interactive innovation model”:
• Focus on forming partnerships• Uses bottom-up approaches• Links farmers, researchers, advisors, businesses,
NGOs and other actors in a network The EIP Network
EIP-AGRI Service Point
The EIP-AGRI Service Point acts as a mediator within the EIP Network, enhancing communication and cooperation
between all innovation actors, including farmers, advisors, agri-business, civil society, and
researchers, working at EU, national and regional level.
EIP-AGRI Service Point
• Established in April 2013 by DG Agri• Based in Brussels• Multidisciplinary team
EIP-AGRI Service Point services
• Answering your questions
[email protected] +32 2 543 73 48EIP-AGRI Service PointAvenue de la Toison d’Or 721060 Brussel Belgiumhttp://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/eip/
Organising events
• Seminars• Workshops
• Lisbon 27 February PT, ES, EL, CY, MT• Ljubljana 25-26 March SI, DE, AT, HU, HR• Tallinn 2-3 April EE, PL, LV, LT, FI, DK, SE• Prague 7 May CZ, UK, NL, IE, BG, SK• Paris 21-22 May FR, IT, RO, BE, LU
• Conferences
Events, what's in it for NRN’s?
• mutual participation in upcoming eventso Hostingo Proposals for participants, speakerso Proposals for projectso Support on the programmeo cooperation for disseminating of innovative solutions from
workshops and seminarso …
Focus group concept
• A temporary group of selected experts• Focusing on a specific subject• The tangible output is focused on practical
knowledge and where to get that knowledge as well as ideas for operational group projects
• Charter on the way of working
Focus groups objectives
Practice
Research
Research
needs from practi
ce
Ideas for operational
groups
priorities for innovative
actions
ways to exchange practical knowledg
e
Focus groups, what's in it for NRN’s?
• Proposals for key experts• Dissemination of calls• Motivating farmers and practitioners to apply• Dissemination of results• Involving stakeholders to take up the outcomes of
the focus groups • …
Website and database
Transformation into a new interactive platform
• Search for experts• Funding opportunities• Collecting research needs from practice• Information on innovation actions and research
projects• Finding partners for your project
LinkedIn group
Easy to use E-forms
• Research projects• Innovation actions and initiatives• Research need from practice• Online sources of information
Link to E-forms
Share your information on operational groups
• Reporting foreseen in the EAFRD regulation• EIP-AGRI develops database
o Collect informationo Exchange information
• How to connect and exchange with national and regional information and databases?
• Develop a working group? Send ideas and questions to
Website and database, what's in it for NRN’s?
• Mutual links to existing databases• Translation into own language• Reporting on operational groups• Reporting on thematic networks, multi-actor
approaches, projects in general• Exploring information in the database• Stimulate setting up of operational groups
Monthly newsletters
• Subscribe:http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/eip/service-point/index_en.htm
• Topics– Upcoming events– Results from events– Innovative projects– Actual news– Publications and fact sheets (horizon 2020, operational groups,
Innovation Support services, …)
Newsletter, what's in it for NRN’s?
• Good innovative projects to feed into the newsletters and fact sheets
• Presenting NRN’ s• Translation into own language• …