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- a new EU project of BIG dimensions
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What is a big project?

• SEAFOODplus project has
• 70 participating institutes/industries
• 20 projects
• Total budget 44 mio. euro
• Grant applied for 26 mio. euro
• Proposal submitted 15 April 2003
• Granted July 2003 14,4 mio. euro

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SEAFOODplus project - concept
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ORGANISATION SEAFOODPLUS
 
 
Coordinator Torger Børresen, DIFRES
General assembly   All partner institutions and in
dustry participants
Management Secretariat Jim Codd, ReCos Jette
Donovan Jensen, DIFRES
Council Coordinator chairs the council
RTD team Gertjan Schaafsma, TNO Karen Brunsø,
MAPP David Lees, CEFAS Joop Luten, RIVO Børge
Damsgaard, NIFA Erling Larsen, DIFRES
ITD team Maria Leonor Nunes, IPIMAR Mercedes
Careche, CSIC Lucay Han-Ching, IFREMER Jörg
Oehlenschläger, FRCF Sjöfn Sigurgisladottir,
IFL Begoña Perez Villareal, AZTI
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SEAFOODplus RTD team
Coordinator NIFA, NO
Coordinator RIVO, NL
Coordinator CEFAS, UK
Coordinator MAPP, DK
Coordinator TNO, NL
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SEAFOODplus ITD team
CoordinatorLucay Han-ChingIFREMER, FR
CoordinatorMaria Leonor NunesIPIMAR, PT
Coordinator AZTI, ES
CoordinatorSjöfn SigurgisladottirIFL, IS
Coordinator FRCF, DE
ITD-pillar 4
ITD-pillar 5
ITD-pillar 3
ITD-pillar 2
ITD-pillar 1
ITD-pillar 1 team
ITD-pillar 2 team
ITD-pillar 3 team
ITD-pillar 4 team
ITD-pillar 5 team
Communication to Industry, Consumer
and Public administration Socio-economic, ethical
and gender aspects.
Advanced training activity Human Resource and Mob
ility Marie Curie fellowships Networks.
SME Demonstration.
Dissemination.
Technology transfer Creation of new business
activities.
CoordinatorBegona Perez-VillarealAZTI, ES
CoordinatorJörg OehlenschlägerFRCF, DE
IPP, Coordinator Mercedes Careche, CSIC, ES
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Projects in RTD pillar 1 Seafood and human
nutrition

1. Gastro-inetestinal health with special emphasis
   on reduction of risk of colon cancer and
   inflammatory disease (Fishgastro)
2. Health of young European families and fish
   consumption (Young)
3. Metabolism of n-3 fatty acids and heart disease
   (Metaheart)

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Projects in RTD pillar 2Seafood and consumer
behaviour and well being

1. Seafood consumption Explaining attitudes,
   preferences and eating habits across consumer
   segments in Europe (Consurvey)
2. Improved seafood sensory quality for consumers
   (Seafoodsense)
3. Seafood information and communication Assessment
   of consumers needs for seafood information and
   development of effective seafood communication
   (Sea-infocom)
4. Consumer evaluation and willingness to buy
   convenience and tailor-made seafood products
   (Conevaluate)

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Projects in RTD pillar 3Seafood safety

1. Development of standard reference methods for
   hepatitis A virus and Norovirus in bivalve
   molluscan shellfish (Refhepa)
2. Reduction of risk in shellfish harvesting areas
   (Redrisk)
3. Seafood Enhanced assessment of bacterial
   associated contamination (Seabac)
4. Biogenic amines in seafood assessment and
   management consumer exposure (Biocom)

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Projects in RTD pillar 4Seafood from source to
consumer product

1. High-added value functional seafood products for
   human health from seafood byproducts by
   innovative mild processing (ProPepHealth)
2. Hurdle technology, including minimal processing,
   to ensure quality and safety of convenience
   seafood (Hurdletech)
3. Preventing seafood lipid oxidation and texture
   softening to maintain healthy components and
   quality of seafood (Lipidtext)
4. Consumer driven development of innovative
   tailor-made seafood products to improve health of
   consumers (Conprod)

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Projects in RTD pillar 5Seafood from
aquaculture

1. Physiology and genetics of seafood quality traits
   (Bioqual)
2. Ethical quality traits in farmed fish The role
   of husbandry practices and aquaculture production
   systems (Ethiqual)

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Projects in RTD pillar 6Projects Traceability
(horizontal)

• Apply new methodology introducing principles of
  Good Traceability Practice (Methods)
• Implementation (Implem)
• Validation (Valid)

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ITD pillar 3Demonstration and SMEs

• From technology development to technology
  transfer
• Main objectives
• To assure proper and wide (many countries, many
  SMEs) exploitation of the technology to be
  transferred
• To prepare the platform for the technology
  transfer of the technology developed

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ITD pillar 3Demonstration and SMEs

• Tasks
• - Creation of a network of facilitators
• Specific EU-SSA and ETI projects contacted for
  further integration of SMEs and/or
  regional-national authorities
• SMEsforFood an SSA formed by 19 National
  Contact Points and Innovation Relay Centers in 16
  countries, inside and outside EU.

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ITD pillar 3Demonstration and SMEs

• Tasks
• Common SMEs Profile Form have been created for
  collecting data, including the following data
• - Name, address,
• - Organization type and size nº employees,
• - Description of activity
• - Previous experience in EU projects
• - Expertise offered
• - Expectations

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ITD pillar 3Demonstration and SMEs

• Tasks
• Creation of the demonstration plan (6-15
  months)
• Demonstration policy.
• Definition of the tasks, rights
  responsibilities for the network structure of
  facilitators.
• Detail planning of the activities.
• Identification of the expected technology to be
  transferred.

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ITD pillar 3Demonstration and SMEs

• Tasks
• Joint call for proposals and selection of
  projects and SMEs (15-18 months)
• - Check out of the status of the technology to be
  transferred
• - Selection of demonstration projects to start in
  the next 18 month period
• Define the profiles of the SMEs candidates
  needed
• Identify specific skills and future objectives

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Contact ITD pillar 3 SME demonstration AZTI
Foundation (Spain) Ms. Begoña Pérez-Villarreal -
Ms. Amaia Barrena E-mail abarrena_at_suk.azti.es