food-MAC

 

 

 

food-MAC Network

 

  •  food-MAC is a pan European network of resources, expertise and problem solving targeted to SMEs in the agro-food sector (including up- and down-stream actors).

    The food-MAC Network is originally supported by the European Commission. The Leonardo da Vinci Programme has selected a core team of the MAC-Team group to set up a thematic network of  European Enterprises, Universities , Professional bodies,National Organizations & Consumers on the agro-food sector.

    MAC stands for Multi Actors Cooperation and includes as well: SMEs, bigger companies, Individuals, Universities, Training centers, Research centers, Professional bodies, Public and social development representatives, trade-unions, Relay centers, ....

     

  •  food-MAC's mission

    •  Fostering a pro-active cooperative transnational network "from the stable to the table",

    •  Creating a sustainable Multi-Actor Cooperation (MAC) of different interest groups

    •  Giving equal access to information and cross dissemination to all sized companies,

    •  Providing preferences and requirements of consumers

    •  And identifying training needs as well as anticipation of future trends of the post-modern economy.

to know more on food-MAC Network...

to know more on food-MAC Leonardo project...

The food-MAC project is originally composed of 6 Interest Groups (IG) focused on a key topic targeted to SMEs:
  •  IG1: Hygiene, Health, Safety, Security – specially in the agro-food sector – and Environment (HSSE)

  •  IG2: Information and Communication Technology (ICT)

  •  IG3: Innovation

  •  IG4: Consumer Needs and Preferences

  •  IG5: Foresight / Anticipation Tools

  •  IG6: Training Needs.

 to know more on food-MAC Interest Groups...

 food-MAC survey reports are also available on-line...

 

Events

5th AFI-MAC conference on Incubators and Entrepreneurship support
12 October 2007, Bordeaux, France

 

3rd e-Dairy Farm conference
25-30 September 2007, in Hungary

 

Proceedings of the MAC-SSIIM 5th European Conference on informal IP management

 

Previous European food-MAC conference

Food regulation updates and food regulation...

... as innovation booster for SMEs

More on the annual European food-MAC conference...

Direct access to presentation slides of the food-MAC conference...

 

Events in general...

 

 

 Economic & agro-food news

 

 

 food-MAC library:

 

 

Networking !

 

 

Join us!

Becoming a food-MAC member, you will access a pan European network of resources, knowledge and partnerships.

 

You also will have access to more advanced information and results of various MAC Team projects with special conditions.

 

You can also participate to various transnational projects and conferences.

 

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