WEBINAR: Research and Innovation in Agri-food systems ERA Agenda 2021-2027

9 February 2021. Research and Innovation in Agri-food systems ERA Agenda 2021-2027 and opportunities for dynamic collaborations.

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The Agriculture University of Plovdiv in collaboration with ISC organised a virtual seminar on 9 February 2021 entitled "Research and Innovation in Agri-food systems ERA Agenda 2021-2027 and opportunities for dynamic collaborations". The objectives of the workshop are:

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  Discuss Agrifood and related research policy priorities at EU member state and international level;
• Explore synergies between Horizon Europe, the EU semester the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals;
• Consider related Portuguese Council Presidency priorities;
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  The soon to be launched UCD-Wageningen-Agriculture University of Plovdiv research collaboration in Agrifood sciences as a platform for a more extensive European network;
• Advance industry involvement in cooperation in research initiatives including the Living Labs groupings;
• Consider synergies between European union research infrastructures and Agrifood research initiatives, in particular with the LifeWatch Eric biodiversity research infrastructure in Spain;
• Examine synergies regarding Agrifood sciences the Horizon Europe programme and the neighbourhood, international
  cooperation and development instrument (NDICI).
  

Extract of the programme

14h30 EU–Africa–UN Synergies and the SDGs

• Leonard Mizzi DG International Partnerships, European Commission, Belgium.
  See recording @4:29:00
• Shadrack Moephuli President and CEO, Agricultural Research Council, South Africa.
• Djimé Adoum Executive Secretary of the Permanent Interstates Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel. (CILSS)