Project partners from eight countries met in Barcelona, Spain, for the Kick-Off meeting and first general assembly of the new EC-funded INCREdible project,\u00a0Innovation Networks of Cork, Resin and Edibles in the Mediterranean basin.<\/p>\n
The project\u00a0will exhange knowledge on non-wood forest products\u00a0and collaborate on developing innovative business models and inclusive economic strategies for rural regions.<\/p>\n
Innovation Networks of Cork, Resin and Edibles in the Mediterranean basin (INCREdible) is a 3-year Coordination and Support Action, coordinated by EFIMED, which will address the gap between existing research and innovation knowledge on\u00a0service systems for Non-Wood Forest Products (NWFP) in the Mediterranean.<\/p>\n
INCREdible will develop\u00a0Innovation Networks (iNets)\u00a0in\u00a0five significant areas for Mediterranean NWFPs: cork; nuts and berries; resins; mushrooms and truffles; and aromatic and medicinal plants. Each iNet will gather and share best practices related to NWFP production, transformation and trade channels, from both practical and science-based perspectives.<\/p>\n
The Kick-Off meeting started with hopes and aspirations from all partners, followed by presentations from work package leaders on the objectives of the project and the tasks ahead.\u00a0Dynamic group sessions were facilitated by Steven Libbrecht, ESSET, focussing on identification of target groups and the added value that could provided by each work package. There was also\u00a0a first meeting on the Community of Practice, which will bring\u00a0together facilitators from each of the five iNets to exchange experiences and knowledge, for maximum cross-sectoral, inter-regional learning.<\/p>\n
The Kick-Off meeting was proceeded by the second in the series of\u00a0EFI Bioeconomy Dialogues<\/strong><\/a>, hosted in partnership with the Sant Pau Sustainable Forest Hub, on Innovation and entrepreneurship in cork, resin, edibles and other forest products<\/a><\/strong>. The Dialogue proved an inspriational starting point for the project meeting, which concluded with partners feeling positively challenged and optimistic about the work ahead.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.sumins.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_20171128_140326-2-150x150.jpg\")
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This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 774632.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"