WORK PACKAGE 3

INRAA 18 Novembre 2012

FERRAH ALI, Coordinator

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WP 3 – Enhance innovation.

WP 3 – Enhance Innovation(WP Leader: CENTA)

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T3.1 Open Days (2) at INRAA to promote link between researchers and SMEs.

Task Leader: INRAAPartners involved: [INRAA, CENTA]

T3.2 Strategic Development Plan for competitive research to face the needs of regional markets.

Task Leader: CENTAPartners involved: [CENTA, INRAA, UNIPI]

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WP3- Overall Description Science and innovation are at the heart of generating growth of the agrifood

industry. To help with this, the establishment of regular communication between representatives of the private sector, the research institute and technology-driven SMEs is of upmost importance to identify common weaknesses and challenges that the food and water sector needs to face to enhance research activities and innovation that would help, both the research centre and the SMEs, to be more competitive in the market by launching new products and increasing the exports in the EU.

Objectifs Establish dialogue on research and innovation with cooperatives, SME’s and

technology-driven enterprises of the water and food sector in order to enhance the cooperation of INRAA with economic actors.

Identify common goals, threats and challenges in the Algerian water and food sector to increase the capacity to innovate and become more competitive in the global economy.

Give support to INRAA to set-up an innovation cluster in agrifood and water of private enterprises In Algeria that should be encouraged to participate as a member of the most relevant European food and water technological Platform (ETPs).

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WP 3- Partners’ role in WP

Participant Role M/M foreseen

INRAA T3.1 leader, T 3.2 involved3,0

UNIPI T 3.2 involved 0,70

REDINN - 1,00

CENTA T3.1 involved, T 3.2 leader 2,50

TOTAL M/M7,20

WP 3 – Summary of tasks

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Task Task leaderT3.1 Open Days (2) at INRAA to promote link between researchers and SMEs

INRAA

T3.2 Strategic Development Plan for competitive research to face the needs of regional market

CENTA

WP 3- Summary of delivrables

Nr Deliverables Lead Beneficiary

D3.1

Concept note on needs, challenges and targets of the food and water sector to enhance innovation

INRAA

D3.2 Open-days meeting report (M10 and M22) INRAA

D3.3

Industrial-led Cluster committee

INRAA

D3.4

Strategic plan for competitive research to beintegrated in the strategy plan

CENTA

Task 3.1 - Open Days (2) at INRAA to promote link between researchers and SMEs

Task leader

INRAA

Objectives

The objective of this task is to create an industry-led food-water innovation cluster with the participation of INRAA researchers and the support of national public bodies with the aim to enhance the cooperation between the country and the EU.First session: Importance of the cooperation between INRAA and the private sector. With this purpose, researchers will be engaged in knowledge transfer activities to set-up new spin-off companies and start-ups. In this open-day session it will be presented an example of wastewater treatment and water recuperation technologies that could be adopted in Algeria taking into account the strong linkage between water systems, agriculture and food industry.The second session will be aimed to assess water and food sector externalities, threats and opportunities which are to be integrated in the SWOT analysis (WP5/ T5.2) and to identify common goals and challenges to promote innovation, particularly focusing on processing, preservation, food safety and commercialisation of food products (PREARR, MPMEPI) The conclusions derived from this analysis will be summarised as a “concept note” (D 3.1)., At the end of these sessions and industry-led innovation cluster will be created and the committee of the cluster will be chosen (D 3.3).

Task 3.2 - Strategic Development Plan for competitive research to face the

needs of regional markets

Task leader CENTA

Objectives

ObjectiveSupport for INRAA to develop a strategic plan to foster competitive research activities with market projection. The plan will include the following points:- The importance of a project management office.- Technology watch and intellectual property rights.- Valorization of research outcomes: knowledge transfer towards industrial applications.- Commercialization for spin-off and start-ups.

A proof of concept will be created to provide evidence of improved research competitiveness that will help the internationalization of INRAA in participating in FP7 programs and in exporting innovation form the INRAA laboratories to the global marketplace.

WP 3- Delivrables, deadlines and responsabalities

Work Packages Delivra. Contractual Deadline

Internal Deadline

Name and Surname INRAA's vis-à-vis

WP3: Enhance Innovation (CENTA) Semiani Mohamed (Bioclimatology Division)

T3.1 Open Days at INRAA to promote link between researchers and SMEs (INRAA) D3.1 M19 June 2013 31st May 2013

El Bouyahiaoui R. Ait Hamou R, Belkhiri, Sbargoud, Lamani,

TERRANTI Salima

T3.1 Open Days at INRAA to promote link between researchers and SMEs (INRAA) D3.2 M16 (March 2013)

M28 (March 2014)10th March 201310th March 2014 Mokdad S., Boulbina A., Ain

Alouane, Bouzertit et DIEVR

T3.1 Open Days at INRAA to promote link between researchers and SMEs (INRAA) D3.3 M21, August 2013 10th August 2013

Mamine F, Boukhchem R

T3.2 Strategic Development Plan for competitive research to face the needs of regional markets(CENTA)

D 3.4 M27, Feb 2014 31st Jan. 2014

Mamine F, Benterki, Tria M.

Thank you for your attention

INRAA 18 Novembre 2012

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