Unibo Team Leader:Prof. Marco Dalla Rosa,Dip. di Scienze degli Alimenti
The food and drink industry is the single largest manufacturing sector in the EU and is mainly comprised by SMEs and microenterprises (99.1% of European food and drink businesses). The European food industry is in the lower part of the innovation performance ranking, and is losing relative importance in the global food market. This situation was a primary reason for the initiation of the ETP Food4 Life, which seeks to stimulate and underpin innovation in the agro-food chain. TRACK_FAST is drawn from all geographic points of Europe, and its main objective is the identification of the training and career requirements of future European food scientists and technologists (FST), and implementation of a European strategy to recruit the next generation FST leaders. TRACK_FAST will achieve this goal through: Identification and definition of personal skills requirements in food job market; Developments for the regulation of food science and technology professions in Europe; Establishment of a framework for continual professional training and career development for the FST professional;
and Motivation of young people to enter and pursue of a career in food science and technology in Europe. The project will therefore coordinate a programme of information and experience gathering, discussions with employers and employees, and with those responsible for providing academic and other training deliver awareness and experience in career development activities. Moreover, young students will be motivated to pursue a career in food area, thus promoting a new generation of skilled, flexible and enthusiastic food scientists and technologists. TRACK_FST will provide main stakeholders with a forum within which their main needs will be considered. Moreover, TRACK_FAST focus on the key factors to identify needs and guide future works, as well as the development of specific and effective measures to prompt changes. The consortium and work plan are framed in a strong engagement between stakeholders, thus TRACK_FAST will contribute to a more innovative
and competitive food and drink sector, which is a key area for job creation, global competition and societal benefit in Europe.
Coordinator
UNIVERSIDADE CATOLICA PORTUGUESA (Portugal)
Other participants
ALMA MATER STUDIORUM-UNIVERSITA DI BOLOGNA
- Dip. di Scienze degli Alimenti
- Resp. Scientifico: Prof. Marco Dalla Rosa
UNIVERZA V LJUBLJANI (Slovenia)
SIK - INSTITUTETFOER LIVSMEDELOCH BIOTEKNIK AB (Sweden)
FEVIA (Belgium)
ASOCIACION DE INVESTIGACION DE LA INDUSTRIA AGROALIMENTARIA (Spain)
ESCOLA SUPERIOR AGRARIA DE COIMBRA (Portugal)
INSTITUT DES SCIENCES ET INDUSTRIES DU VIVANT ET DE L'ENVIRONMENT-AGRO PARIS TECH (France)
UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE VALENCIA (Spain)
GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITESI (Turkey)
EUROPEAN FEDERATION OF FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (EU)
UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS (UK)
TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET BERLIN (Germany)
BUDAPESTI CORVINUS EGYETEM (Hungary)
NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS (Greece)
UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI TERAMO (Italy)
UNIVERSITATEA DE STIINTE AGRONOMICE SI MEDICINA VETERINARA-BUCURESTI (Romania)
FEDERACAO DAS INDUSTRIAS PORTUGUESAS AGRO-ALIMENTARES (Portugal)
UNIVERSITAET FUER BODENKULTUR WIEN (Austria)
ISEKI-FOOD ASSOCIATION (Austria)
KAUNO TECHNOLOGIJOS UNIVERSITETAS (Lithuania)
UNIVERSITEIT GENT (Belgium)
AKKREDITIERUNGSAGENTUR FUER STUDIENGAENGE DER
INGENIEURWISSENSCHAFTEN, DER INFORMATIK, DER
NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN UND DER MATHEMATIK EV (Germany)
EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION FOR FOOD SAFETY AISBL (EU)
KAROLINSKA INSTITUTET (Sweden)
UNILEVER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENTVLAARDINGENBV (The Netherlands)
INSTITUTO POLITECNICO DE VIANA DE CASTELO (Portugal)
Start date 01/09/2009
End date 31/08/2012
Project cost 1.170.963 EURO
Project Funding 989.976 EURO
Subprogramme Area Training and career development for future food scientists
Contract type Coordination and support action - CSA