Animaforum - Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Agro-Industria
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European Programmes | Project Name | Link | Name & Description (Regional/National) |
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CIP/COSME INTERREG |
| https://www.interregeurope.eu/agrirenaissance/ | Agrocluster have national and regional approved projects under the following programs:
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Having as main objective to promote innovation and improve the competitiveness of enterprises in order to also promote the internationalization of the same, looking for synergies between all sector actors (notably by bringing together businesses and educational institutions and R & D), it point out that this Cluster, launched in 2008, already has more than 70 innovation projects and technological development being carried out by its members, for a total investment of about EUR 100 million.
To highlight the Agrocluster do Ribatejo was honored in 2012 with the bronze seal of the European Cluster Manager 'Club, a project created by the European Commission to promote management excellence in clusters, lying in preparation for obtaining gold seal.
To note that the various projects and initiatives that have developed, Agrocluster has had the valuable assistance of external entities such as the Institute of Agronomy - ISA (Agrocluster member), Polytechnic Institute of Santarém / Agricultural School (Agrocluster member) , Polytechnic Institute of Tomar (Agrocluster member) Polytechnic Institute of Beja Polytechnic Institute of Viseu / higher School Agricultural Viseu, Nersant (Agrocluster member) Idersant, Innovation Network, Municipality of Ferreira do Alentejo (Agrocluster member) large regional weight companies (eg Sumol + Compal, Orivárzea, Silvex, Sugalidal) INOVISA, University of Évora, UTAD, ..., thus constituting a very important exchange of experts with high skills in various areas, to support companies / agencies in the region.
The Agrocluster should be selected because it enables collaboration and cooperation between companies and entities related to the agro-industrial sector, encouraging the competitive restructuring of the sector and thereby ensuring broad participation of businesses directly related to the sector in trade, national and international circuits .