Economic development expert
Prof. Dr. Xavier GELLYNCK
The overall objective of the economic development expert with specialisation in the food science sector is to integrate current and emerging regions of food knowledge in new EU wide projects.
The establishment of the European food cluster started with the integration of the new projects (February 2008) into FINE. To facilitate this integration process, the new projects underwent a SWOT analysis to allow the regions to establish a clear strategic view of their regions from the perspective of both policy makers and knowledge centres/business community and also from the perspective of their own strengths in relation to other regional food clusters.
At the end of a period of three years, the current initiatives should be integrated in new initiatives (projects) based on mutual expertise and competences to strengthen the European Research Area in Food research.
