Participating Projects.

REAL

The aim of REAL is to elaborate a combined innovation and development strategy between Galicia and the North of Portugal, which involves the productive sector and integrates the existing capacities, allowing to prepare a socioeconomic area to answer nowadays challenges, and positioning profitably in the EU food-processing sector.

Contact: pastrana@uvigo.es

In the Galicia- North off Portugal Euro-region the Food industries, are the one off the main socioeconomic sectors. Heterogeneity of development and participation in R&D activities is observed. The subsectors most far away from innovation share a high degree of atomization and low competitiveness, while other subsectors with innovative capacity might assume the role of tractors. In the Galicia- North off Portugal Euro-region there are competitive R&D and innovation centres, however the organizational dispersion reduces their aptitude of joint actions to generate relevant projects. Moreover the relations between the productive sector and the knowledge centres is characterized by a little feedback what turns into a great hobble to get significant developments.

Objective

To perform a structured cooperative knowledge network, to promote the internationalization and competitiveness through innovation in the food sector in the Euro-region.

Intermediate objectives

• To aggregate critical mass representative of the sector of the euro-region, through the constitution of a forum for multidisciplinary and integrated approach of I + D.
• To position REAL as a reference for the sector in the region, with the objective of be a solid base for the international competitive activities.
• To promote R&D activities that motivate the innovation and stimulate competitiveness in the border areas, by the interaction between the Food sector and the R&D Centres, impelling competitive and pre-competitive projects of interest for the Euro-region.

Expected results

• Consolidation of the network as a basic instrument of R&D
• Development of the food-processing sector in the Euro-region
• Integration of the resources dedicated to R&D and innovation
• Intensification of the relations between enterprises
• Increase of the enterprises, scientific – technological centres and institutions cooperation
• Strong the cooperation between trans-border institutions
• Development and mobilization of the productive traditional resources of the Euro-region
• Increment of capacity of assimilation of technology in the SMEs.

Partners

University of Minho, Catholic Portuguese University, Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo, NERVIR – Enterprises Association, University of Vigo, University of Santiago de Compostela, Galician Technological Centre of Meat and Food Quality, National Technological Centre of Seafood Conservation, R&D and Innovation Directorate General - Galician Government.