About
DEX offers consultancy services to the public and private sectors in areas related to international relations and strategic development and acts as the coordinator for the Agri-food Zero Emissions Cluster (www.sienda.es) located in Asturias, NW Spain, where we are based.
DEX has a particular expertise in promoting, developing and managing transnational cooperation projects, with an extensive track-record of successful applications to EU funded programmes over its 20 year activity, providing assistance to more tan 100 projects.
We provide assistance and support to companies and research centres wishing to participate in international cooperation programmes, such as the HORIZON Programme, the Interreg Atlantic Area , Interreg SUDOE, etc. We currently have more than 30 partners that we work with in numerous cooperation programmes and a large network of partners and clients throughout Europe.
Our team has also a long experience in strategic planning and sector analysis, providing services to local, regional and national governments to plan, implement or evaluate projects and programmes to promote economic and social development. DEX has also carried out evaluations of EU funded projects and programmes.
Circular economy and bioeconomy sectors
1 Novel circular business models to enable the just transition to a sustainable and circular economy2 Improving ecodesign of products and development of testing methods for products prioritised under the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation3 Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) of policy and market-relevant product groups5 Consumption patterns and environmental awareness as enablers of transition to circular economy6 Indicators for the transition to sustainable and circular economy10 Support to the EU Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Initiative: scoping action12 Harmonizing and optimising composting plants performances in Europe
Fair, healthy and environment-friendly food systems from primary production to consumption
4 Enhancing plant protein production to bolster the resilience of agricultural systems and EU self-sufficiency in plant protein used as feed7 Fostering animal breeding and genetics for climate change adaptation and mitigation, improved robustness and resilience13 Raising citizen awareness on alternative proteins derived from biotechnology16 Developing a joint AU-EU Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation System (AKIS) supporting the Food and Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture (FNSSA) partnership
Biodiversity and ecosystem services
12 Breeding for resilience: enhancing multi-stress tolerance in crops