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Implementation for impact
General Manager at Food-Processing Initiative e.V.
Bielefeld, Germany
About
We offer:
- Food-Processing Initiative is an innovation cluster from Germany with focus on processes and technologies in food processing (surprise).
- Clear mission: facilitating the implementation of innovative solutions for sustainable development of the food sector.
- We have well established networks with food SMEs, food technology and digital solutions suppliers, as well as with research organisations and universities.
- Vast experience in innovation projects from regional to European level.
- We are member of S3 partnership Smart Solutions for Agri-Food (www.ss4af.com)
- In recent projects, we are dealing with topics of twin transitions (sustainable production with digital solutions), energy efficiency, waste energy usage, circular economy, valorisation of side-streams, and alternative proteins.
We are interested in
- Projects with clear opportunities and added-value for SMEs from food sector.
- Projects with higher TRL.
- Projects with multi-actor approaches (innovation eco-system).
- Projects with value chain approaches.
- Projects with link to our topic areas.
Preferred role:
- In most projects, our main tasks are stakeholder mapping and engagement, establishing transformative alliances across value chains, developing communication, dissemination, exploitation activities.
- Connecting to SMEs and their needs in any stage of project development.
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Resilience - sustainability - circular economy - competitiveness
Norbert Reichl
General Manager at Food-Processing Initiative e.V.
Bielefeld, Germany
Expertise
Living labs - digitalization - food tech - SME collaboration
Markus Ojala
Project Manager at Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences
Seinäjoki, Finland
Partnership
Maaike Buechner
Senior project manager Agri Food at East Netherlands Development Agency (Oost NL)
Apeldoorn, Netherlands