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<DD>La Secretaria de Investigacion anuncia un proyecto de red integrada
entre Comunidad Europea (EU) y paises Latinoamericanos y Caribe (ALC), de la
que Argentina es un pais miembro, concebida para <B>formular proyectos de
investigacion en temas relacionados con Alimentos a ser presentados a la
UE</B> (propuesta ALCUE-FOOD). Las tematicas de investigacion contempladas
son variadas y abarcan varios aspectos relacionados con alimentos, a saber:
<DD>advanced microbiology, traceability, GMO risk assessment, biotechnology
applied to food sciences, emergent technologies (to be defined : e.g.
membrane separation, microwave, etc.) a ser aplicados en el area de
seguridad alimentaria
<DD>A continuacion les transcribimos el resumen de los objetivos. Los grupos
de investigacion potencialmente interesados, por favor envien un mail a esta
Secretaria y le mandaremos el documento completo (64 paginas de archivo
Word). Los que tienen interés luego de la lectura del proyecto deberán
mandar por mail a esta Secretaría un resumen de hasta una carilla de su
temática de investigación, agregando además un interno de telefono y una
dirección de e-mail donde se los pueda contactar. Se deberá mencionar si han
participado o están participando en un proyecto con la UE; en caso
afirmativo agregar el nombre del proyecto y el código del mismo.
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<DD><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times"
size=4>1.<X-TAB> </X-TAB>Project
summary<BR><BR></FONT>
<DD>Further to the Rio summit, the bi-regional S&T dialogue between
Latin American and Caribbean countries and the EU’s Member States (ALCUE)
has successfully highlighted opportunities in areas of cooperation and
provided a concrete outline of issues to be addressed in the agrifood area.
Based on the recommendations of this dialogue, this proposal is focused on
the implementation of a “networking platform” to promote and enhance S&T
co operation in “Food Quality and Safety”.
<DD>Considering the role of agriculture and agrifood in the Southern Cone
Countries, the importance of agricultural products trade to EU, the presence
of recognized research groups, the bilateral EU agreements in S&T, the
networking platform will be implemented and focusing its activities in this
region. Nevertheless, the dissemination of outputs will be addressed to all
LAC countries.
<DD>The ALCUE-FOOD project proposes a “European fork to Latin American farm”
approach, to: i) meet EU safety and quality requirements; ii) develop safer
food and feed chain production; ii) provide high quality and
health-enhancing foods.
<DD>Promoting in LAC countries a “total food chain approach” for EU exported
products will subsequently contribute to improve the welfare of Latin
American populations and must be considered as an important impact in terms
of co operation and mutual benefit.
<DD>The main expected results are:
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<DD><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times"
size=4>-<X-TAB> </X-TAB></FONT>Implementation
of R&D bi regional groups of scientists; </DD></DL>
<DD><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times"
size=4>-<X-TAB> </X-TAB></FONT>Organisation
of an innovative and global Information System;
<DD><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times"
size=4>-<X-TAB> </X-TAB></FONT>Proposal
of new relevant R&D topics based on analysis of social demand and
productive sector needs;
<DD><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times"
size=4>-<X-TAB> </X-TAB></FONT>Synergy
between the R&D national policies and those of the European
Commission.<BR><BR>
<DD>The implementation of the networking platform will necessarily promote a
dialogue between and within the two regions, with implications for national
and regional policies. It will contribute to strengthen the Food Quality and
Safety priority and the internationalisation of the European Research
Area.<BR><BR>
<DD><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times"
size=4>2.<X-TAB> </X-TAB>Objectives of
the project and state of the art
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<DD>2.1.<X-TAB> </X-TAB>Objectives<BR><BR></FONT></DD></DL>
<DD>The overall objective is to establish, within the framework of the ALCUE
S&T dialogue process, a permanent food quality and safety platform
aiming to facilitate information development and sharing, promote a greater
convergence in RTD and elaboration of food quality and safety policies,
synergize technology transfer and trade and optimize the utilization of
cooperation resources. <BR><BR></DD></DL></DL></BODY></HTML>