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In the field of knowledge transfer, the financial support to third parties will offer a free access to the most relevant topics within a sustainable food supply chain. With the development of these training courses, an intuitive access to innovative technologies from farming till retail will be possible. The training materials developed by the Third-Party experts in the different fields should all contain innovative digital learning tools, like interactive videos, applications notes, process descriptions or recipes for sustainable food products.

With examples from practice, the intuitive courses should enable an easy access to the latest developments in sustainability within the whole food supply chain like the reduction of food waste by preservation of fruits or vegetables or the traceability of goods along complex supply chains. In addition, with the courses focusing on health effects (e.g. nutritional requirements, reducing micronutrient deficiencies) people in public health should get access to possibility reducing malnutrition and thus improving health in the African countries.

The STREAMING consortium will provide information to the applicants only via the projects website at STREAMING – Driving EU-African Trade by Food Chain Innovations, so that the information will be visible for all participants of the call. In case of any administrative issues, applicants are asked to either contact the STREAMING coordinators office at University of Applied Sciences Weihenstephan-Triesdorf (HSWT) or the project management partner Bavarian Research Alliance (BayFOR) under the contact details displayed down below:

Coordinators Office of STREAMING for inquiries:

Hochschule Weihenstephan Triesdorf – University of Applied Sciences
Institute for Food Technology / Food Startup Incubator Weihenstephan (FSIWS)
Contact: Marlies Resch (Project Coordinators Office)
Phone: +49 8161 71-5237
E-Mail: [email protected]
Address: Am Staudengarten 11, 85354 Freising,

Project Management Partner STREAMING for administrative issues:

Bayerische Forschungsallianz – Bavarian Research Alliance
Unit Project Management
Contact: Elias Krikonas
Phone: +49 89 9901 888-176
E-Mail: [email protected]
Address: Prinzregentenstraße 52, 80538 Munich

Task description

A major part of STREAMING’s concept is built around financial support to Third Parties, which will comprise i) two Open Calls for Innovations as cascade funding, and ii) co-financing participation of vulnerable groups in capacity building workshops that do not have possibility to participate otherwise. The first call is this call for Knowledge Transfer on content and learning materials for a learning platform in the field of innovative technologies and nutrition (e.g. sustainable farming systems, micronutrient deficiencies, food waste reduction) with a total dedicated sum of 275.000€ (Maximum Funding: 25.000,00 € per grant).

The digital learning courses shall connect research partners from Europe and Africa with practical partners like farmers, food producers/processors or start-up founders. Proposal and budget can include scholarships for specific target groups to increase outreach. Applicants to the call shall be Third Parties, these can be research institutions, universities, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), industry, innovation hubs, vocational institutions and colleges as individual institution or in a consortium comprised of a maximum of three entities. These courses should especially be developed by experts from Africa aware of the local challenges. Focus will be set to Third Parties coming from African countries, i.e. minimum 60 % of the budget will be given to applicants from the African Union. As part of its core values, this Open Call is furthermore committed to promoting gender equality and therefore actively encourages the participation of women-led organizations and female innovators. Proposals involving women in leading roles – including coordination, technical leadership, and strategic decision-making – are strongly welcomed and will be positively considered during the evaluation process. Third parties to be selected can be located also outside the STREAMING countries.