PACMAn - Promoting attractiveness, competitiveness and internationalisation of Agro-food Clusters of the Med Area

Programme 2007 - 2013 Programme MED

Date of latest update: 2021-12-25

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Description (EN):

PACMAn aims at stimulating the innovative&dynamic capacities of the agrofood sector in MED regions able to promote its attractiveness & competitiveness at transnational level.Through collaboration between transnational economic development actors&public authorities engaged in growth & innovation issues, PACMAn will focus on key factors of agro-food clusters in MED areas, in light of the latest economic changes & trends, and will implement pilot actions which, coupled with a shared joint analysis & networking, will provide new horizontal solutions to the cluster criticalities & inputs for elaboration of integrated policies, territorial marketing & a sustainable innovative model to support agrofood sector expansion at international level

Achievements (EN):

State of the art of project implementation since the project start Agro-food chain in the MED Area is mainly made up of SMEs who need to face global challenges concerning innovation, internationalization and sustainability.PACMAn intends to support agro-food SMEs and their enabling environment by increasing awareness of strengths and criticalities and enhancing networking activities.A shared mapping of the agro-food sectors and segments was the first step to start analysis and collaboration.Strategic segments for any region were identified by analyzing their key factors of competitiveness.Direct involvement of agro-food companies and organizations in focus groups started to identify the criticalities of the sector.A MED agro-food database to support networking is online-391entries.Ongoing pilot actions are to provide Joint participation in international events, Model of governance, Recommendations on sustainability, Catalogue of innovative solutions.Interprofessional agreements and territorial marketing actions are being carried out.All documents are available on www.pacmanproject.eu Latest project activities and outputs www.pacmanproject.eu was improved and updated e-newsletters n.8&9/2012 and 10/2013 published Facebook page fed and updated. As far as technical actions were concerned the main outputs are available on the project website http://www.pacmanproject.eu/page/project-documents/index.asp all actions of Component 3 were performed and final outputs achieved and available online. These are the basis of the ongoing actions of component 4 for the elaboration of the Report on Recommendations for a Sustainable innovative model of Med Agro-food cluster (C.4.1), for the 4 pilot actions: Setting up of an Hand e-book on food green packaging in the MED Area-, -Establishing a trans-national marketing cluster based on the «Authentic Mediterranean» concept-, creation of a -Catalogue of Innovative Technologies in the Agro-food Sector-, -Model of Governance of Med Agro-food Supply Chain- (C.4.2) and for action 4.3 were a e-book a e-guide and gis tools and maps will be produced. Next key steps for the project PACMAn next steps aim at finalising and implementing the 4 pilot actions in the segments identified, feeding the online database encouraging networking and permitting to test the feasibility of transnational supply chains and working on sustainable model. Next steps: skype conference March 2013, next E-Newsletters, final meeting and 3rd international conference in Bologna - IT on 18&19 Sept.2013, project brochure, production of e-guide, e-book and gistools&maps and report on sustainable model. Local promotional events available on the project website

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Clustering and economic cooperation

Partners (10)

Lead Partner: ERVET - Emilia-Romagna Regional Development Agency

Address: Via Morgagni 6, 40100 Bologna, Italy

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CRITT Agroalimentaire PACA

Name: CRITT Agroalimentaire PACA

Address: Cite de l´alimentation - Rue Pierre Bayle - BP 11548, 84916 AVIGNON cedex 9, France

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Province of Modena

Name: Province of Modena

Address: Viale Martiri della Libertà, 34, 41100 Modena, Italy

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Province of Parma

Name: Province of Parma

Address: PIAZZA DELLA PACE 1 , 43100 Parma, Italy

Legal status: n/a

Murcia Region Development Agency

Name: Murcia Region Development Agency

Address: Av. la Fama, 3 , 30003 Murcia, Spain

Legal status: n/a

IMPIVA. INSTITUTE FOR THE SMALL AND MEDIUM COMPANIES FROM VALENCIAN COMMUNITY

Name: IMPIVA. INSTITUTE FOR THE SMALL AND MEDIUM COMPANIES FROM VALENCIAN COMMUNITY

Address: Plaza del Ayuntamiento 6, 46002 Valencia, Spain

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ADRAL - Regional Development Agency Alentejo

Name: ADRAL - Regional Development Agency Alentejo

Address: Rua Intermedia do PITE Lt 4 e 6, 7000-171 Evora, Portugal

Legal status: n/a

Cyprus University of Technology

Name: Cyprus University of Technology

Address: P. O. Box 50329, 3603 Limassol, Cyprus

Legal status: n/a

ΙΔΡΥΜΑ ΤΕΧΝΟΛΟΓΙΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΕΡΕΥΝΑΣ

Name: ΙΔΡΥΜΑ ΤΕΧΝΟΛΟΓΙΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΕΡΕΥΝΑΣ

Address: 1st Morihovou sq, Greece, GR-54625 Thessaloniki, Greece

Legal status: n/a

KILKIS CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE ET D'INDUSTRIE

Name: KILKIS CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE ET D'INDUSTRIE

Address: G. KAPETA 11, 61100 Kilkis, Greece

Legal status: n/a

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Project name (EN): PACMAn - Promoting attractiveness, competitiveness and internationalisation of Agro-food Clusters of the Med Area

Project acronym: PACMAn

Project start date: 2010-10-01

Project end date: 2013-09-30

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 1 609 370.00

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 1 224 441.50

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2007 - 2013 Programme MED

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2015-12-01

No. of projects in keep.eu / Total no. of projects (% of projects in keep.eu)

159 / 159 (100%)

No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)

1 395 / 1 395 (100%)

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PACMAn - Promoting attractiveness, competitiveness and internationalisation of Agro-food Clusters of the Med Area

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