Business cooperation to increase the export of Atlantic agri-food products

Programme 2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Atlantic Area

Date of latest update: 2023-03-02

Description

Description (EN):

The food sector is one of the priority sectors across the Atlantic Area, as one of the region’s largest employers and exporters. It is a growing sector worldwide, with strong innovation potential (quality and safe products, resource and technical efficiency), and has a significant influence in preserving the natural environment and enhancing Atlantic rural economies. However, most of this food sector is composed of family owned SMEs producing for local markets that face special difficulties in accessing foreign markets, as well as mass distribution networks. The Atlantic Food Export project aims to help food sector SMEs from the Atlantic regions to develop innovative strategies and improve their competitiveness in international markets. With the aim of addressing the internationalisation of SMEs and increase of trade and exports in one of the strategic sectors within the Atlantic Area, the food sector, this project will contribute to and support the: (i) Improvement of the competitiveness and export capacities of food sector SMEs from the partner regions and the whole Atlantic Area; (ii) Promotion of business cooperation through knowledge sharing and collaboration; (iii) Creation of a business support network operating across the Atlantic Area to address the issues of scale and capacity; (iv) and of course, increase of exports of agri-food products.

Achievements (EN):

The food sector is one of the priority sectors across the Atlantic Area, and one of the region’s largest employers and exporters. It has strong innovation potential and has a significant influence on preserving the natural environment and enhancing the Atlantic rural economies. Most of this sector is composed of familyowned SMEs that produce for local markets and face special difficulties in accessing international markets, as well as mass distribution networks. The ATLANTICFOODEXPORT project helps food sector SMEs from the Atlantic regions to develop innovative strategies and improve their competitiveness in international markets. The activities carried out by the project aim to make knowledge transfer as effective as possible and to have a real impact on policy and the business environment, contributing to strengthening the resilience of the agrifood sector and providing the necessary scope for crisis management. Through the project, 112 companies improved their competitiveness and exported skills and capabilities, and 92 companies delivered their international and Business Cooperation Strategic Plans. These companies were also involved in Business Cooperation Meetings to identify cooperation partners and access external markets. The project also established 7 business cooperation initiatives and more than 20 companies entered into cooperation agreements for internationalisation, leading them to adapt or develop new products. A technical analysis of the opportunities and barriers to transnational business cooperation for internationalisation was also produced. ATLANTICFOODEXPORT is thus contributing to organisational innovation and the improvement of support schemes, and therefore the result indicator ‘Comprehensiveness’ of public policies in the development of the Atlantic Area innovation systems. "In exporting, you have to arm yourself with patience and perseverance. It’s a mediumlong job term. The return is not immediate. The AtlanticFoodExport project provided us with a methodology in the choice of countries and on the prospecting method. Being able to understand more quickly how to approach a country under the cultural aspect and business organisation.” Jean-René LAPIE Maison Vaux, France.

Website: http://www.atlanticarea.eu/

Expected Results (EN):

Improve competitiveness and increase exports of the companies involved in the project, therefore increasing the Atlantic Area exports and contributing to organizational innovation and the improvement of support schemes, and therefore to the result indicator “Comprehensiveness of public policies in the development of the Atlantic Area innovation systems.

Expected Outputs (EN):

- 140 companies will improve their competitiveness and export skills and capability. 50% of them will produce International Strategic Plans: 70 companies will produce their International and Business Cooperation Strategic Plans; 70 companies will be involved in Business Cooperation Meetings, to identify cooperation partners and access external markets; - 7 business cooperation initiatives will be established; over 20 companies will establish cooperation agreements for internationalisation leading them to adapt their products or to develop new ones; - Technical analysis of the opportunities and barriers for transnational business cooperation for internationalisation and dissemination of the project results at local and transnational level.

Thematic information

SME and entrepreneurship Agriculture and fisheries and forestry

Specific Objective: Strengthening the transfer of innovation results to facilitate the emergence of new products, services and processes

Thematic Objective: (01) strengthening research, technological development and innovation by:

Investment Priority:

(01b) promoting business investment in R&I, developing links and synergies between enterprises, research and development centres and the higher education sector, in particular promoting investment in product and service development, technology transfer, social innovation, eco-innovation, public service applications, demand stimulation, networking, clusters and open innovation through smart specialisation, and supporting technological and applied research, pilot lines, early product validation actions, advanced manufacturing capabilities and first production, in particular in key enabling technologies and diffusion of general purpose technologies

Partners (7)

Lead Partner: Chambre d'Agriculture de la Dordogne

Address: PERIGUEUX, France

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 297 700.00

ERDF budget: EUR 223 275.00

BIC Innovation

Name: BIC Innovation

Address: Bridgend, United Kingdom

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 252 300.00

ERDF budget: EUR 189 225.00

Northern Ireland Food and Drink Association

Name: Northern Ireland Food and Drink Association

Address: Belfast, United Kingdom

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 254 600.00

ERDF budget: EUR 190 950.00

Asociación de Investigación de Industrias Cárnicas del Principado de Asturias

Name: Asociación de Investigación de Industrias Cárnicas del Principado de Asturias

Address: Noreña, Spain

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 246 550.00

ERDF budget: EUR 184 912.50

Comhairle Cathrach Chorcai

Name: Comhairle Cathrach Chorcai

Address: Cork, Ireland

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 255 750.00

ERDF budget: EUR 191 812.50

Cámara Oficial de Comercio, Industria y Navegación de Sevilla

Name: Cámara Oficial de Comercio, Industria y Navegación de Sevilla

Address: Sevilla, Spain

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 253 450.00

ERDF budget: EUR 190 087.50

Município de Vila Nova de Famalicão

Name: Município de Vila Nova de Famalicão

Address: Vila Nova de Famalicão, Portugal

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 239 650.00

ERDF budget: EUR 179 737.50

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Summary

Project name (EN): Business cooperation to increase the export of Atlantic agri-food products

Project name (ES): Cooperación empresarial para aumentar la exportación de productos agroalimentarios del Atlántico

Project name (PT): Cooperação empresarial para aumentar a exportação de produtos agroalimentares do Atlântico

Project name (FR): Coopération entreprises à la croissance des exports de produits agroalimentaires de l’Atlantique

Project acronym: AtlanticFoodExport

Project start date: 2017-05-31

Project end date: 2019-11-30

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 1 800 000.00

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 1 350 000.00

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, EUR 1 350 000.00.

Documents

Documents on this project are listed below, and organised by category. Please note field "Data source", attached to each document. Keep.eu users are free to use these documents as long as they mention the data source and keep.eu.

Videos / films

Atlantic Food Export at the London Wine Fair 2019

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Publication date: 2021-03-02

Document date: 2019-11-18

Languages: en

What is the Atlantic Food Export Project?

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Publication date: 2021-03-02

Document date: 2019-12-05

Languages: en

Cordeiro's Farm experiences of Atlantic Food Export

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://www.atlanticarea.eu/

Publication date: 2021-03-02

Document date: 2020-03-10

Languages: en, pt

La Cultivada share their experiences of Atlantic Food Export

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://www.atlanticarea.eu/

Publication date: 2021-03-02

Document date: 2020-03-10

Languages: en

Ötzibrew share experiences of Atlantic Food Export

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://www.atlanticarea.eu/

Publication date: 2021-03-02

Document date: 2020-03-10

Languages: en

Semper Tea share their experience of working in Atlantic Food Export

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://www.atlanticarea.eu/

Publication date: 2021-03-02

Document date: 2020-03-10

Languages: en

Yogan share their experience of Atlantic Food Export

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://www.atlanticarea.eu/

Publication date: 2021-03-02

Document date: 2020-03-10

Languages: en

Sokhy Sandhu of Samosa Co on the Atlantic Food Export project experience

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://www.atlanticarea.eu/

Publication date: 2021-03-02

Document date: 2020-11-03

Languages: en

Alison Lea-Wilson of Halen Mon shares her experiences of the project

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://www.atlanticarea.eu/

Publication date: 2021-03-02

Document date: 2020-11-03

Languages: en

BIC client experiences of the Atlantic Food Export Project

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://www.atlanticarea.eu/

Publication date: 2021-03-02

Document date: 2020-12-02

Languages: en

Information regarding the data in keep.eu on the programme financing this project

Financing programme

2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Atlantic Area

Last month that data in keep.eu was retrieved from the Programme's website or received from the Programme

2021-08-01

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

71 / 71 (100%)

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

718 / 718 (100%)

Notes on the data

Information provided by the Programme. Achievements were retrieved by Interact from the Programme website (http://www.atlanticarea.eu/), or a website directly linked from it, on 2021-12-03, 2023-02-02 and 2024 01 30. Fields project name and description (from 23 projects) translated from Spanish into English using the European Commission's eTranslation machine translation service.

The projects which fields include an eTranslation English text are the ones with the following acronyms: @BluePortS, 4H-CREAT, ACCESS2SEA, AGEO, AGRITOX, ALERTOX-NET, AtlanticFoodExport, ATLANTIC-KET-MED, AT-VIRTUAL, AYCH, CABFishMAN, CircularSeas, COCKLES, CONSORTEX, FAN-BEST, iFADO, IN 4.0, JONAS, MONITOOL, NANOCULTURE, PROTOATLANTIC, SIRMA and USER-FACTOR.

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Business cooperation to increase the export of Atlantic agri-food products

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