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The E4Advice project , funded by the European Commission's Horizon Europe programme, aims to boost the role of advisors in Short Marketing Channels (SMC) and direct selling to transfer knowledge by creating an EU network of Advisors with knowledge and experience in these areas within the AKIS reference framework. You can sign up for the EU4Advice and Entretantos Foundation Living Lab by clicking here

How to design and present a successful project will be the focus of this session, which will provide all the details on the call for aid published in the BOE in May 2024 for the financing of the creation or provision of advisory services. The facilities of the School of Industrial Organization (EOI), at the University City of Madrid, host this face-to-face session, which can also be followed online on the EOI YouTube channel from 10:00 a.m. Isabel Bombal , Director General of Rural Development, Innovation and Agri-Food Training (MAPA) and José Bayón, Director General of the School of Industrial Organization (EOI), will open the day, which will also be attended by Maite Ambrós , Deputy Director General of Innovation and Digitalization (MAPA); Juan Pedro Romero , Head of the Training and Technology Area, Deputy Directorate General of Innovation and Digitalization (MAPA); and Sergio Gonzalo , Deputy Assistant Director of Market Regulation. Spanish Agricultural Guarantee Fund OA (FEGA) PROGRAM of the day | REGISTRATION | LIVE STREAMING

Free WEBINAR by Plataforma Tierra in which production regulations in different regions of the world will be discussed, the competitive advantages and disadvantages they generate in the markets, as well as the experts' view of the complex issue of ' mirror clauses '. PROGRAM and participants | REGISTRATION

Online presentation of the supra-autonomous advisory aid for the digital transition of the agri-food and digital sector within the framework of the Rural Development Information Meetings in which different officials from the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food will present the details of these aids and present the next call focused on advisory services. Success stories will also be presented in the implementation of advisory measures of the digitalization package by the Union of Small Farmers and Ranchers (UPA) and Agro-food Cooperatives of Spain. PROGRAM of the day | LIVE TRANSMISSION

The fifth edition of the European Commission's flagship event European Research and Innovation Days 2024 (Brussels, March 20-21) discusses how we can make Europe greener, fairer and more competitive under a common narrative. The European Research and Innovation Days are an opportunity to discover successful EU-funded research and innovation projects, experience their impact on our society and debate the importance of continuing to invest in research and innovation. On March 21, the topic "A GREENER EUROPE" will be discussed. More information here | PROGRAM | INSCRIPTION

Water and Food Conference. The urgency of strategies for adaptation to climate change A meeting point in search of technical and scientific solutions for water and food security in the new climate scenario. You can consult the Program by clicking here To follow the online session click here

ONLINE DAY in which the results of the work carried out for the implementation of digital technologies in the agri-food sector will be shown and the presentation of the digital tool DigiMAPA that will favor the interconnection between agrotech companies and end users.

The Ministry of Science and Innovation has published the 2023 call for the National Innovation and Design Awards . The total budget of the awards increases in this edition to 160,000 euros and the call includes, for the first time, the 'Young innovative talent' modality, aimed at people under 36 years of age. These awards are Spain's most important recognition in the fields of innovation and design and distinguish people and entities that have made innovation an indispensable element in the development of their professional strategy and business growth. Likewise, they distinguish professionals and companies that have contributed significantly to increasing the prestige of Spanish design and entities that, incorporating it into their business strategy, have demonstrated that design is a powerful lever of innovation and competitiveness. According to Order CIN/186/2023, of February 21, which establishes the regulatory bases for the granting of the National Innovation and Design Awards, natural persons with full capacity to act, who can be candidates, may be candidates. They have Spanish nationality or are residents in Spain and legal entities that have at least one permanent establishment in Spain, validly constituted. The following categories are included within the innovation awards: National Innovation Award in the 'Innovative Career' modality, aimed at people with a career of at least fifteen years in which innovation has been one of the relevant characteristics. National Innovation Award in the 'Large Innovative Company' category, aimed at large companies with innovative activity for at least fifteen years. National Innovation Award in the 'Small and Medium Innovative Enterprise' modality, aimed at small and medium-sized companies with demonstrated innovative activity of at least five years. National Innovation Award in the 'Young Innovative Talent' category, aimed at people with demonstrated innovative potential, whose age does not exceed 35 years. National Design Award in the 'Career in Design' category, aimed at design professionals with a career of at least fifteen years of recognized prestige in the sector. National Design Award in the 'Design and Business' modality, aimed at companies that have incorporated design into their business strategy for at least ten years. National Design Award in...

Connect with Rural Development Description Place of celebration: Room 7C of the DG of Rural Development, Innovation and Agri-Food Training of MAPA - Gran Vía de San Francisco 4-6, 28005 Madrid. The maximum capacity is 75 people. (Travel, accommodation and subsistence expenses are the responsibility of each participant.) You also have the possibility of participating in this day through online format via ZOOM. Likewise, the day can be viewed live via streaming. Within the framework of the process carried out by the MAPA to prepare the CAP Strategic Plan, in which four previous meetings have been held, and the last one having been held on September 21, 2021, the members of the Partnership are summoned again to a new day of information and debate around the EP PAC 2023-2027 for Spain. Goals Inform and involve interested entities and associations in the CAP 2023-2027 and the new CAP Strategic Plan 2023-2027, as well as the new associated regulations and future CAP networks. Identify areas of interest of the participants in relation to the future actions of the new CAP National Network. This day is organized by the General Secretariat of Agrarian Policy Planning and the National Rural Network (SG for the Revitalization of the Rural Environment), Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. You can see the video of the day at this link You can also see the participatory dynamic that was carried out in mentimeter in this other link

Connect with Rural Development Description Background and context The National Rural Network (RRN) is focusing its Action Plan these months on the issue of women, through a series of activities designed to respond to the needs detected through: interviews with territorial agents, survey carried out with rural women , and two meetings of the Thematic Group “Rural Women 2022”, held on May 17 and 18 , 2022; with the aim of identifying their main problems and needs. Through these detected needs, as well as information collected in other activities and conferences of the NRN, the following topics of great interest have been considered to be addressed in this day of exchange of LEADER experiences around rural women: Bioeconomy and sustainability Conciliation, co-responsibility and gender perspective Social economy with a gender focus Likewise, these themes are considered transversal factors that directly influence the viability of sustaining life in rural areas. Exchange objectives Learn about experiences of projects led by women, both LEADER projects and other inspiring experiences, in relation to conciliation and co-responsibility, gender perspective, social economy and sustainability. Reflect on the opportunities that the new social, economic and environmental scenarios represent for rural development, and the determining role of rural women in these new scenarios. Identify actions to develop in rural regions that combine the promotion of women, the socioeconomic progress of populations and environmental sustainability. Target audience Local action groups (technical staff, managers and associates), public administrations, social, cultural and economic action entities, and anyone who is interested in the role of women as a driver of rural development. You can access the recording of the session at this link

In this online informative day, the degree of implementation of the measures of greatest interest for the digitalization of the agri-food sector will be reported within the framework of the Agri-Food PERTE that was approved on February 8, 2022. DIARY: Isabel Bombal, General Director of Rural Development, Innovation and Agri-Food Training: Welcome and Digital Innovation Hub Fiware. Antonio Saravia, Deputy Corporate Director at Red.es: Call for Digital Kit bonuses for SMEs with 3 to 9 employees and reopening of the previous one (SMEs with 10 to 49 employees) David Sánchez, Area Head of the General Subdirectorate of Direct Aid. FEGA. MAP: Advances in the Agricultural Farm Information System -SIEX. Doubts, clarifications, aspects of interest for the audience. LINK