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SCAR AKIS SWG – A new generation at the helm

The SCAR Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems SWG (SCAR AKIS SWG) has renewed their mandate for a sixth time. Co-chairs Anikó Juhasz and Pascal Bergeret have passed on the torch to Ewa Grodzka and Jan van Esch, who will lead the Working Group for the next two years.

So far, the Working Group has had two meetings under its new mandate. The first on 17 and 18 January 2023, and the second on 12 and 13 April 2023. These meetings dealt with the final report of the Working Group’s 5th mandate, and with the introduction of the new mandate topics.

The meeting also discussed:

  • Recent developments in the CAP AKIS strategies of member states
  • How to achieve a wider implementation of the multi-actor approach in EU AKIS’s
  • Innovative...

SCAR BSW SWG – A new mandate with a new focus

The SCAR Bioeconomy Strategic Working Group started its third mandate in January 2023. In the next two years, the group will focus on identifying R&I needs in three areas:

  1. Circular and bio-based value chains
  2. Ecosystem boundaries, security of supply and competing biomass uses
  3. Unveiling the demand side

The first order of business is a...

SCAR ARCH SWG - Working together for food security in Europe

SCAR ARCH SWG adopted its new mandate for 2023 and 2024 at the start of the year. It will focus on food security in Europe, which is facing important challenges due to the COVID pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine. By strengthening linkages between European and international agricultural research, SCAR-ARCH aims to raise the scope of...

FISH news item

The SCAR FISH SWG is holding a Workshop on enabling mechanisms for science-industry partnerships.  The workshop aims to improve the flow of data on fisheries in order to carry out assessments of fishery resources. The organisation is a joint effort by the Working Group as well as external partners ICES (International Council for the...

SCAR FS SWG – An important milestone in the Sustainable Food Systems Partnership

At the end of January 2023, the draft Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA) of the future Sustainable Food Systems Partnership (SFS Partnership) was finalised and delivered to the European Commission. This was an important milestone for the SFS Partnership development. The SRIA provides a framework for topics and activities for the...

AHW news item

SCAR Animal Health and Welfare CWG has published a report that analyses the EU Bioeconomy Strategy and FOOD2030 strategy, focussing on the aspects of livestock health and welfare. The SCAR AHW CWG applauds the strategies as key instruments to overcome the challenges Europe is facing to nourish a growing population and to steer it through climate...

SCAR SAP CWG – Further contributing to livestock farming in Europe

The SCAR Sustainable Animal Production CWG started its new mandate on 1 January 2023. The mandate will last for two years and will focus on the common picture of future livestock farming in Europe.

To further contribute to this topic, the Working Group is currently in the process of organising its second workshop, which will be hosted by the...

The Agroecology Partnership’s SRIA

The overall purpose of this Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA) is to define the general framework for strategic research and innovation activities to be undertaken under the future partnership “Accelerating Farming Systems Transition: Agroecology Living Labs and Research Infrastructures’’ (“the Agroecology Partnership”). The...

Cluster 6

Horizon Europe is the largest source of public funding for research and innovation from the European Commission. It has a total budget of € 95.5 billion for 2021-2027, of which around € 9 billion is foreseen for Cluster 6 on Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment. Around € 897 million is dedicated to the Cluster 6 calls...