SCAR NEWS
EVALUATION OF THE FRESHWATER AQUACULTURE RESEARCH NEEDS IN EUROPE"
As a result of the discussions about EU aquaculture research priorities during the meetings of the Strategic Working Group on Fisheries and Aquaculture of the Standing Committee on Agricultural Research (SCAR-Fish), it was realized that freshwater issues were strongly underrepresented in the fisheries and aquaculture research priority list. To determine the freshwater aquaculture priorities in the EU and strengthen...
"PREPARING FOR FUTURE AKIS IN EUROPE" - 4th Report of the Strategic Working Group on Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems (AKIS), is now available in the AKIS documents area, see here: https://scar-europe.org/index.php/akis-documents.
The Commissioner Phil Hogan welcomed the fourth Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems (AKIS) report, putting together the work done for the past three years in this area. During this mandate, a key priority was to...
All CASA deliverables due at the end of the CASA project have been uploaded to the website and are available for download.
See all CASA Deliverables in: https://scar-europe.org/index.php/casa-documents/casa-deliverables
OCTOBER 29/30th 2019
Bioeconomy, opportunities under constraints
4 topics:
• Towards a circular urban bioeconomy: the challenge of closing the loops
• Sustainable production of bio resources: an environmental challenge
• Bioengineering serving the innovative bioeconomy
• Citizen involvement in bioeconomy strategies: understanding their perceptions and motivations to facilitate the transition
Location: Paris - France
Ministry for education, research...
The presentations of the WORKSHOP ON BIOECONOMY - IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EUROPEAN STRATEGY FOR THE BIOECONOMY - How to set up a National Bioeconomy Strategy, taken place in 20 May 2019 - PORTUGAL, Carcavelos - Hotel Praia Mar, are now available...
The European Commission’s Directorate-General for Research and Innovation (SCAR Secretariat) and the Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development, with the support of the H2020 CASA project, are pleased to announce the SCAR Conference 2019 - «CONTRIBUTING TO SHAPE THE FUTURE»
The Conference will be held on 12 June 2019, 09:30 – 17:00 CET at the premises of: Liaison Agency Flanders-Europe (VLEVA), Bruxelles, Belgium.
More information about the Conference here
The Latvian Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with the Latvian Ministry of Agriculture, Lithuanian Ministry of Agriculture, and Estonian Ministry of Rural Affairs, supported by SCAR CASA Coordination and Support Action, organised jointly a Baltic SCAR Workshop. The overall aim of the meeting: to promote the outcomes of SCAR, increase its visibility and the engagement of national stakeholders. The meeting was held on 4-5 April 2019 in Riga.
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PRESS RELEASE
On 5th February 2019, 32 experts of the forest-based sector from all over Europe met in Brussels to participate in a workshop on international cooperation in research and innovation for the future European forest-based sector. The workshop was organized by the SCAR SWG Forest and supported by CASA.
The overall aim of the workshop was to create an opportunity for open discussions on the topic of international cooperation on forest research and innovation and its...
Climate changes and related extreme events, increasingly affect forests and their associated ecological, sociological and economic systems requiring pro-active adaptation measures for maintaining their sustainability. In parallel, the mitigation potentials of forests and forestry wood chains are progressively included in the international climate regime following the Paris agreement. Increased knowledge and better understanding of interactions between climate and forest...
The presentations of the SCAR National meeting in Poland, taken place in14 November 2018 - Warsaw, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, are now available...