The twelfth TNA call for access with AQUAEXCEL2020 is now open. This gives European researchers and research teams the opportunity to apply for scientific research that utilises the facilities of any of the 39 participating aquaculture research facilities. The closing date for this call is the 16th of November 2018.
For further information, visit AQUAEXCEL2020 or check to leaflet below:
Venue: Hansa JB Hotel, Hatyai, Thailand
10:30 -12:30: Challenges of Pond Aquaculture and Benefits of Bioflocs Related Innovations. Session with 8 speakers, among whom Prof. Verdegem and Emeritus Prof. Sorgeloos.
13:30 – 15:00: Approaches to Design and Adoption of Innovations in Aquaculture. Session with 6 speakers among others from Wageningen University and WorldFish.
15:30 – 17:00: How can Innovations in Aquaculture Contribute to Inclusive & Sustainable Business?
A workshop introduced by Prof. Simon Bush, followed break-out discussions in a World-Café approach and a plenary to discuss three themes:
If you will or would like to join this Special Session, please inform: roel.bosma@wur.nl
If you intend to join the International Fisheries Symposium (19 to 21 November), including the workshop: please register through the IFS website.
Session organised by NWO-GCP projects of Wageningen University & Research, Prince of Songklia University, Can Tho Univers
The fifth edition of the AQUAEXCEL2020 project newsletter has now been published and is available to download from the AQUAEXCEL2020 website (or see below).
As well as recent news and highlights from the project, you will find a full list of future aquaculture training courses and Transnational Access calls, a tasty fish recipe and fishy brain teaser!
The newsletter is one of nine which will be published throughout the duration of AQUAEXCEL2020, an H2020-funded research infrastructure project that aims to support the sustainable growth of the aquaculture sector in Europe.
On November 28-29 the EURASTiP project organises its first Brokerage event in Brussels on EU – Vietnam Shrimp Trade. This networking event aims to identify and develop business opportunities between European and south-east Asian shrimp companies. EATiP invites European aquaculture companies and other stakeholders to join!
For more information and registration, click here.
FISHBOOST Advanced Aquaculture Breeding Training workshop in Montpellier (France). The workshop will take place from 6-8 November 2018.
The following topics will be covered:
The workshop will finish off with a technical visit to the Ifremer experimental platform located in Palavas-les-Flots.
For more information and registration please check www.fishboost.eu.
Limited places are available.
Receive up to €3000 to connect with aquaculture experts in Europe and South-East Asia
Maximise existing and new collaborations and strategic partnerships between Europe and south-east Asia in the aquaculture sector with the EURASTiP Exchange Programme. Opportunities are available for industry, researchers and educators from both regions to connect and gain new perspectives while sharing innovative ideas to help develop long term partnerships. Bursaries of up to €3000 are available per exchange (subject to eligibility criteria) to support international innovation and collaboration.
Deadline: 30 September 2018
More details and to apply: see attached flyer, and http://www.eurastip.eu/exchanges
Contact:
| Industry & Research Exchanges: | Educator Exchanges: |
| Mieke Eggermont
Ghent University, Belgium |
Marieke Reuver
AquaTT, Ireland |
EURASTiP is an EU-funded H2020 project promoting multi-stakeholder contributions to international cooperation on sustainable solutions for aquaculture development in south-east Asia. For more details, see the project website: http://eurastip.eu/
The EURASTIP project will organise its 2nd Capacity Building Foresight workshop on the 25th of August in Montpellier, France. This free workshop will focus on the following question:
Registration deadline extended to : 29 June 2018
For more information, click here.
The 10th TNA Call for Access of AQUAEXCEL2020 is now OPEN, with an application deadline of 14 May 2018.
For more information, visit: www.aquaexcel2020.eu/transnational-access/call-access
e-FishNet COMES TO THE FINAL STRETCH AND WILL PRESENT THEIR FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON 25th JUNE
From 5 to 9 March the learning activity of the e-FishNet Project took place in Madrid. This project is part of the Erasmus + Program, is co-funded by the European Union and was created with the aim of improving available training for the fishmongers collective in countries taking part in the Project and in Europe in general.
During this activity partners focused on creating contents which will be useful for both fishmongers and trainers. These will be available in the Project’s e-learning platform, that will be the second intellectual output of the project. Different organizations taking part in the project are currently working on this.
Different partners of the project, during the week of the activity worked on contents defined in the ideal training model decided in Reykjavik. This model is divided in modules and units and was included in our first intellectual output which is available in our website.
Each partner worked on adapting the contents adaptation to the e-learning format related to their knowledge area. On Monday 5th March, Matís presented the Fishing Gears and product handling course adaptation. On Tuesday it was Billingsgate Seafood School’s turn with their adaptation of the species identification unit. On Wednesday adaptation of several contents related to Food Safety were presented by ANCIPA, from Portugal.
Finally on Thursday work was focused on contents related to Sustainability and Environment, and on Friday, the last day of the e-learning activity the adaptation of the Social Media course was addressed by FEDEPESCA, the organization coordinating this Project.
Representatives from Mercamadrid and the Madrid Employment Agency attended this activity and they take also part in the Consortium of the Project. These partners will play an important role in the organization of the Multiplier Event. A representative from ARIEMA also attended. This organization is jointly working with Matís on the e-leaning platform and also has worked on the exams and contents adaptation.
In the next months the official presentation of the e-learning platform is expected. This platform will contain useful information for both fishmongers and trainers. Also contents in video format will be available in each module defined in the platform. These videos were recorded during this learning activity.
In conclusion, this activity has been very useful to move forward in our e-Fishnet Project and be able to offer complete intellectual outputs, which will be useful for the sector at a European level and presented in our Multiplier Event that will take place the 25th June in Madrid.
This communication reflects only the opinion of the author and in any case the European Union is responsible of the use given to the information contained in it.
e-FishNet is a project included in the Erasmus + Program and co-funded by the European Union. This Project started in September 2016 and will finish in September 2018, with a total period of 24 months. The consortium is composed of 9 Organizations from Iceland, Turkey, United Kingdom, Portugal and Spain and also we count on one organization with European scope. FEDEPESCA is the coordinator of this project, which aims to analyze different training schemes in fishmonger’s training in the member countries, create an international collaborative network and also develop an e-learning platform with e-learning content.
Website: http://www.e-fishnet.org/index.php/en/
Facebook: www.facebook.com/efishnet/
Twitter: @e_fishnet
EMBRIC, the European Marine Biological Research Infrastructure Cluster opens its second call for Transnational Access (TA) for maturation of research projects in marine biotechnology to access high-quality research facilities and technology platforms at five European Research Infrastructures (RIs).
Transnational Access is granted on a competitive basis to applicants from academia or industry who submit innovative projects that require visits to two Access Providers of different Research Infrastructures within the EMBRIC consortium.
Registration deadline: 30 Apr 2018
The EMBRIC TA program covers the costs of max two persons per project of:
The TA program does not cover:
For more information visit: www.embric.eu/access/TA