AQUAEXCEL2020 latest newsletter

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.

 

EU-VIETNAM DIALOGUE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF SHRIMP PRODUCTION AND TRADE

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

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:

  • Methodological training on genomic selection and genotyping/RAD sequencing
  • New traits: Production efficiency and Disease resistance
  • Implementation breeding programs

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.

EURASTiP Exchange Programme – Second Call Now Open

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/

EURASTIP WORKSHOP MONTPELLIER

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:

Whether aquaculture education is fit for purpose for the 21st century?

Registration deadline extended to : 29 June 2018

For more information, click here.

 

AQUAEXCEL2020 – Tenth Call for Access now open

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 Press Release

 

e-FishNet COMES TO THE FINAL STRETCH  AND WILL PRESENT THEIR FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON 25th JUNE

 

  • From 5 to 9 March of 2018, the learning activity of the e-FishNet Project took place in Madrid. Contents generated will be available in the e-FishNet e-learning Platform.
  • These contents will be very useful for both trainers and fishmongers.
  • The final Seminar of this Project will take place in Madrid the 25 June 2018.

 

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

Transnational Access in EMBRIC

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:

  • Access to labs, Research services, and standard disposables (max 6 weeks)
  • Travel (max €800/person)
  • Accommodation (max €120/person-day)
  • Shipping of biological material (up to €400)

The TA program does not cover:

  • Non-standard disposables
  • Experiments required outside TA visits

For more information visit: www.embric.eu/access/TA

ASIAN AQUACULTURE BROKERAGE OPPORTUNITIES

To maximise existing and new collaborations and strategic partnerships between Europe and south-east Asia in the aquaculture sector, EURASTiP  is staging:

Networking & brokerage events to Thailand, Vietnam and Bangladesh in 2018-2019

 

The aim is to improve your business through providing new opportunities and contacts.

Is your company interested in an aquaculture brokerage event/ trade mission to south-east Asia, to:

  • meet the representatives of the National aquaculture stakeholder associations (the newly established multi stakeholder aquaculture platforms or NPP’s)
  • join in a local aquaculture event, visit an aquaculture trade show (including the opportunity to participate) and meet local aquaculture stakeholders
  • visit production sites, feed companies, processors, government research institutes and universities
  • as experts shareyour insights to work together with other European and south-east Asian experts towards a joint, industry driven research agenda, paving the way for future collaborations.

 

 

The programme will be optimised according to your interests and business needs.

For further information, click here or contact: EURASTiPbrokerage@UGent.be