CREATING A LASTING CO-OPERATION FRAMEWORK BETWEEN THE PARTNERS (START-UP XINJIANG MEETING)

The first meeting of the partnership participants is aimed at creating a basis for further collaboration during the project development period and start-up the project activities. The several points of view of the partners on procedures, market conditions of the quality and organic food markets, the mainstream marketing approaches and their application in the local markets will be the main topics of the discussion. The Xinjiang Agricultural University will be responsible for the meeting organisation, unless else specified in the detailed activity.
It is addressed mainly to the partnership members (around 15 to 20 people are expected to participate to the meeting). The main stakeholders (local public institutions, scientists and industry operators) will be invited to participate in the institutional meeting (are expected around 25 persons) (see below).

Seminar in Bangkok and Short Intensive Overseas Program on Organic Agriculture Regulation and Marketing

CO-ORDINATION AND EXTENSION PLATFORM (INTERMEDIATE MEETING IN ITALY)

The third meeting is mainly aimed at the fine-tuning of the common knowledge and research procedures of a group of scholars/researchers/teachers on the organic marketing. Around 25 persons are expected to participate to the meeting. It is addressed mainly to the partnership members.
Representatives of the local public institutions as well as industry operators will be invited to participate to a seminar aimed at presenting the results of the analysis performed during the research activity (WP3) in order to raise interest and collect information on expectations about the project and to set the basis for a collaboration with the agri-food industry operators, and to stimulate the chances to place Asian researchers within commercial and production organisations for short internship periods (WP5).
The responsibility for this meeting organisation is mainly assigned to the University of Bologna, except when differently specified for the detailed activity.

On the days 8-9 March, 2007, the participants will take part to the 105th EAAE seminar on International Marketing and International Trade of Quality Food Products.

On the "Asia-Europe Scientific Cooperation Day" in Vienna representatives of the BOKU will present the BEAN-QUORUM project to an international audience. More information about the event see http://www.rtd-services.at/index.php?option=com_extcalendar&Itemid=29&extmod e=view&extid=6

IMPLEMENTING THE NETWORK AND CONSOLIDATING THE PARTNERSHIP (FINAL MEETING IN THAILAND)

During this event the final workshops and the closing meetings will take place.
Both reserved workshops and open sessions are foreseen. The final workshops, regarding all the WPs, are addressed mainly to the partnership members (around 15 up to 20 persons from the partner institutions are expected to participate to the meeting).
The main stakeholders (local public institutions, scientists and industry operators) will be invited to participate in the open session closing meeting. The seminar will last one day and involve 8 invited speakers. It will be open to general public, with an estimated attendance of about 200 visitors.
Public bodies representatives and market operators will help to provide a wide information to communicate the project results and the further developments to the general public, highlighting the role of the Asia-link programme for the enhanced co-operation among Asia and EU.
The involvement of the companies that participated in the project activities, during the former round tables or thanks to the internships offered to the visiting scholars, will be the strategic lever that should allow the network participants to assure a direct contact between agri-food marketing research and companies operating in the market. The responsibility for the meeting organisation is assigned to the Thammasat University, unless else specified in the detailed activity.