The food processing industry is always looking for ways to stay ahead of the game and stay competitive. One way to do this is by investing in innovation. Investments in digital technologies, as well as green technologies, will help the food processing industry stay competitive and succeed. In order to achieve this, HIGHFIVE project has been launched.
About the project:
The HIGHFIVE project provides three years of support for agri-food companies to succeed in the global value chains, strong international competition, market and innovation barriers, and rapid digital and green transformation. The programme aims to promote, enable and facilitate targeted and interregional investment actions for SMEs to develop or bring to market innovative digital solutions that address the real challenges faced by food processing companies, strengthen the European agri-food value chain and make the European agri-food sector more digital and sustainable.
HIGHFIVE places great emphasis on interregional collaboration. It also aims to achieve two objectives:
- Promoting adoption of digital innovative agri-food solutions by international markets by supporting SMEs access to global value chains, linking supply and demand across regions, and overcoming barriers to the sector;
- Enhancing European cohesion by linking regional ecosystems and increasing regional innovation capacity.
Role of AgriFood Lithuania:
HIGHFIVE partners represent 39 NUTS2 regions from 9 countries. The regions include 15 developed, 13 in transition, and 11 with a low level of development.
During the project period, AgriFood Lithuania coordinates all communication between partners, regions, companies, stakeholders, and external initiatives and events. Public relations will be carried out through social media channels, newsletters, press releases, and media publications. It is also necessary to support the establishment of new industry collaborations and raise awareness of the topic in Europe.
Project partners:
- AGRIFOOD CAPITAL BV NL
- BRETAGNE DEVELOPPEMENT INNOVATION FR
- ASOCIACION CLUSTER ALIMENTARIO DE GALICIA ES
- AgriFood Lithuania DIH LT
- FOOD-PROCESSING INITIATIVE E. V DE
- AGRI SUD OUEST INNOVATION FR
- KOZEP-DUNANTULI REGIONALIS INNOVACIOS UGYNOKSEG NONPROFIT KFT HU
- WAGRALIM BE
- GOSPODARSKA ZBORNICA SLOVENIJE SI
- ASOCIACION DE LA INDUSTRIA NAVARRA ES
- SEINAJOEN AMMATTIKORKEAKOULU OY FI
- CREATING INTEGRATED MECHANICALS SYSTEMS AUVERGNE-RHONE-ALPES FR
- TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE OSTWESTFALEN-LIPPE DE
- FUNDACION INSTITUTO TECNOLOGICO DE GALICIA ES
- POLE EUROPEEN INNOVATION ALIMENTATION BIEN-ETRE NATURALITE FR
- YAZZOOM BVBA BE
- Pomuni Frozen NV BE
- Brouwerij Bavik NV BE