Training Requirements And Carreers for Knowlwdge-based Food Science and Technology in Europe
Abstract
The food and drink industry is the single largest manufacturing sector in the EU and is mainly comprised by SMEs and microenterprises (99.1% of European food and drink businesses). The European food industry is in the lower part of the innovation performance ranking, and is losing relative importance in the global food market. This situation was a primary reason for the initiation of the ETP Food4 Life, which seeks to stimulate and underpin innovation in the agro-food chain. TRACK_FAST is drawn from all geographic points of Europe, and its main objective is the identification of the training and career requirements of future European food scientists and technologists (FST), and implementation of a European strategy to recruit the next generation FST leaders. TRACK_FAST will achieve this goal through: Identification and definition of personal skills requirements in food job market; Developments for the regulation of food science and technology professions in Europe; Establishment of a framework for continual professional training and career development for the FST professional; and Motivation of young people to enter and pursue of a career in food science and technology in Europe. The project will therefore coordinate a programme of information and experience gathering, discussions with employers and employees, and with those responsible for providing academic and other training deliver awareness and experience in career development activities. Moreover, young students will be motivated to pursue a career in food area, thus promoting a new generation of skilled, flexible and enthusiastic food scientists and technologists. TRACK_FST will provide main stakeholders with a forum within which their main needs will be considered. Moreover, TRACK_FAST focus on the key factors to identify needs and guide future works, as well as the development of specific and effective measures to prompt changes. The consortium and work plan are framed in a strong engagement between stakeholders, thus TRACK_FAST will contribute to a more innovative and competitive food and drink sector, which is a key area for job creation, global competition and societal benefit in Europe.
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Project staff
Gerhard Schleining
Ass.Prof.i.R. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.nat.techn. Gerhard Schleining
gerhard.schleining@boku.ac.at
BOKU Project Leader
01.09.2009 - 28.02.2013
BOKU partners
External partners
Escola Superior de Biotechnologia
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Unilever
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Institute of Food Research
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Leatherhead International Ltd.
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University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna
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Corvinus University Budapest
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Federação das indústrias Portuguesas Agro-Alimentares
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European Association for Integrating Food Science and Engineering_x000D_ Knowledge Into the Food Chain
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Kaunas University of Technology
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University of Gaziantep
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Akkreditierungsagentur für Studiengänge der_x000D_ Ingenieurwissenschaften, der Informatik, der Naturwissenschaften_x000D_ und der Mathematik
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The European Association for Food Safety (The SAFE Consortium)
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Karolinska Institutet
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Fédération de l’Industrie Alimentaire
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Asociación de Investigación de la Industria Agroalimentaria
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Escola Superior Agrária de Coimbra
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Institut des Sciences et Industries du Vivant et de l’Environnement
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EFFoST - European Federation of Food Science and Technology _x000D_
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SIK- The Swedish Institute for Food and Biotechnology
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Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão do Instituto Politécnico de_x000D_ Viana do Castelo
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Universidad Politécnica de Valencia
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Technical University Berlin
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School of Chemical Engineering National Technical University of Athens
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Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna
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Facoltá di Agraria Universitá di Teramo
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Universitatea de Stiinte Agonomice si Medicina Veterinara Bucuresti
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Ghent University
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University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty
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