Result description
The FoodCoP Dynamic Digital Platform is an online environment designed to animate and connect European Startup Villages. It serves as a single-entry point that integrates existing platforms and digital tools to facilitate knowledge exchange, networking, and collaboration among rural and bioeconomy stakeholders. The platform offers interactive functionalities to support dialogue between local and regional authorities, entrepreneurs, investors, cooperatives, and community representatives. It enables users to share experiences, access best practices, and co-create innovative solutions for sustainable rural development. The platform ensures scalability, usability, and interoperability with EU initiatives.
Addressing target audiences and expressing needs
- To raise awareness and possibly influence policy
- Help in technical expertise
- Collaboration
We are looking to connect with policy-makers, research and technology organisations, and universities interested in supporting the further development and uptake of the FoodCoP Platform. We seek collaboration and technical expertise to enhance its functionalities, foster stakeholder engagement, and contribute to policy dialogue on rural innovation and sustainable bioeconomy.
- EU and Member State Policy-makers
- Research and Technology Organisations
- Academia/ Universities
R&D, Technology and Innovation aspects
The platform has already been developed, tested, and validated with real users. It is operational and accessible, with a defined community of practice and plans for continued use. It is intended for ongoing exploitation and stakeholder engagement beyond the project lifetime.
The FoodCoP platform provides an innovative and scalable model for collaboration and knowledge sharing that can be adapted and replicated in other sectors.
This result is designed with long-term sustainability in mind. The platform’s open and modular structure allows for continued collaboration and replication across sectors. In the second phase of the project, dedicated business plans will be developed to assess and strengthen the platform’s financial and operational sustainability beyond the project’s duration.
Result submitted to Horizon Results Platform by ASOCIACION CLUSTER FOOD+I
