THE POLE NEWS
• «Aquatic Products of Tomorrow» Day
90 people travelled to Paris on 1st June, 2010 in order to «jointly reflect on the aquatic products of tomorrow» during the one day event organised by the Pole AQUIMER. Company managers, researchers, government officials, shared out between three workshops, worked on how to optimise the promotion of co-products, food of the future and how to adapt businesses to the changes.
The syntheses of these lively exchanges enabled a shared prospective vision of the aquatic products sector to be established.
To begin the debates, Philippe Paquotte, responsible for setting up an economic observatory on aquatic products within the European Commission (DG Mare), shed light on consumption in the different countries.
Jacques Le Cardinal, Seafood Purchasing manager for Auchan France and Simply Market, delivered the group's vision of the future for aquatic products.
To end, Jean-Baptiste Delpierre and Thierry Missonnier, President and Director of the Pole respectively, reminded everyone that AQUIMER is a tool entirely at the service of businesses to help them to innovate.
• DGCIS "Ageing Population" Call for Proposals
In France, over a third of the population is today over 50. They will account for half of the French population in 2030.
These senior citizens have never been so well-off. Household expenditure today represents 48% of total consumer expenditure and 54% in 2015. However, the French offer does not always meet their expectations and needs.
The Ministry responsible for Industry wishes to encourage a national dynamics intended to sensitise businesses, and SMEs in particular, to the importance of this market and its needs and encourage them to innovate, to technological and non-technological plans, to design, create, manufacture and market products which are suited to this market. With this aim in mind, it has decided to launch a call for proposals whose objectives are:
- to create the desire and the will of company managers and partners from outside the company to focus on this market,
- to encourage businesses to begin a process intended to offer senior citizens products and services which meet their expectations and their needs,
- to strengthen the cooperation of French businesses from different sectors and with outside support on themes which are specific to the senior citizen market,
- to promote the transfer of good practices from one sector to the other.
For more detailed information regarding the contents of this Call for Projects as well as:
- The Letter of the "Direction générale de la Compétitivité, de l'Industrie et des Services" (Office for Competitiveness, Industry and Services) of the Ministry responsible for Industry, dated April 2010 which focuses on this theme,
- the synthesis of the study entrusted to the CREDOC on the consequences of an ageing population on the offer of consumer goods,
please follow the path below:
www.industrie.gouv.fr
On the home page, click successively on
- Practical space,
- Calls for Proposal,
- Calls for Proposal underway.
These senior citizens have never been so well-off. Household expenditure today represents 48% of total consumer expenditure and 54% in 2015. However, the French offer does not always meet their expectations and needs.
The Ministry responsible for Industry wishes to encourage a national dynamics intended to sensitise businesses, and SMEs in particular, to the importance of this market and its needs and encourage them to innovate, to technological and non-technological plans, to design, create, manufacture and market products which are suited to this market. With this aim in mind, it has decided to launch a call for proposals whose objectives are:
- to create the desire and the will of company managers and partners from outside the company to focus on this market,
- to encourage businesses to begin a process intended to offer senior citizens products and services which meet their expectations and their needs,
- to strengthen the cooperation of French businesses from different sectors and with outside support on themes which are specific to the senior citizen market,
- to promote the transfer of good practices from one sector to the other.
For more detailed information regarding the contents of this Call for Projects as well as:
- The Letter of the "Direction générale de la Compétitivité, de l'Industrie et des Services" (Office for Competitiveness, Industry and Services) of the Ministry responsible for Industry, dated April 2010 which focuses on this theme,
- the synthesis of the study entrusted to the CREDOC on the consequences of an ageing population on the offer of consumer goods,
please follow the path below:
www.industrie.gouv.fr
On the home page, click successively on
- Practical space,
- Calls for Proposal,
- Calls for Proposal underway.
• Ordinary General Meeting of 11 June, 2010
Our Ordinary General Meeting was held on Friday 11 June, 2010. At this meeting, five new members joined the Pole AQUIMER:
- In the 1st college: Businesses, Producers' organisations
Auchan
200 rue de la Recherche ? BP 697
59650 VILLENEUVE D'ASCQ
www.auchan.fr
Himber Technologies
43 rue Blériot ? ZI de la Liane
Saint Léonard
62200 BOULOGNE-sur-MER
www.himbertechno.com
Performances France
30 rue Josquin Desprez ? Bât. F 12
59300 VALENCIENNES
www.per4mances.com
- In the 2nd college: Research and study laboratories, Technical centres and Training organisations
INRA
«Codir Antenne St Gilles» - Domaine de la Prise
35590 SAINT GILLES
www.inra.fr
- In the 3rd college: Unions and professional federations and VIPs
Section Régionale de la Conchyliculture Normandie ? Mer du Nord
35 rue du Littoral ? BP 5
50560 GOUVILLE SUR MER
www.huitres-normandie.com
- In the 1st college: Businesses, Producers' organisations
Auchan
200 rue de la Recherche ? BP 697
59650 VILLENEUVE D'ASCQ
www.auchan.fr
Himber Technologies
43 rue Blériot ? ZI de la Liane
Saint Léonard
62200 BOULOGNE-sur-MER
www.himbertechno.com
Performances France
30 rue Josquin Desprez ? Bât. F 12
59300 VALENCIENNES
www.per4mances.com
- In the 2nd college: Research and study laboratories, Technical centres and Training organisations
INRA
«Codir Antenne St Gilles» - Domaine de la Prise
35590 SAINT GILLES
www.inra.fr
- In the 3rd college: Unions and professional federations and VIPs
Section Régionale de la Conchyliculture Normandie ? Mer du Nord
35 rue du Littoral ? BP 5
50560 GOUVILLE SUR MER
www.huitres-normandie.com
• ACTIA's new internet site
In order to give a more effective response to the requests from companies, ACTIA (Association for Technical Coordination in the Agri-food Industry) has just put its new internet site online. A unique agri-food network, all the expertise and services of the technical centres is fully presented in a user-friendly way.
Search engines, products, services, regions, allow you to find out about each institute and their fields of activity, along with their research activities in the shape of mixed technological units (UMT), combined technological networks (RMT), work groups, national and European research projects.
They offer a full range of services, from customised product and process development to the manufacture of industrial pilot lots , from analytical services to advice and technical assistance services (quality assurance, risk analysis, nutrition, environment, production management...), from watching to inter and intra-company training.
In addition, the site allows you to discover Actia's publications, as well as its different coordination activities both in France and Europe.
AQUIMER is a member of ACTIA, as an interface centre.
Site internet : www.actia-asso.eu
Search engines, products, services, regions, allow you to find out about each institute and their fields of activity, along with their research activities in the shape of mixed technological units (UMT), combined technological networks (RMT), work groups, national and European research projects.
They offer a full range of services, from customised product and process development to the manufacture of industrial pilot lots , from analytical services to advice and technical assistance services (quality assurance, risk analysis, nutrition, environment, production management...), from watching to inter and intra-company training.
In addition, the site allows you to discover Actia's publications, as well as its different coordination activities both in France and Europe.
AQUIMER is a member of ACTIA, as an interface centre.
Site internet : www.actia-asso.eu
• Appel à Projets Eco-Innovation
On April 23rd the European Commission launched a call for proposals worth 35 million Euros for projects in the field of eco-innovation which will be funded within the scope of the competitiveness framework-programme (CIP).
This covers four domains: the recycling of materials, sustainable building materials, food and drink and ecological business activities and is aimed particularly at SMEs who have developed an ecological product, process or service which ''has demonstrated that it is technically sound, but which is still trying to enter the market''.
The projects will be selected according to their innovative approach, their potential to be reproduced commercially and their contribution to European environmental policies, particularly with regard to the efficient use of resources. Applications must be in by the 9th September 2010.
For further information: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/eco-innovation/application_en.htm
• European Seafood Exposition
The AQUIMER Pole held a stand at the EUROPEAN SEAFOOD EXPOSITION from the 27th to the 29th April 2010 in Brussels. A cocktail on the theme of the «Promotion of fishing and aquaculture products» was held on Wednesday 28 April thanks to the products of some of our members: Bretagne Saumon, Copalis, Corrue & Deseille, Delpierre Mer & Tradition, Direct Océan, Findus, Jacques Maës, Océan Délices, Truite Service and Unima Frais.
As was the case the previous year, this fair was rich in encounters and contacts which allowed the network to be widened for the benefit of the members of the Pole.
As was the case the previous year, this fair was rich in encounters and contacts which allowed the network to be widened for the benefit of the members of the Pole.
• SME Intellectual Property Guide
The practical guide to intellectual property management entitled «PME: Osez la propriété industrielle» has been re-published.
The aim of this guide is to demystify intellectual property and to allow the SME to gain a better understanding of the stakes involved in the competitiveness of the company.
This guide, which is intended to be reassuring and pedagogical, provides a collection of advice for each key moment in the life of a company and gives many good examples of good practices regarding intellectual property strategy, to help SMEs to protect and develop their innovations and know-how.
For further information, contact Monsieur Didier DARGUESSE on 03 28 36 33 81
The aim of this guide is to demystify intellectual property and to allow the SME to gain a better understanding of the stakes involved in the competitiveness of the company.
This guide, which is intended to be reassuring and pedagogical, provides a collection of advice for each key moment in the life of a company and gives many good examples of good practices regarding intellectual property strategy, to help SMEs to protect and develop their innovations and know-how.
For further information, contact Monsieur Didier DARGUESSE on 03 28 36 33 81
• Appel à Projets REMake
The aim of the European REMake project (Recycling and Resource Efficiency driving innovation in European Manufacturing SMEs), backed by the European Commission, is to encourage the emergence of eco-innovative projects in different areas of industry.
It brings together 16 European partners.
For France, OSEO, the CETIM, TECHNOFI, Active Innovation Management and PROMECA.
This European project is intended for all SMEs who wish to equip themselves with clean technologies or to put eco-innovative products onto the market. It aims to put experts and entrepreneurs in touch in order to analyse the appropriateness of the proposed projects and speed up their roll-out in France and Europe.
A call for proposals was launched on the 26th April 2010 by OSEO for a duration of 12 months.
Projects which are selected based on a written application will be entitled to an OSEO grant, capped at € 15, 000, to allows for the funding of external expertise in particular.
Two levels of expertise are envisaged:
A single audit on the appropriateness of the proposed project and the company's potential for eco-innovation leading to a proposition for an environmental development plan;
An audit such as the one above, then assistance in the implementation based on eco-conception, life cycle and innovation management methods, and assistance in obtaining funding in order to develop the project.
For further information, contact Monsieur Jean-Pierre Noiraud :
REMake@aim-innovation.com
> Download the fileIt brings together 16 European partners.
For France, OSEO, the CETIM, TECHNOFI, Active Innovation Management and PROMECA.
This European project is intended for all SMEs who wish to equip themselves with clean technologies or to put eco-innovative products onto the market. It aims to put experts and entrepreneurs in touch in order to analyse the appropriateness of the proposed projects and speed up their roll-out in France and Europe.
A call for proposals was launched on the 26th April 2010 by OSEO for a duration of 12 months.
Projects which are selected based on a written application will be entitled to an OSEO grant, capped at € 15, 000, to allows for the funding of external expertise in particular.
Two levels of expertise are envisaged:
A single audit on the appropriateness of the proposed project and the company's potential for eco-innovation leading to a proposition for an environmental development plan;
An audit such as the one above, then assistance in the implementation based on eco-conception, life cycle and innovation management methods, and assistance in obtaining funding in order to develop the project.
For further information, contact Monsieur Jean-Pierre Noiraud :
REMake@aim-innovation.com
• Industrial Agreements for Training through Research : CIFRE
The Ministry in charge of research has entrusted the ANRT with the implementation of the CIFRE plan. Its aim is to encourage the development of state-private sector partnerships and to place PhD students under work conditions. It relies on the association of four players:
- The company, which recruits with permanent or temporary work contracts,
- The academic research laboratory which supervises the employee ? PhD student,
- The PhD student who devotes 100% of his or her time to research.
- The ANRT, that subsides the company via the Industrial Agreement for Training through Research (CIFRE).
For further information: http://www.anrt.asso.fr/
- The company, which recruits with permanent or temporary work contracts,
- The academic research laboratory which supervises the employee ? PhD student,
- The PhD student who devotes 100% of his or her time to research.
- The ANRT, that subsides the company via the Industrial Agreement for Training through Research (CIFRE).
For further information: http://www.anrt.asso.fr/
• Call for candidature 2010 Marcel LONCIN Prize
The call for candidature for the Marcel Loncin Prize has been launched. It is intended for young researchers who have developed a scientific or technological activity in the food industry field and which is certified by one of the following criteria: patent registration, publication, thesis, other original work.
Closing date for application : 15 September 2010.
> Download the call for candidatureClosing date for application : 15 September 2010.
