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Javier Garat has unanimously
been elected President for a
mandate of two years by the
members who have also adopted
the terms of reference of the
Platform. At its 1st General
Assembly organised in Brussels,
the
European Fisheries Technological
Platform has elected the
members of its Board of
Directors composed of
representatives of the different
links of the fisheries chain,
including Europêche in
particular, as well as
representatives of the academic
world.
The first file on which the
Platform will focus is the
implementation of an ambitious
project aiming at improving the
transfer of technologies and
know-how, the optimisation of
the existing resources and the
creation of synergies between
the different links of the
fisheries chain, in order to
increase the competitiveness and
sustainability of the
enterprises and to contribute
efficiently to the development
of the fisheries management
policies in Europe.
The idea is also to render more
accessible the results of the
scientific research to
policy-makers and to the actors
of the market.
The main ideas expressed on the
meeting were:
- The EFTP should open
cooperation patches among the EU
Fisheries industry composed
mainly by SMEs.
- The EFTP should focus on
putting together the research
already made with the fisheries
industry that can take advantage
of it.
- It is a good opportunity for
the platform to involve all the
fisheries value chain, from
catch to consumer.
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