ASKFOOD

The ASKFOOD main aim is to create a permanent knowledge alliance between businesses and HEIs in the food-related sectors in order to:

Develop cross-industry knowledge platforms (ASKFOOD Knowledge and Training Hub and Clusters) to support innovative multi-actor food clusters in Europe.
Implement an Open Innovation framework to modernize education and training of the future generation of HE graduates in Food studies, in responses to common and cross-sectoral challenges connected with food production, food processing, food waste (ASKFOOD DBTE).
Generate interactive repository of emerging skills and professional profiles in the food sector in a forward-looking perspective (ASKFOOD Interactive Atlas) so to forecast future skill needs (ASKFOOD Forecast Aggregator), according to the evolution dynamics of the food sector.
Test at local level innovative mapping and co-design of training supported by Open Innovation Methodologies (ASKFOOD Labs), thus supporting network dynamics among academy and industry, among enterprises of different sectors and among new talents and senior professionals.
Concretely apply acceleration and growth hacking solutions to support the practical application of entrepreneurial skills, which can involve and/or lead to the commercialization of new services, products and prototypes, to the creation of start-ups and spin-offs (ASKFOOD Garage Labs and Virtual Incubator and Growth Hacking Program), thus contributing to one of the main focus of the KA program: opening up new learning opportunities through the practical application of entrepreneurial skills: