The Food4CE project is pleased to announce the kick-off of the Transnational Innovation Hub (TIH), taking place online on 19 November 2025, from 09:00 to 10:30 (CET).
The Transnational Innovation Hub complements the five Regional Innovation Hubs established within the project, acting as a collaborative platform for knowledge exchange and mutual support among participating countries. By connecting stakeholders from Central Europe, the TIH fosters cross-border cooperation, sharing of best practices, and the co-creation of innovative solutions to strengthen Short Food Supply Chains and Alternative Food Networks (AFNs).
The kick-off meeting will introduce the objectives and structure of the TIH, featuring contributions from all regional hubs:
- ORbITaLA Innovation Hub (Slovenia)
- Austrian Food Connective Innovation Hub (Austria)
- Localog Innovation Hub (Italy)
- PULS Innovation Hub (Poland)
- Food4Health Innovation Hub Budapest (Hungary)
The kick-off will also be an occasion to mutually share and discuss key takeaways on lessons learned from the project, paving the way for further developments leveraging on the Knowledge Transfer Platform and the Matchmaking Platform.
Discover the agenda of the meeting:
9:00 – Welcome speech: Riccardo Maratini (OPEN ENLoCC) & Maršenka Marksel (UM, Food4CE Lead Partner)
9:10 – Overview and objective of the Food4CE Transnational Innovation Hub
9:20 – Presentations from each local Innovation Hub (Slovenia – Austria – Italy – Poland – Hungary)
9:45 – Open discussion
10:20 – Conclusion and next steps
10:30 – End of the meeting
Please register for the meeting via the online form by 17 November 2025. We will send a link to the event to those who have registered.