Deliverable 4.4 1st update of new MoUs with WBC/EECA and plainned joint activities with other projects/networks
Creators: name: Institute of Medical Research, Serbia
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2005
Subjects: NoE and NEXUS Projects
The EuroFIR Food Platform
EuroFIR

description: Introduction

EC FP7 project EuroFIR-Nexus “The EuroFIR Food Platform: Further integration, refinement and exploitation for its long-term self-sustainability” objective is to further integrate/refine the EuroFIR Food Platform (EFP), to improve/support the ways research is undertaken into relationships between food, diets and health in Europe. More information on EuroFIR-Nexus can be found at http://www.eurofir.org.

The Work Package (WP 4) Training and spreading of excellence within EuroFIR-Nexus project has as its main objectives to promote knowledge and skills development in food composition research within the network and across Europe through training and education activities. One of the tasks of the WP 4 is “Task 4 – Shaping and implementing BalkanFood platform with UNU Network for Capacity Development in Central & Eastern European Countries.”

FP7 EuroFIR-Nexus project together with UNU/SCN Network for Capacity Development in Nutrition in Central and Eastern Europe (NCDNCEE, http://www.agrowebcee.net/ncdn/) took challenge to develop the first regional FCDB for Balkan Region. As the first step of the activities in the development of the Regional Food Composition Data Base (FCDB) is inventory about the existing FCDB in the region. The FCDB status questionnaire was created and distributed to all contacts in WBC and the report was made after the network meeting.

During the 6th Meeting of the UNU/SCN Network for Capacity Development in Nutrition in Central and Eastern Europe (NCDNCEE) Belgrade, 25th-26th May, 2011 was held Workshop: Regional Food Composition Data Base: Web based Food Comp Data Management (FCDM) software application in BalkanFood Platform development in Belgrade 26 May 2011.Report available: http://www.agrowebcee.net/ncdn/

During the 6th NCDNCEE meeting and the EuroFIR-Nexus & NCDNCEE - Workshop the FCDB status of each country was presented. Software Food Comp Data Management (FCDM) program, a web based application for the creation of a new national/regional Food Composition Data Base (FCDBs) was developed by IMR and network members were trained in FCDB creation during NCDNCEE meetings. This software will be used in further work on the development of Regional Food Composition Data Base of BalkanFood platform with EuroFIR-Nexus & NCDNCEE. IMR provided during workshop to all members free of charge the Software Food Comp Data Management (FCDM) for the Regional or National Food Composition Data Base creation, including the Manual for use; the basic FCDB from Serbia in the software where all other countries will contribute with their own FCDB and training and technical support will be provided to all members from the programmer and staffs from IMR for FCDB. With each country representative from West Balkan countries (Albania, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Republic of Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Hungary, Slovenia, Serbia), Memorandum of Understanding (MoU),a document describing a bilateral or multilateral agreement between parties will be signed with EuroFIR-Nexus.