D5.1 The EuroFIR Food Platform: Further integration, refinement and exploitation for its long-term self-sustainability
Creators: name: British Nutrition Foundation
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2005
Subjects: NoE and NEXUS Projects
The EuroFIR Food Platform
EuroFIR

description: 1. Overall aims and strategy

The overall aim of the Dissemination Master Plan for EuroFIR Nexus will be to support the application of validated food data and tools for pan-European research studies into diet and health and to further promote EuroFIR AISBL for its longer term sustainability. To do this, we will focus on:





Continuing the wide-spread dissemination of information to key users and stakeholders about the existence of the harmonized and state-of-the-art food composition databanks, new tools, standards and codes of practice;




Providing access to the online EuroFIR Food Platform that links to national food databases for EU-28 allowing the retrieval of relevant data and other supporting documentation on food composition;




Promoting the application of validated food data and tools in combination of consumption data in order to create a single resource for food and nutrient intake assessment in Europe as potentially part of a wider food and nutrition research infrastructure;




Raising the profile of EuroFIR AISBL, its work and membership benefits in order to increase income from membership and other sources including RTD funding in order to achieve the longer-term sustainability of the Association.

The aim will be to build on the EuroFIR culture within the Consortium and the Association that encourages both beneficiaries/3rd parties in EuroFIR Nexus, alongside the Members in the Association, to share knowledge and expertise, and help raise our profile and standing in the scientific community. We will:





Build upon the existing partnerships, strategic alliances and networks that have been built successfully in the former EuroFIR NoE, particularly those with DG SANCO, EFSA, food industry/SMEs, and various other EU-funded projects, to continue to disseminate and communicate the nutritional and pubic health applications of food composition data and associated tools to key users;




Provide expert advice and support, using targeted resources and strategic collaborations, in particular with the scientific community, regulators and policy makers. Close co-operation and co-planning between WP5 (dissemination and communication) and WP1 (Quality Standards, Certification and Thesauri support), WP2 (Systems Integration and Operation Support); WP3 (Integration and Business Development), and WP4 (Training and Spreading of Excellence) is envisaged.




Add value to current and future EuroFIR AISBL benefits and offerings by integrating new knowledge with professional development and training in the use and application of food composition databases, for users/stakeholders:















To increase consumer understanding of food composition data and its importance in making healthier choices;




To work with the food industry (especially SMEs) in Europe in the provision of high quality and validated food composition data;




To provide the media with pertinent and/or novel examples of how food composition databanks and data are used in order to stimulate simultaneous publicity and potential application of the consortium’s work through the publication of a wide range of articles.