| Nemzeti Kutatási és Technológiai Hivatal - National Office of Research and Technology, Hungary (NKTH) |
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The National Office of Research and Technology in Hungary was formed on 1st of January 2004 from the Research and Development Division of the Ministry of Education. It is a governmental organisation entrusted with the implementation of science and technology policy. Its main tasks are:Workout and implementation of S&T policyParticipation in the preparation of new legislation enhancing the S&T policyCoordination of international co-operations and EU integration in the field of S&T and innovationOrganisation and evaluation of integrated R&D programmes to enhance the cooperation between the Research communityAs such NKTH is the main public financing and expert organisation for applied research and technological development in Hungary The primary objective of the NKTH is to promote the competitiveness of the Hungarian industry and the service sector of the economyThe Department for Advanced Technologies Unit for Bio- and Agro-technologies is responsible for the research and development activities regarding the food sector in general in cooperation with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. This Unit contributes to the technology policy making via various programmes financed from national or EU sources. Food safety is one of the main priorities in the currently running programmes. The Programme Committee observer and the National Contact Point to the 6th Framework Programme, priority 5 “Food quality and safety”, are also working in this Unit. In 2004 the planned budget of NKTH is 120 million €. |
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Cooperation - Calls
Food, Agriculture, and BiotechnologyIn the thematic area of FP7 find calls at: CALLS |
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The Specific Support Action - PERIAPT
Project title: Pan-European Pro-Active Identification of Emerging Risks in the Field of Food Production. Contract no.: 510175 Start date of contract: 2003-12-01
Project Duration (in months): 9 Homepage: www.periapt.net  Read more
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The Coordination Action - SAFEFOODERA
Project title: Food Safety - Forming a European platform for protecting consumers against health risks
Contract no.: 515726 Start date of contract: 2004-08-01 Project Duration (in months): 48 |
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The Specific Support Action - PROFORSAFE
Project title: Processing for Food Safety – Forming the sound basis for the expansion of a Nordic Research Area Net to a European Research Area NetContract no.: 510175 Start date of contract: 2003-10-01 Project Duration (in months): 12 |
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