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What is CORE Organic II?
Just as birds of passage can gain up to 70 percent of energy in coordinating their efforts by flying in formation, research programmes can profit from transnational coordination.
EU supports 3 years of research
CORE Organic II is a European transnational research cooperation project supported by the European Commission. This project runs for three years, 2010-2013 and is coordinated by ICROFS
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Purpose of CORE Organic II
The main idea of CORE Organic is the coordination of research programmes between partner countries.
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The current CORE Organic pilot projects
The main objective of the precurser, CORE Organic, was enhancing the quality, relevance and resource utilization in organic food and farming research. Partners from 11 countries launched 8 transnationally funded research projects These projects run from 2007 to 2010.
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Subscribe to CORE Organic II news feeds.This service will begin as soon as the research projects are set in motion.
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Announcement of the first call
The announcement of the first call of the CORE Organic II has now been launched. Please find the announcement under "Calls" in the top menu together with a guideline for applicants.
CORE Organic II has published an announcement of a common call with a closing date of 15 October 2010. Applications have to be submitted through a call submission website and the subjects, process, requirements, funding amounts etc. are explained in the guideline document.
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Welcome to CORE Organic II
The European transnational research cooperation project, the ERA-net named CORE Organic II, consists of a network of 27 partners from 22 European countries.
The main aim of CORE Organic II is to agree on common research priorities and to select transnational research projects to be funded by the partners.
The ERA-net started in March 2010 and runs for three years. It will launch at least two transnational calls, initiate research projects organize project monitoring and dissemination of results, and consider funding models.
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Map showing the 22 partner countries (27 partners in total)
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| Great potential for innovation
Organic agriculture and food markets have grown considerably and organic agriculture addresses important challenges of European agriculture, such as sustainable production of high quality food, reducing dependency on high energy inputs, improving environmental and nature conservation, climate change adaptation, animal welfare and rural livelihoods.
Organic farming and food systems still have a big potential for innovation and improved solutions.
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