The document discusses the Standing Committee on Agricultural Research (SCAR) Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems (AKIS) group. It provides information on the group's mandate and priorities, which include improving the integrated approach within European AKIS and implementing the European Innovation Partnership model. It also lists the Finnish representatives to SCAR AKIS and provides a link to additional information on the group's activities and aims.

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“The SWG focuses on improvements of the functioning of
knowledge and innovation systems in the Bioeconomy.”
Finnish representatives in SCAR AKIS are:
Matti Pastell, Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke)
Sanna Sihvola, Finnish Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
SCAR AKIS flyer: https://scar-europe.org/index.php/scar/support-activities-to-scar/casa-documents

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SCAR AKIS reports
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2014
- EIPs, multi-actor approach
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SCAR AKIS 4th Mandate (2016-2018):
• To improve the integrated approach within the European AKIS
and the Implementation of the EIP.
• Learning and feedback from interactive project approaches
(multi-actors projects, thematic networks, operational groups);
• To better address the knowledge flows along the whole
production/value/supply chain in the AKIS, for the future;
• Cross- fertilization with other EIPs and sectors: identification
and evaluation of experiences from other EIPs (such as
Water, Raw materials, Bio-Economies, ICT, Health,
Aeronautics) and other sectors not related to boosting and
improving the AKIS;
• Analyzing the perspective of AKIS in Food and Nutrition
Security and Sustainable Agriculture, across developing
countries;
• Monitoring interactive innovation policies and benchmarking
for sustainability.
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Special priorities of SCAR AKIS
• Contributing to the development of the Research and Innovation
Framework Programme Horizon 2020 and beyond
• Enhancing the interaction with innovation, cooperation & networking
initiatives under the CAP 2014-2020 and the CAP post 2020
• Further development of the interactive innovation model, launched under
the EIP-AGRI and interlinkages along the supply/value chain
• Full coverage of Foresight recommendations related to Knowledge and
Innovation systems and partially taking up on recommendations related
to Research themes and scope
• Creating integrated approaches through incentivizing complementarities
and synergies between policies, instruments and actors (mainly EU R&I
policy, CAP, Regional and Education policies)
• Contributing to the integrated approach with a focus to the different
territorial levels of the several EU Research & Innovation strategies, in
the field of Agri-food and bioeconomy
• Better interconnection and partnerships among all EU AGRI actors and
stakeholders, enhancing knowledge flows
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SCAR AKIS -toiminta
• Kokous 3-4 kertaa vuodessa
– Chair: Adrien Guichaoua, Association de Coordination Technique Agricole
(ACTA), France
– Co-chair: Anikó Juhász, Research Institute of Agricultural Economics,
Budapest, Hungary
• Jokaisella kokouksella oma teema, johon kerätään tausta-aineistoa
– Esityksiä eri maiden innovaatiojärjestelmistä ja käynnissä olevista
hankkeista
– Hyviä käytänteitä eri maiden EIP hankkeista ja temaattisista verkostoista
• SCAR Foresight -työn seuraaminen ja tukeminen
• Yhteistyö muiden SCAR-ryhmien kanssa (puheenjohtaja ja muutama
aktiivinen jäsen)
• SCAR CASA -hanke tukee myös AKISin työtä. Käynnissä 2 selvitystä:
– Synergies among EU-funds in the field of research and innovation in
agriculture
– Inventory of research and innovation infrastructures improving knowledge
flows in the field of agriculture
• Kotisivu: https://scar-europe.org/index.php/akis-mission-and-aims
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