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Why involve in ATF ?
Being a member of ATF allows you to provide input for the research agenda developed by the Animal Task Force.
Actions
ATF performs the following actions:
- Brings together different approaches from a large variety of members,
- Creates and shares a common view among knowledge providers, industry and farmers organisations of the whole animal production value chain to picture a future for a sustainable and competitive livestock production in Europe through innovation and knowledge transfer;
- Arranges dialogue on sector research & innovation with key stakeholders in Europe (EC, Members of Parliament, farmers organisations, industry organisations, NGOs, ETPs, scientific community):
- Provides input for EU research agendas, promoting animal productions in the work programs (FP9, Horizon2020, EIP-Agri, JPI FACCE, JPI HDHL, SCAR),
- Promotes a sustainable and competitive animal production chain,
- Enables knowledge exchange (workshops, events, website),
- Interacts with national stakeholders and international organizations (Global Research Alliance on Agricultural, GASL, EAAP).
- Enhances cooperation in European research & innovation and promotes the multi-actors approach to ensure research activities are addressing end-users needs.
- Acts as a source of expertise for farmer’s organisations, industry organisations, policy makers and EU institutions.
Tasks
- Monthly ATF Presidency meetings in Brussels with DGs/European Commission, ETPs, and stakeholders
- Organisation of events connecting research, stakeholders, particularly end-users and EC institutions. See list of topics.
- Publication of papers and articles for a wide audience on the challenges and benefits of animal production in Europe and contribution to consultations (EC DGs, FAO, SCAR, JPI FACCE, Horizon2020, Knowledge for Innovation, Horizon Europe…).