Transparency solutions for transforming the food system
Funding Program:
Horizon Europe
Call:
HORIZON-CL6-2021-FARM2FORK-01-17
GA No.:
101060739
Duration:
2022-2026
EC Funding:
€ 12.291.733,75
Innovative Solutions for Transparency
In today’s complex food systems, providing consumers with the knowledge to make informed choices is essential for building trust, promoting sustainability, and encouraging healthier lifestyles. Transparency plays a key role in empowering consumers, but how can it be effectively leveraged to ensure they have access to accurate, actionable information? How can the latest technological advancements enhance transparency, and how can these solutions be made accessible and affordable for small businesses?
There is a need to address these questions, to showcase best practices, latest business innovations and technologies, and provide policy recommendations within a demand-driven business environment. The aim of the TITAN project is to restore the consumers’ broken trust in the food systems by increasing the transparency within the food value chain and provide the consumers with healthy and sustainable food choices.
Our role in the project
As the Open Call Manager, Business Support Programme and Exploitation Leader, Foodscale Hub (FSH):
- Leads the TITAN Open Call activities.
- Is responsible for overseeing the selection and funding of 8 external pilots (involving 9 SMEs) that will deliver innovative solutions in food safety, sustainability, and health, enhancing the project’s impact beyond the consortium.
- Is responsible for delivering a Business Support Programme through three Cycles, offering business coaching sessions to both TITAN partners and pilots selected through the Open Call.
TITAN by numbers
- 29 partners
- 14 countries
- 5 knowledge exchange workshops
- 8 external pilots to be supported by the TITAN Open Call
- Business support programme delivered in three phases capturing four topics (Financial management, Marketing & Promotion, International collaboration & Brand image and Intellectual Property)
- 1.250.000€ in equity-free, deliverable based funding to be distributed to the most innovative SMEs in TITAN pilot groups (Food Safety, Sustainability and Health)