EU-FarmBook Platform

On the 21st of February 2023, the EU-FarmBook project (Horizon Europe) will organise the EU-FarmBook Platform Day (at the Palace of the Belgian Academies) in Brussels, Belgium (Physical Meeting Only). This event aims to optimise the interoperability of digital knowledge sharing of the EU-FarmBook and other Horizon Europe projects, the CAP-network, and national networks, as well as to foster the digital community.

The EU-FarmBook is being developed to test a big idea: “Can all the Tangible Outputs of EU-Funded Research and Innovation Projects be brought together and organized in one User-Friendly Platform to help get Practical Knowledge into the hands of Farmers, Foresters, and Advisors across Europe who need it most?” The challenges to doing this are great:

The challenges to doing this are great:

However, EU-FarmBook believes that the future of agriculture and forestry innovation in Europe is digital, and requires a vastly increased and improved digital exchange of knowledge between EU regions and Member States, as well as between different agricultural stakeholders: Researchers, Policy-Makers, SMEs, Advisors, Farmers, and Foresters.

EU-FarmBook is the result of two EU-funded Horizon 2020 “sister” projects, EURAKNOS and EUREKA, which have brought together diverse partners to work together using a multi-actor approach. Please visit the websites and check out this short video to learn more.

The day will include plenary presentations on interoperability with the EU-FarmBook platform, 3 keynote speeches as well as parallel sessions.

Final Program

Parallel Sessions

What: Working towards a common template for uploading knowledge objects and representing Thematic Networks on the EU-FarmBook.
Target Audience: People with knowledge about the meta-data of their project, communication of their project and IT-infrastructure.

What: Establishing conditions for interoperability with national Knowledge Reservoirs
Target Audience: People with knowledge about the meta-data of their project, IT-infrastructure to set-up or maintain a national knowledge reservoir and IT-strategy

What: Establishing conditions for setting up an online community for end-users on the EU-FarmBook
Target Audience: People with knowledge of legal issues with regard to online communities, with strategies for starting and managing online communities

What: Re-using components from existing ontologies and vocabularies for a robust technical design of the EU-FarmBook
Target Audience: People with knowledge about agricultural ontologies and/or setting up such ontologies + people working in EU-funded, agriculture- and forestry-related Multi-Actor projects (bringing in domain expertise)

The event will take place at:
The Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts
Paleis der Academiën
Hertogsstraat 1
1000 Brussel
Belgium

For any questions, please contact Laurens Van der Cruyssen

EU-FarmBook Online Workshop

EU-FarmBook is hosting an Online Workshop on January 26th (10:00 – 12:00 CET and 14:00 – 16:00 CET) to understand the State-of-Play of Online Knowledge Reservoirs at the National and Regional Levels (as part of the AKIS Strategic Approach in CAP Plans).

Many of the newly adopted CAP Strategic Plans for the 2023-2027 period include Online National/Regional “Knowledge Reservoirs for Practice” to support the implementation of the AKIS Strategic Approach presented in Section 8 (Modernisation: AKIS and digitalisation) of the CAP Plans.

The current status of these National/Regional Knowledge Reservoirs varies greatly, and it is understood that Member States are keen to share experiences and expectations regarding their development and management, especially since there is the possibility to save costs and avoid overlapping work and duplication of effort.

The Workshop will promote the potential of linking as many National/Regional “Knowledge Reservoirs for Practice” as possible with the EU-Level Knowledge Reservoir that is currently under development by the Horizon Europe-funded EU-FarmBook project.

The Online Event will aim to:

See the Draft Program below:

Session 1
10:00 – Welcome and “Who is here?”
10:15 – Setting the scene
10:55 – EU-FarmBook – What is it?
11:10 – Preliminary Outcomes of the Survey on the State-of-Play of National/Regional Knowledge Reservoirs for Practice in the Member States
11:25 – Connecting to the EU FarmBook – How and What?
11:45 – EU-FarmBook Ambassadors – The Concept and “Who is Who?”
11:55 – Priority issues for discussion in Session 2

Session 2
14:00 – Welcome back and explanation of Session 2
14:15 – Knowledge Exchange on the State-of-Play and expectations from Digital Knowledge Reservoirs for Practice among Member States
15:15 – Presentation and Consolidation of the Knowledge Exchange Session
15:45 – Next Steps: EU-FarmBook Platform Day in Brussels on 21st February