of the past 6 months

Taking Stock

SmartAgriHubs connects the dots of agri-tech innovation to catalyse the digital transformation of the European agri-food sector. The project aims to realize this by fostering a self-sustaining agricultural innovation ecosystem dedicated to excellence, sustainability and success. To this end, a multi-stakeholder approach covering a wide value-chain of DIHs, CCs, FIEs and other agri-food stakeholders across all EU member states is deployed.  

DECEMBER 2018

Visual Identity 

The SmartAgriHubs Visual Identity gave the project its distinct corporate identity, thus allowing the project to be uniform in all its internal and external communication activities. The logo and colour scheme unites innovation, agriculture and hubs into one.

FEBRUARY 2019

Communication Strategy 

The communication strategy is the cornerstone upon which the success of the project’s dissemination rests. It is designed to help the network and its members to communicate effectively both internally and externally and meet the objectives of the SmartAgriHubs project.

MARCH 2019

Launch of the Website

The official launch of the website took place during the conference in Prague. The website is an intuitive and aesthetically pleasing platform which disseminates information on the Regional Clusters, Digital Innovation Hubs, Competence Centres, Flagship Innovation Experiments and Sectors. Furthermore, it is regularly updated with news articles and events.

APRIL 2019

Ecosystem Building Strategy

This strategy outlines the means to sustain and expand the current agri-tech innovation network by helping the SAH members to set-up a pan-European, multi-stakeholder innovation ecosystem. The ecosystem building strategy illustrates the actions to unite relevant stakeholders and their interests to expand the community altogether.

APRIL 2019

Identification of all existing CCs for DIHs and IEs

This document provides the first version of the catalogue of Competence Centres participating in SmartAgriHubs Flagship Innovation Experiments, Digital Innovation Hubs and other identified Competence Centres, providing their potential services.

NOVEMBER 2018

Project Kick-off, The Hague 

The de-jure launch of the SmartAgriHubs project took place in The Hague, The Netherlands. All Work Packages and Regional Clusters presented themselves and got to know each other.

FEBRUARY 2019

Innovation Experiment Guidelines 

This guideline was created to facilitate a successful implementation of all the Innovation Experiments and delves into the distribution of roles and responsibilities across all levels and work packages.

MARCH 2019

First SmartAgriHubs Stakeholder Conference, Prague

The de-facto launch of the SmartAgriHubs project. The event in Prague assembled over 300 project stakeholders in the impressive Prague Congress Centrum, and saw keynote speeches from our project coordinator, the European Commission and external speakers, as well as interactive workshops and an exhibition dedicated to our Regional Clusters. Moreover, it involved a Synergy Day where links were established between SmartAgriHubs and IoF2020.

APRIL 2019

IE Execution Plan 

This deliverable presents the Execution Plans of all 28 Flagship Innovation Experiments, with an analytical overview on the current status of Experiments. The deliverable forms the baseline for measuring yearly progress of the Flagship Innovation Experiments.

APRIL 2019

1000 followers across Social Media 

In this month, the sum total followers of all SmartAgriHubs social media handles (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram) exceeded 1000 followers! Our community is expanding both offline and online.