What is EIT?
The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) is an EU body created by the European Union in 2008 to strengthen Europe’s ability to innovate. The EIT is an integral part of Horizon 2020, the EU’s Framework Programme for Research and Innovation.
What is EIT Food?
EIT Food is a pan-European consortium that focuses on entrepreneurship and innovation in the food sector. The members of the EIT Food community are world-class players in the international food domain: over 50 partners from leading businesses, research centres and universities across 13 countries. To reach out to the countries not participating in the consortium, where innovation capacity is moderate or modest, EIT has set up Regional Innovation Scheme (RIS).
UCT Prague as EIT Food Hub
The RIS is implemented via formalised collaboration with a local entity functioning as an EIT Hub, an ‘interaction point’ between EIT Food and local actors which helps disseminate the knowledge and know-how of the EIT Community.
UCT Prague was selected to perform the role of EIT Food Hub in 2018 and again for the period 2019-2020.
Czech subpage on EIT Food website
Vision
The vision of EIT Food and the EIT Food Hubs is to bring together the three sides of the ‘knowledge triangle’ by increasing the cooperation and integration between higher education, business and research to facilitate the transition from:
Highlights
EIT Food offers new free learning opportunities! More information on the online courses available in 2020 is to be found here.
An article about EIT Food Hub has been published in ECHO 5/2019. The full issue (in Czech language) is available also on the website of Technology Centre of the CAS.
EIT Food Hub activities in 2019:
EIT Food Summer School on New Product Development
EIT Food Venturing School
EIT Food Innovation Prizes
EIT Food RIS Fellowships 2019
EIT Food SEEDBED: Pre-Accelerator Programme