Gastronomy and local development discussed at FOODBIZ final conference

Regional products, gastronomy, tourism, employment and local development – Links and shared value was the theme of FOODBIZ Final Conference Food@Work, hosted by Poznan University of Economics and Business, on 16 October 2019. Attended by business players in food and gastronomy from Wielkopolska region, students from the University of Economics and Business of Poznan, as […]

Developing local food networks: FOODBIZ state of play

Engaging local stakeholders to build local networks is one of the main goals of FOODBIZ – University and business learning for new employability paths in food and gastronomy, an Erasmus+ funded project involving four European universities committed to strengthen key employability skills of higher education students in the field of food and gastronomy. The project’s […]

Learning by doing: FOODBIZ experiential learning workshops

University partners in the FOODBIZ project completed the first round of planned multiplier events by organising experiential learning workshops aimed to involve students, business players and researchers operating in their local food sectors. The workshops were organised by the University of Macerata (Italy) – leading partner of FOODBIZ; the University of Gothenburg (Sweden); the Faculty […]

FOODBIZ – Co-creation and multi-stakeholder approaches for students’ employability

Training the trainers has been the first, fundamental step in the implementation of the FOODBIZ project titled University and business learning for new employability paths in food and gastronomy. Designed under the umbrella of the action on Strategic Partnerships for Higher Education of the Erasmus+ programme, the project addresses the compelling challenge of strengthening higher-education […]

FOODBIZ – Innovative solutions for sustainable regional development

On 23-24 November 2017, IGCAT participated in the kick-off meeting of FOODBIZ – University and business learning for new employability paths in food and gastronomy, a two-year project developed in the framework of Erasmus+ programme’s action Strategic Partnerships for Higher Education and aimed to boost smart and sustainable regional development. Based on cross-sectoral dialogue and placed at the exciting convergence of agriculture, […]