The main goal of FOCUSER is to establish a highly specialised interuniversity campus focused on innovative food processing. Strongly oriented towards international collaboration, it aims to transfer research skills into the training of new professionals directly to companies in the sector.
Strategic Objectives of the Partnership
- Develop international multi- and transdisciplinary projects on food processing.
- Consolidate, expand, and intensify existing advanced education and research activities among the partners.
- Develop postgraduate advanced training programs..
- Promote knowledge and innovation transfer between research institutions and industry.
Contribution to Competitiveness and Science Diplomacy
- Create a research network in food processing that enhances the international competitiveness of Italian universities.
- Contribute, through training programs and innovative research, to the development of the agri-food sector in the Mediterranean and Middle Eastern regions, supporting national science diplomacy strategies coordinated by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI).
