Event - Governance meeting

Subgroup on Innovation and Knowledge Exchange (SoIKE) - 5th meeting

The fifth meeting of the Subgroup on Innovation and Knowledge Exchange (SoIKE) is held in Brussels, Belgium, on Tuesday 5 March 2024.

05 Mar 2024, 08:30 - 05 Mar 2024, 16:30 CET
English
Graaf de Ferrarisgebouw - Brussels, Belgium
In-person

Hands holding soil with a lightbulb and a plant

All event information from the fifth meeting of the Subgroup on Innovation and Knowledge Exchange (SoIKE), including the agenda, background documents, and presentations, is shared on this page.

You can find the final agenda, all presentations and a selection of photos from the meeting at the bottom of this page.

Presentation overview (in the order of the programme)

Welcome and introduction

Innovation, Knowledge Exchange/EIP-AGRI – latest updates, presentation by DG AGRI
New developments in Horizon Europe, presentation by DG AGRI
Q&A

Session I: News from Member States

Session II: SoIKE members - learning from initiatives in implementing the EIP-AGRI

Get-to-know activity and interactive discussion in small groups on gaining value from failed experiences
Feedback to plenary

Session III A: Future networking activities on innovation and knowledge exchange - introduction

Overview of the proposals for networking activities for 2024-2025
Voting for priority proposals for future networking activities

Session III B: Future networking activities on innovation and knowledge exchange - continuation

Breakout discussions of the priority proposals for future networking activities
Feedback to plenary

Evaluation, next steps and closing

The SoIKE offers a platform to:

Identify common issues, good practices and opportunities for peer-to-peer learning, related to training and advice, and to innovation and knowledge exchange | EIP-AGRI
Support the implementation of the AKIS strategic approach, and facilitate networking and exchanges between AKIS actors, including transnational initiatives of Operational Group projects
Provide input for the work programme of the EU CAP Network, in particular of the Support Facility for Innovation and Knowledge Exchange | EIP-AGRI.

SoIKE meetings are by invitation only. Invitations are sent to the organisations that are represented in the Subgroup on Innovation and Knowledge Exchange.

Background information

Since October 2022, the SoIKE has started its activities as part of the EU CAP Network.

The SoIKE follows up on the 'Permanent subgroup on innovation for agricultural productivity and sustainability' which catalysed innovation in the former EIP-AGRI network, to make EU agriculture and forestry more sustainable and productive (2015-2022).

More information and updates on the SoIKE will be posted on the SoIKE page when available.