EXECUTED PROJECTS

Projects are listed below according to our mission statement:

• To promote the interests of firms working into the field of Agriculture, Territory, Environment and Markets
• To foster the integration and clustering processes among different economic actors and simultaneously ensuring the consumer's protection
• To facilitate the planning and the implementation of quality policies of product and process
• To protect and to valorise the territory and its own natural resources
• To support the implementation of mild technologies and environment management systems

I. PROMOTING THE INTERESTS OF FIRMS WORKING INTO THE FIELD OF AGRICULTURE, TERRITORY AND ENVIRONMENT

1. TITLE: Initiative of promotion of agrifood products in Poland
IN COLLABORATION WITH: Lombardy Region, Promos, Coldiretti, Lombardy Consortium of Protection and Promotion, Ice

2. TITLE: Entrepreneurs Mission of agri-food industry in Poland
IN COLLABORATION WITH: Coldiretti (farmers association) and Promos (Special Agency of Chamber of Commerce of Milan for the Internationalization)

3. TITLE: Expo dei Sapori
IN COLLABORATION WITH: Province of Milan, agricultural associations, Lombardy Consortium of Protection and Promotion, producers, Associazioni Panificatori Milanesi, National Research Centre (CNR) , Food science and technology department - University of Milan, Sperimental station for oils and greases, Consumer's association, Consorzio San Colombano

4. TITLE: Information service for entrepreneurs interested in applying for "calls for tenders"
IN COLLABORATION WITH: agricultural associations, API, Assolombarda, Euroinfocentre

5. TITLE: Mission of Entrepreneurs of Agri-food sector in Rumania to search for agricultural lands adapted to the cereal culture
IN COLLABORATION WITH: Coldiretti and Promos

6. TITLE: Research on development and valorisation of food farming products for the Province of Milan
IN COLLABORATION WITH: Milan district, Bocconi University
NOTE: Province research (in pdf format 335 Kb) Volume table (in zip format 382 Kb)

7. TITLE: Study of feasibility to formulate a model for the marketing and promotion of Lombardy typical food products and landscape
IN COLLABORATION WITH: Lombardy Region, Ersaf, Promos, Lombardy Chambers of Commerce, Consorzi di Promozione e Tutela

8. TITLE: Support of "cattle breeding" entrepreneurs to look for potential partners in Hungary for the calfs purchase and then import such animals to Italy with its respective traceability registry

9. TITLE: Study of feasibility for the implementation of a promotion corner of the Lombardy agri-food products in Milan

IN COLLABORATION WITH: CIA (Italian Farmers Association), Donne in Campo Association

10. TITLE: Study of feasibility to set up a wine tasting shop

11. TITLE: Initiatives for the promotion and support of business meetings between foreigners and Italian operators with Lombardy and nationals operators in the areas mentioned above (fairs, meeting B2B, tasting sessions, etc)

12. TITLE: Feasibility study about the existence of the conditions for the reopening of "forward commodity markets, namely: "Reopening of forward markets in Milan"

13. TITLE: Research about strategies, policies and organizational models implemented by the main European Agencies of agri-food promotion called "An organizational model for the valorisation of Lombardy agri-food products"
IN COLLABORATION WITH: Promoter, Centro Studi dell'Unione del Commercio del Turismo e dei Servizi

14. TITLE: Notte dei Sapori (Night of Flavours)

IN COLLABORATION WITH: Municipality of Milan, Union of Chambers of Commerce of Italy, Farmers Association, Assolombarda, Small and Medium Enterprises Association, Unione del Commercio, Sogemi, etc.

15. TITLE: Mercatagri - Competitiveness and services for the commercialization of agri-food products
IN COLLABORATION WITH: Lombardy Region, Granaria Association of Milan and Milan University

16. TITLE: Wine and Health Convention 2006 - Meeting organization aimed to present a publication about the relationship between the "wine consumption and its virtuous benefits for the health" directed to the Milan Province operators
IN COLLABORATION WITH: Unione Italiana Vini (Italian Association of Wines)

17. TITLE: Fruit Logistic - Participation to the International Fair of Vegetable-Fruit hold in Berlin (Germany)
IN COLLABORATION WITH: Lombardy Region - Agriculture DG, lombardy agri-entrepreneurs

18. TITLE: Promotion of high quality winemakers
IN COLLABORATION WITH: ONAV (National Organization of Wine-tasters)

19. TITLE: Explorative mission of entrepreneurs to Sharjah and Dubai (United Arab Emirates)
IN COLLABORATION WITH: Lombardy agri-firms

20. TITLE: Realization of a convention about the Market of natural cosmetic products
IN COLLABORATION WITH: UNIPRO (Italian Association of Cosmetic enterprises)

21 TITLE: Realization of a publication dedicated to the promotion of wine productions in different markets and organization of a convention of introduction
IN COLLABORATION WITH: Unione Italiana Vini

22. TITLE: Realization of a press conference to present the "Commodity Day" event
IN COLLABORATION WITH: Club Commodity

23. TITLE: Valorisation and implementation of communication tools of the General Industry Direction, SME and Cooperation - Territorial Marketing actions to support the competitiveness of the Lombardy firms system

24. TITLE: Publication dedicated to the promotion of wine productions and its respective convention of presentation
IN COLLABORATION WITH: Unione Italiana Vini ((Italian association of Wine)

25. TITLE: Coordination of the firms belonging to the wine sector to participate at the Vinitaly event - March/April 2007
IN COLLABORATION WITH: Union Camere Lombardia (Association of Lombardy Chambers), Lombardy region - GD Agriculture and Lombardy consortiums of protection

26. TITLE: Convention on the Italian wine market
IN COLLABORATION WITH: Agriteam- Italian Union of Wines (Unione Italiana Vini)

27. TITLE: Convention on the Market of natural cosmetic products
IN COLLABORATION WITH: Agriteam - Unipro (Italian Association of Cosmetic enterprises)

II. FOSTERING THE INTEGRATION PROCESS AMONG DIFFERENT ACTORS ENSURING THE CONSUMER'S PROTECTION

1. TITLE: The impact of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) on Lombardy agricultural system, on agriculture production and on the territory: the consequences of the implementation of the CAP reform.
IN COLLABORATION WITH: Lombardy Region, Irer and University of Milan

· INTRODUCTION: (in pdf format 30 Kb)
· CHAPTER 1 - 2: Contents (in pdf format 155 Kb)
· CHAPTER 3: The characteristic of the Lombardy agricultural structure (in pdf format 123 Kb)
· CHAPTER 4: Local, National and European markets (in pdf format 444 Kb)
· CHAPTER 5: PECO countries: their agricultural market and the consequences on the enlargement (in pdf format 101 Kb)
· CHAPTER 6: USA agricultural policy after the 2002 reform (in pdf format 118 Kb)
· CHAPTER 7: WTO negotiation: from Doha Agenda to Cancun (in pdf format 86 Kb)
· CHAPTER 8: The impact on the production and on firms incomes (in pdf format 295 Kb)
· CHAPTER 9: The impact on agricultural structure (in pdf format 369 Kb)
· CHAPTER 10: Mid term scenario for the Lombardy agricultural system (in pdf format 157 Kb)
· CHAPTER 11: SWOT analysis (in pdf format 133 Kb)
· CHAPTER 12: policy lines and proposals (in pdf format 77 Kb)
· BIBLIOGRAFHY: (in pdf format 52 Kb)

2. TITLE: Agroindustry evolution based on census return
IN COLLABORATION WITH: Lombardy Region, Irer and University of Milan
NOTE: under construction

3. TITLE: Organic industry in Lombardy: research on the conduction of the retailers
IN COLLABORATION WITH: Promoter, Unione del Commercio study center
NOTE: research available on paper only

11. TITLE: EVASFO (Evaluation Short Rotation Forestry) Research on the optimization of the harvest of SRF.
IN COLLABORATION WITH: CNR-IVALSA (Istituto per la valorizzazione del Legno e delle Specie Arboree), CNER - (Consorzio Nazionale Energie Rinnovabili), DEPAAA - Università degli Studi di Milano - Facoltà di Agraria

NOTE: Download the material of EVASFO proyect :

Annual: Jaguar 850 punta HS2 (in pdf format 649 KB), Specification card 1 year (in pdf format 601 KB)

Biannual: Jaguar 8801 (in pdf format 652 KB), Lwf1 (in pdf format 669 KB), Specification card 2 years (in pdf format 535 KB), Spapperi 1 (in pdf format 667 KB)

Quinquennial: Davco 14001(in pdf format 645 KB), Keto 1502 (in pdf format 654 KB), Naarva 16001 (in pdf format 730 KB), Specification card 5 years (in pdf format 592 KB), Timberjack 762 (in pdf format 621 KB)

Definitive Folder (in pdf format 802 KB)

Book of Research Evasfo (in pdf format 1.570 KB)

12. TITLE: Organization of a convention about the development strategies of the bio-energetic sector

IN COLLABORATION WITH: Lombardy Region -DG Agricolture and other public and private actors

13. TITLE: Agriwood - research project - rationalization of wood biomass supply in agriculture

14. TITLE: Initiative of promotion "Great Tour of the Alimentary Quality"
IN COLLABORATION WITH: Agriteam - Lombardy Region, Union of Commerce and Tourism of Milan, Associazione dei Panificatori Milanesi, agri - OO.PP, Consortia Wine Doc San Colombano, agri firms of production and commercialization and other partners

15. TITLE: FILBIO project - Economic analysis of the productive chain of the Organic farm sector in Lombardy Region and strategies of valorisation
IN COLLABORATION WITH: Department of Economy and Agricultural & Environmental Policies (DEPAA) of the Milan University - Faculty of Agriculture

16. TITLE: Convention on development strategies at local level of the productive chain of the Agro-energetic sector
IN COLLABORATION WITH: CNER/R-innov@ (National Consortia of Agricultural Renewable Energy)

III. FACILITATING THE PLANNING AND THE REALISATION OF QUALITY POLICIES OF PRODUCT AND PROCESS

1. TITLE: Training courses about "Eating preventing diseases"
IN COLLABORATION WITH: Cancer Institute, Fruit Producers Association

2. TITLE: Courses about "consumer protection and responsibility of the producer: the fulfillments of the firms:
La responsibility of the producer for the defective products and the general safety of the products Commercialization and quality of the products in Italy and Europe
IN COLLABORATION WITH: Assolombarda

3. TITLE: FSE (European Social Fund)- Training courses for bachelors of the agrifood sector

4. TITLE: refreshed courses for agrifood trainers Lombardy Region Training Centers

5. TITLE: Check-up, service for agri-food firms interested to verify the correct application of the traceability norms

6. TITLE: Exhibition on food quality products for the Province of Milan
IN COLLABORATION WITH: Assolombarda, University of Milan, Farmers Association (Coldiretti, CIA, UPA) and Ministry of agricultural policies (MiPAF)

7. TITLE: International convention on agri-food traceability
IN COLLABORATION WITH: Lombardy Region, Ministry of agricultural policies (MiPAF), European Commission, agricultural associations, Federalimentare, University of Milan, Consumer's association
NOTE: visit the website of Forum agroalimentare

8. TITLE: Assistance service, training and consultancy to get the BRC/IFS/EUREP-GAP certification destined to agri-food firms

9. TITLE: Vademecum on the CAP (Common Agricultural Policy) for farmers
IN COLLABORATION WITH: UPA (farmers association)

10. TITLE: Food quality and Hygiene publications on:
"Hygiene and quality of dairy products"
"Agriculture Dictionary English-Italian/Italian-English"
"Quality and Hygiene of meat"
"Fish products" (click here to download the book)
"Consumers education on nutrition"
"HACCP manual for farmers" in collaboration with Coldiretti-Lombardy
IN COLLABORATION WITH: Lombardy Region

11. TITLE: Organization of tutors activity to the course of bachelor of Viticulture and Oenology of the Milan University
IN COLLABORATION WITH: ERSAF

12. TITLE: Brand Study - Study of feasibility for the realization of a pannier brand for the agri-food products of Milan province
IN COLLABORATION WITH: Milan Province - Agriculture sector

13. TITLE: Organization of a Convention on traceability of the agri-food sector
IN COLLABORATION WITH: Foundation called "Europe Enterprise, European Institute for the market, the consumers and the Euro"

14. TITLE: Realization of a course program regarding the training of technicians and breeders of the breeding sector

IN COLLABORATION WITH: UOFAA (Animal Artificial Fecundation Association)

15. TITLE: Consapro - Appraisal of the preservation of the pork sausage in protective atmosphere
IN COLLABORATION WITH: Faculty of Veterinary, Veterinaries Department of Sciences and Technologies for the food safety

16.TITLE: Implementation of the project named "Vegetable-garden circuit - Fruit and vegetable 2006"
IN COLLABORATION WITH: Lombardy Region and other public and private partners

17. TITLE: AMA General Meeting - Organization of a Convention regarding the role and valorisation of the managerial competences inside the agri-food enterprises
IN COLLABORATION WITH: Agri-food Master Association (Associazione Master Agroalimentare)

18.TITLE: Implementation of the project named "Vegetable-garden circuit - Fruit and vegetable. Other turn, other taste 2007"
IN COLLABORATION WITH: Lombardy Region and other public and private partners

19. TITLE: BRC -Iop Proyect - Improvement of firms of food packaging through the implementation of the international certification BRC-Iop (British-Institute of packaging)

20. TITLE: Pomologic exposition Rosmarancio (as a part of the Ortocircuito project)
IN COLLABORATION WITH: Lombardy region and other public and private partners

21.TITLE: Round of seminaries about Alimentary Education
IN COLLABORATION WITH: Erredieffe

22. TITLE: Techno-scientific mission in Czech Republic for the firms of the renewable energy sector
IN COLLABORATION WITH: CNER/ R-inno@ - Consorzio Nazionale Energie Rinnovabili Agricole

23. TITLE: Delicacies of Lombardy - management information system of the phases of fruit and vegetable production - TR.AVI (TRaciabilità AVIcola) and Ortosoftware
IN COLLABORATION WITH: Unioncamere Lombardia (Association of Lombardy Chambers of Commerce)

24. TITLE: Convention on the most recent innovations about the Food Safety topics
IN COLLABORATION WITH: Agriteam, Department of Science and Veterinary Technology for the Food Safety (DiVSA) of the Milan University, Faculty of Veterinary & Zootechnic and Superchrom

25. TITLE: BIO-logic project - Craft sector and innovation in the transformation of products obtained from the biologic agriculture

IV. PROTECTION AND VALORISATION OF THE TERRITORY AND ITS OWN NATURAL RESOURCES

1. TITLE: CE Interreg project for the creation of a park area, the valorisation and protection of natural resources and the promotion of the events on mountain areas
IN COLLABORATION WITH: Mountain Community Alpi Lepontine, Mountain Community Alto Lario, UE, GAL

2. TITLE: CE Leader project for the valorisation and the exploitation of natural resources focusing on sustainable development in Lombardy Region
IN COLLABORATION WITH: Mountain Community Alpi Lepontine, Mountain Community Alto Lario Occidentale, Mountain Community Lario Intelvese, GAL Dei Due Laghi

3. TITLE: International conference on trees and plain forest
IN COLLABORATION WITH: Fondazione Cariplo, Ministry of agricultural policies (MiPAF), Lombardy Foundation for the Environment, Federlegno, Federforeste, Italian society for landscape ecology, APAT, La Sorbona University, Israel Institute of Technology, Danish Forests and Landscape Research Institute, Millenium Forest of Scotland Initiative, Polytechnic of Milan, University of Pavia, University of Turin, Padova University, University of Florence, etc
NOTE: abstracts are available on Cd-Rom

4. TITLE: "International workshop on Rural system" for the Polytechnic of Milan
IN COLLABORATION WITH: Lombardy Region and Ersaf, Cariplo Foundation, MIPAF, Lombardy Foundation for the Environment, Federlegno, Federforeste, Società Italiana di Ecologia del Paesaggio, APAT, Pavia University, Turin University, Padova University, Florence University, etc

5. TITLE: Photographic expositions about Agriculture and Territory

6. TITLE: Organization of a Lombardy-Forest-Week Exposition 2004 and 2005, for Ersaf, Corpo Forestale and Lombardy Region. Expositions have included debates, workshops and seminaries about naturalistic topics

7. TITLE: Studies and implementation of a communication plan destined to promote the recognizing and valorisation of the Lombardy forest patrimony

8. TITLE: DVD about the most popular ichthyic species of Lombardy

9. TITLE: Study of feasibility for the re-launching of the Horse growth center of Crema (Italy)
IN COLLABORATION WITH: University, FISE, Unire, AISA, ARAL, Spallanzani Institute, UOFAA, etc

10. TITLE: Initiative to valorise the Lombardy ichthyic field

11. TITLE: Initiative to promote the horse increment and the equine breeding mainly of the province of Milan

12. TITLE: "Forest to live 2006" - Valorisation of the Forests of Lombardy

IN COLLABORATION WITH: ERSAF

13. TITLE: "Batello dei Sapori" Leader plus project - Initiative to promote the Lombardy agri-food products and the valorisation of the rural and regional territory
IN COLLABORATION WITH: Gal Dei Due Laghi

14. TITLE: "Rural QNET" - Leader plus project - Realization of a Handbook of Quality for the Lombardy agri-tourisms
IN COLLABORATION WITH: Gal Dei Due Laghi

15. TITLE: Vinitaly 2006 - Realization of activities and promotion instruments to valorise the wine of Milan and Lombardy region
IN COLLABORATION WITH: As.Co.Vi.Lo (the Association of Consortia of the Wines of Lombardy)

16. TITLE: "Ortocircuito Frutta e Verdura" - Implementation of the project named "Vegetable-garden circuit - Fruit and vegetable. Other turn, other taste"
IN COLLABORATION WITH: Lombardy Region, Catering of Milan, Sogemi

17. TITLE: "La primavera del vino di Milano" - The spring of the Milan's wine Event"
IN COLLABORATION WITH: San Colombano Doc Consortium

18. TITLE: Realization of promotional material
IN COLLABORATION WITH: AOP Unolombardia (former APOL - Lombardy Association Lombardy of Vegetable-Fruit producers)

19. TITLE: "Great Tour of the Alimentary Quality" - promotion of the acquaintance of the agri-food products of quality of Milan and Lombardy
IN COLLABORATION WITH: Lombardy Region

20. TITLE: Multifunzionalità - project for the development of a widespread forest for the improvement of the water quality, production of renewable energy and warehousing of the carbon in the territorial field of the Navigli Lombardi
IN COLLABORATION WITH: Navigli Lombardi Scarl e Anarf (National Association of the Regional Firms of the Forest)

21. TITLE: Realization of a horses auction sale at the Seat of ERSAF of Horse growth center of Crema (Italy)
IN COLLABORATION WITH: ERSAF

22. TITLE: "Forests to live 2007" - Valorisation of the Forests of Lombardy Region
IN COLLABORATION WITH: Agriteam ed Ersaf

V. SUPPORTING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF MILD TECHNOLOGIES AND ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

1. TITLE: Environment management systems (SGA) within food Industry
IN COLLABORATION WITH: Lombardy Region and Unioncamere regionale

2. TITLE: Study of feasibility to build Fasce Boscate Tampone to maintain the banks of the canals, to purify the soils and to produce biomass for energy production (Master Plan dei Navigli)
IN COLLABORATION WITH: Lombardy Region, Polytechnic of Milan, Coldiretti
NOTE: the first part of the research is available upon request ( on paper only)

3. TITLE: Business check-up service and adoption of environmental management systems for the agri-food firms based on the norm ISO 14001

4. TITLE: Realization of information and training courses round in the field of both environmental and saving energetic field
IN COLLABORATION WITH: Italian Association of Environmental Science (AISA) and Agenfor

5. TITLE: STEP project- sustainable technology for economic processing in the agri-food sector

6. TITLE: Great farm cultures 2007 project
IN COLLABORATION WITH: ERSAF

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