Established in 1992, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University (COMU) is one of the leading universities in Turkey with its nearly 44.000 students and qualified academic and administrative staff. In the diversity of its students, its global outlook, and its outstanding research, the COMU is also a university of compelling change. Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University’s remarkable global appeal continues to grow with 13 faculties, 4 institutes, 8 colleges, 12 vocational high schools, 26 research and application centers and a Research Hospital. Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University is an international university with the values of academic freedom, dynamism, transparency, flexibility and innovation. Our main objective is to increase our impact from a local to a global level. In order to achieve this, the COMU is increasing its academic and social activities by hosting national and international congresses, trying to meet international academic standards and developing high quality international strategic partnerships.

One of the major strengths of the COMU is the academic staff, committed to excellence in teaching and research in a dynamic and creative academic environment. In this respect, COMU is trying to prevail academic freedom for its academicians’ strategic academic development. COMU offers a very wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses. Teaching is carried out through academic departments and interdisciplinary institutes, and in partnership with internationally renowned higher education institutions. Each year, following National University Entrance Examination students with higher scores are attending to the COMU. With its beautiful view over the Dardanelles Strait, the COMU has one of the most beautiful modern and safe campuses in Turkey. Throughout the academic year, students can enjoy art exhibitions, concerts, cinema and theatre and sports events as well as a variety of social and academic activities. The University also grants financial assistance to those in need.

With its academic and student oriented strategic view, the COMU aims to be one of the most competitive universities in Turkey.

The National Canning Technology Center (CTNC) is a private, non-profit association. With more than 50 years of experience, we work to boost the competitiveness of companies through research, development and innovation.

 The CTNC has its origins in the Research Association of the Canned Vegetable Industry (AICV), founded in 1962. Later, in 1990, and as a consequence of the implementation of the STRIDE program of the European Union, the Instituto de Fomento de la Región de Murcia acquired the commitment to build and equip a Technological Center that would serve as basic infrastructure for technological assistance to companies in the Agri-food Sector.

 In 1997, its name changed to the Business Research Association National Technology Center for Canning and Food (CTNC)

The ISEKI-Food Association is an independent European non-profit organisation, established in 2005 by representatives of university institutions, research institutes, companies and associations related to food, coming from all over the world.

The ISEKI-Food Association mission is to support

• Lifelong learning in the food sector, encompassing both academia & industry
• Teachers and Trainers to improve efficacy of teaching
• Students to gain knowledge more easily
• Industry staff / Food professionals to make use of research results
• Researchers to facilitate collaboration

in order to assure the best possible competences for all working in the food sector; and thus contributing to serving the consumer with safe and good food.

• ISEKI-Food has been granted consultative status with UNIDO in 2010
• The ISEKI-Food Association is founding member of EASPA (European Alliance for Subject-Specific and Professional Accreditation an Quality Assurance, http://www.easpa.eu in 2011
• The ISEKI-Food Association was elected as Standing Committee of ICA  (Association for European Life Science Universities) in 2014

Our main goal is to improve the livelihoods of farmers by offering them the best and most professional and personalised advice in the field of agriculture and according to the context of their own business needs and aspirations. We believe that agriculture is one of the core drivers of economic growth in Poland, and therefore we want to contribute to the productivity and competitiveness of Polish farmers. Ultimately, our services cater to well- and newly- established farm entrepreneurs of all ages as well as to those who want to enter the farming profession, establish a second agri-business, or simply start up a non-agricultural business in a rural area. We aim to help create sustainable farming and rural businesses, enhance the profitability and revenues of farmers, and increase the attractiveness, vitality and quality of life in rural areas.

Furthermore, we encourage entrepreneurship among young people from rural areas and seek to stimulate the concept of agri-sustainability by promoting multifunctional farms and empowering farmers to process on-farm and sell their products directly to the consumer. This makes their business more economically viable and gives their products added value, as well as simultaneously makes the entire agricultural sector in Poland more competitive by fostering the development of high-quality, traditional goods. This aspect of continuous personal and professional growth is crucial to our ethos as we engage in promoting the concept of lifelong learning through European projects in the field of vocational education and training (VET) and sharing best practice examples and training materials at local and national level by making them available to the general public, targeting the rural population in particular. One of our main aims is to provide the population of rural areas with the same level of knowledge and access to information and vocational education and training (VET) as is available in urban areas, by making it more accessible to the rural people via effective dissemination of information, distribution of training materials and knowledge-sharing activities in rural areas. Furthermore, we organise numerous training courses for farmers and businesses, provide networking opportunities and belong to the network of private farm advisors in Poland.

Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra has attained the position of one of Slovakia’s leading universities in the period since it was founded in 1952. The University is consistently rated in the top group for the high quality of its teaching and research in the Slovak Republic. The University cultivates close and productive links with its local and regional community and will continue to expand its work at an international level in both teaching and scientific research. We have a strong tradition of working in collaboration with business and industry and playing an active role in economic regeneration. Finally, we recognise that our future success and direction will be dependent upon how we embrace and respond to new information and communication technologies.

The university provides education in the field of agriculture and related research areas such as: Agro biology, Food resources, sustainable agriculture, Agricultural production, biotechnology, food technology, Engineering of agricultural machinery and equipment, Computerization and automation of agricultural equipment, Operation of energy facilities on agricultural production, Gardening and landscape design, Economics and Management, International trade in agricultural commodities, Marketing, Development of rural tourism, Project management for rural development, Lifelong learning, etc…

Our mission is:

• To build an institution widely recognised, at a regional, national and international level, as a world leader in research and teaching.
• To conduct research across all academic departments which makes a significant contribution to the extension of human knowledge and understanding.
• Through our teaching and research programmes to equip our graduates with the necessary education and skills to make a significant contribution to the economy and to society as a whole.
• To recruit students and staff with outstanding potential and to provide the best support and facilities to foster teaching, learning and research of the highest quality.
• To serve our local and regional communities through the provision of excellent and innovative teaching, research, training, cultural, enterprise and employment opportunities.
• To exploit opportunities for collaboration and partnership with other higher educational institutions, educational institutions and commercial partners.
• To strengthen and diversify our activities in the fields of industrial and business liaison, innovation, exploitation and entrepreneurialism, thereby supporting economic growth and regeneration.

To continue our tradition of making a high quality and challenging University education available to those who are capable of benefiting from it