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Are you interested in developing your own organisation and the competitiveness of the Finnish food chain? Food Data Finland offers you support.

• Sharing knowledge and expertise: You will be able to participate in the network´s events, training and co-development projects. You will be informed about domestic and international developments in the sector and future legislative requirements.
• Efficiency and cost savings of development work: You will be able to use jointly developed outputs and lessons learned from development projects for your business. In addition, you will have the opportunity to influence the processes and specifications of the food chain data sharing. By developing together, data will be structured in a compatible way and thus more efficiently moved around.
• Competition ability and competitive advantages: By making effective use of data, you can better respond to the wishes and demands of consumers, customers and public authorities, while enabling a range of competitive advantages both at home and in export markets.
• Opportunity for project funding: You can launch a development project and apply to Business Finland for funding for your RDI activities.

The member network is open to all actors of all sizes and it benefits everyone:

• Food chain operators: You get information on industry developments and data needs, such as legislation. You can also apply for funding for your company's RDI activities.
• Research and education: You will have a ready network to participate in projects as a research partner or to apply for funding for your own research.
• Solution and technology provider: You will be informed about the needs of the industry and have the opportunity to fund your own product and service development to support them.

Membership of Food Data Finland requires:

• a contact person who shares information within the organisation
• compliance with the rules of the membership network
• implementation of project outputs into company processes and systems if the company so wishes
• participation in project events and communication

In addition, the member company can choose its level of participation according to its resources and objectives:

• The member can implement its own development projects and thus actively contribute to the concrete development of the food chain.
• The member can participate in development projects and thus have an influence on the final products, also benefiting from the lessons learned along the way.
• Or a member can simply follow developments, participate in network´s events and learn lessons from the development projects.

The members must pay an annual membership fee, the amount of which is graduated according to the nature of the organisation's operations and turnover as follows:

• large companies, turnover over 10 million €: 5 000 €/year
• SMEs, turnover 1–10 million €: 2 000 €/year
• small businesses, turnover less than 1 million €: 1 000 €/year
• universities and research institutes: 2 000 €/year
• non-profit and public organizations: 1 000 €/year 

Express your interest by filling in the contact form below. We will contact you and tell you more about the program. Completing this form does not commit you to anything.