Project Brief

The EPAWI project pursues 5 specific objectives:

OBJ 1: Identify most urgent needs and challenges for the future of the winegrowing ecosystem, in Europe and in the third countries to tackle climate change, moving towards circular economy principles and industry 4.0.

OBJ 2: Help European SMEs of the auxiliary of the wine industry (those producing technology and services for winegrowing), in Europe or in target countries, to find matching partners with competences that can accelerate or make possible the development of innovations able to respond to the most urgent needs.

OBJ 3: Create a Partnership that can support EU SMEs in expanding their market on a global scale and on a long-term perspective, within a cooperative framework among European entities and between them and third country organizations like research centers, companies, and associations, that can continue its activity well beyond the project duration.

OBJ 4: Elaborate a joint internationalization strategy and validate the actions foreseen in the  implementation plan.

OBJ 5: Enforce competitiveness and self-sufficiency in supply chain of auxiliary wine industry.”