Research team  from  the  Institute of  Agricultural  Economics,  Belgrade, at  the  invitation of colleagues from the Agency   for Rural Development of Istria - AZRRI, attended the event under title  „Fostering innovation exchange in the agro food sector between Istria and Serbia", during  the  period 7-9 July  2011,  in  Porec,  Croatia. The  three-day event  was  organized within the  international  project  "Solutions and  interventions  for  the technological  transfer and  the innovation

Beside researchers of  IAE Belgrade, members  of  the  project consortium  and  the companies in the  meat  industry  also  attended  this  event.   Except  participants from  Serbia and  Croatia, the event was  attended  by participants from  Croatia, Austria,  Italy,  Romania  and  Hungary which had  the  opportunity for business  networking and  discussion on  problems  and technological solutions related  to  the production  of  traditional meat  products.   After the lectures that were related to the production, certification and export of local products, the participants of the event, and representatives of foreign companies from the sector of meat processing industry presented their companies, describing their production capacity and product range.