PLATEFORME TECHNOLOGIQUE ET DE L INNOVATION DE L AQUACULTURE EUROPEENNE ASBL

Their core work

EATIP is the European Aquaculture Technology and Innovation Platform, a Brussels-based association that coordinates strategic priorities for the European aquaculture sector. They connect research infrastructure with industry needs, facilitate international cooperation on sustainable fish farming, and support capacity building across the aquaculture value chain. Their work bridges the gap between aquaculture research communities and policy/industry actors, ensuring that innovation priorities reflect real sector needs across Europe and beyond.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

EATIP's early H2020 involvement (2015-2017) centered on European aquaculture research infrastructure — enabling access to fish research facilities across Europe. From 2017 onward, their scope broadened significantly toward international cooperation, sustainability, and food security dimensions of aquaculture. The continuation from AQUAEXCEL2020 to AQUAEXCEL3.0 shows sustained infrastructure commitment, while EURASTIP signals a strategic expansion into global aquaculture governance and multi-actor engagement.

EATIP is moving from purely European infrastructure support toward global sustainability and food security challenges in aquaculture, making them increasingly relevant for international consortium building.

How they like to work

EATIP operates exclusively as a participant, never as coordinator — consistent with their role as a technology platform that convenes and supports rather than leads individual research projects. With 30 unique partners across 15 countries from just 3 projects, they work in large, diverse consortia. This wide network reach relative to their small project count suggests they function as a sector connector, bringing broad industry representation to research consortia.

Despite only 3 projects, EATIP has built connections with 30 partners across 15 countries — an exceptionally broad network for their portfolio size. This reflects their platform role as a pan-European aquaculture sector convener with reach well beyond Belgium.

What sets them apart

EATIP is not a research performer but a sector-wide technology platform — they represent the collective voice of European aquaculture innovation. This makes them uniquely valuable for consortium building: they bring legitimacy, industry connections, and sector-wide perspective that individual research institutes cannot provide. For any EU aquaculture proposal, having EATIP on board signals broad sector endorsement and access to their extensive network of fish farming research facilities and industry actors.

Highlights from their portfolio

• EURASTIP
  By far their largest funded project (EUR 1.16M, 76% of total funding), focused on international aquaculture cooperation — signaling a major strategic investment in EATIP's global coordination role.
• AQUAEXCEL3.0
  Continuation of the AQUAEXCEL series into 2020-2025, demonstrating sustained EU commitment to aquaculture infrastructure and EATIP's enduring role in this flagship initiative.