On Friday, 27 February, AgriDataValue successfully organized the 1st Liaison Webinar of Sister Projects, bringing together seven European projects in a highly productive and engaging online meeting. The webinar marked an important step toward strengthening collaboration and fostering synergies among projects working on agricultural data, digital innovation, and interoperability across Europe.

The session kicked off with a dynamic lightning overview round, where each participating project delivered a concise presentation outlining its core objectives, recent progress, and key achievements, setting the stage for a focused and engaging exchange. Alongside AgriDataValue, the sister projects AGRARIAN, CEADS, CODECS, ScaleAgData, 4Growth, and OpenAgri contributed to the exchange, highlighting the complementary nature of their approaches and their shared ambition to advance data-driven agriculture.

AgriDataValue was represented by its Project Coordinator, Theodore Zahariadis, Professor and Head of the Department of Agricultural Development, Agri-Food & Natural Resources at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and CTO at Synelixis. The webinar also featured distinguished speakers from across Europe, including Miguel Cachão (Winegrowers’ Association of the Setúbal Peninsula, Portugal), Capwell Forbang Echo (ILVO, Belgium), Gianluca Brunori (University of Pisa, Italy), Tuna Coppens (ILVO – Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Belgium), Dáire Boyle (Evenflow Consulting LTD, Belgium), and Felipe Arruda Pontes (Maastricht University)

Following the project presentations, participants engaged in a constructive discussion focusing on interoperability approaches, standards and vocabularies, APIs, governance models, and FAIR data practices. The dialogue highlighted common technical and organizational challenges, while also identifying opportunities for alignment and joint development efforts.

The webinar concluded with an agreement on next steps and follow-up collaboration opportunities, reinforcing the importance of structured cooperation among sister projects. Through initiatives like this, AgriDataValue continues to promote knowledge exchange and contribute to building a more connected, interoperable, and sustainable European agri-food data ecosystem.