Eva Moré i Palos

KTT specialist

PROGRAM / Bioeconomy, health and governance

Senior Specialist in Knowledge and Technology Transfer (KTT+I) at the Forest Science and Technology Centre of Catalonia (CTFC) and researcher at the Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Group (GPAM) since 1998, specializing in marketing and commercialization aspects of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (MAPs), with extensive experience in wild collection, cultivation and transformation of MAPS raw materials, through applied research, development of transfer material and implementation of continuous training to the productive sector. EDUCATION: * Degrees: Agricultural Engineer (Agricultural Economics) - UdL 1998, Technical Agricultural Engineer (Agri-Food Industries) - UdL 1993, Commercial Technician in Agri-Food Products - CEIMP-Camp Joliu (1993); * Postgraduate: Master's Degree in Phytotherapy - IL3-UB 2014; * Relevant courses: - Basic business tutoring training in dual vocational training (12 h), Education Ministry-GENCAT 2020; - Training school Marketing of Wild Forests Products: theory and practice, COST Action FP1203. Study Center on the Alpine Environment of the Dept. Land, Environment, Agriculture and Forestry, University of Padova 2016; - Medicines from plants, CIHEAM, Zaragoza 2012. * Recent conferences - Les Rendez-vous d'Herbalia. Colloque PPAM Plantes à Parfum, Aromatiques et Médicinales. ITEIPMAI, Chemillé-en-Anjou (France) November 2022; - Congrès International de Valorisation des Plantes Aromatiques et Médicinales. Marrakesh (Morocco) - January 2019; - National Colloquium on Aromatic and Medicinal Plants. Castelo Branco (Portugal) - March 2022; - International workshop on medicinal and aromatic plants. INCREDIBLE Project. Seville, November 2018.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE: Prospecting, collection, and conservation of germplasm, chemical characterization, selection, and propagation studies of wild populations of MAPS (rosemary, lavender, sage, arnica, etc.) (Projects: ENPI CBC MED Bioxplore, BIOMARKETS, INIA); Adaptation of some MAPS species to cultivation in Catalonia (sage, lemon balm, thyme, mint, St. John's wort, savory, etc.) (Projects: PAMinCAT Operational Groups, QDPAM); Sustainable management of wild MAPS in forestry (gentian, bearberry, mastic). (Projects: INTERREG POCTEFA GESTES, INTERREG SUDOE ValuePam).

EXPERIENCE TRANSFER: Promoting the forest bioeconomy, wild harvesting, and cultivation of MAPS in mountain areas (projects: BIOMARKETS, IMFOREST, INCREDIBLE FOREST); Demonstrating innovation in equipment and machinery for MAPS processing; MAPS production processes (organic farming, agroforestry, irrigation/dry farming, etc.) (projects by DARP-Generalitat de Catalunya, APRA-Andorra, Diputación de Lleida); Rural development with MAPS (international cooperation in Iran, Russia, Turkey, Morocco, etc.); Advisory services to MAPS companies and entrepreneurs (Local Employment and Dynamization Agent - AODL). Development of educational materials (https://apsb.ctfc.cat/category/publicacions/?lang=en) and ICT tools for the PAM sector: MAPS machinery database (http://www.observatoriforestal.cat/maquinaria-pam/); MAPS producer directory in Catalonia (http://directori-pam.ctfc.cat/); MAPS information blog (http://infopam.ctfc.cat)

TRAINING EXPERIENCE: Coordination of three PAM production training projects (Grundtvig Plant Wild, Herbartis, and FoRuO) and participation in two Erasmus+ projects (Maps4N, Herbs4Youth); Teaching in more than 100 courses and technical workshops on PAM marketing, marketing, and processing. COORDINATION OF INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS: coordination of 2 ERASMUS+ projects (Grundtvig Plant Wild and Herbartis) and 2 INTERREG POCTEFA projects (FoRuO and GESTES). https://apsb.ctfc.cat/category/transferencia/?lang=en

SECTOR REPRESENTATION: EIP-AGRI focus group 35 “Diversification opportunities through plant-based medicinal and cosmetic products” 2019-2020; CEDDEM – Center d’Étude et de Développement Durable Euromediterranéen 2009-2011; EUROPAM – European Herb Growers Association 2003-2004; Secretary of the Catalan Association of Producers of Aromatic and Medicinal Plants (ACPPAM) 2000-2010.