Donau Soja is a European, multi-stakeholder, not-for profit membership organisation supporting the European Protein Transition with a particular emphasis on sustainable European Non-GMO soya production. It is based in Vienna, with regional offices in Serbia, Ukraine and Moldova. More than 320 members in 32 countries, over 950 certified partners and 24 European governments have joined forces with a common vision.
The mission of Donau Soja is to support partners and members in addressing social, environmental and economic challenges in soya production and consumption. This will increase efficiency, fairness and sustainability in European food and feed protein value chains.
Role in the Legume Generation project
Donau Soja is leading the ‘dissemination, exploitation and communication’ work in the Legume Generation project. This includes the preparation of all communication materials, dissemination of project results, and engagement with relevant stakeholders. We support our innovation communities in the exploitation of project results. The European knowledge platform for legumes, the Legume Hub, will provide open access to all project outputs. Donau Soja is providing the Secreatariat for the Legume Hub.
Donau Soja is also involved in the soybean working group, in which we support the further development of the soybean community. Additionally, we provide the Secretariat for the Legume Generation project coordination. We also have minor involvment in work package ‘Investing in people through training’ and ‘Governance, finance, and business development’.
