The Project “Creation of the “IBA Support” Management Centre“, SMIS Code 108234, a project co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund through the Competitiveness Operational Programme, has as main objective the increase of the capacity of INCDBA-IBA Bucharest to participate in the European Union Research Framework Programmes (Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe), as well as in other international Research-Development-Innovation programmes, by creating a Support Management Centre – ‘IBA SUPPORT” , as well as promoting and strengthening the position of the Institute in the elite of European centers with expertise in ensuring quality and food safety and in streamlining aspects related to the entire food chain: processing-(bio)technologies-nutrition-consumer.