ILSI Europe coordinates a Network of Excellence (NoE) funded by the European Commission under the Sixth Framework Programme.
EURRECA (EURopean micronutrient RECommendations Aligned) is made up of 35 partners based in 17 countries. The Network has been established in 2007 to address the problem of national variations in micronutrient recommendations. Its main objective is to develop methodologies to standardise the process of setting micronutrient recommendations.
The initiative and the funds needed to elaborate a proposal came from the ILSI Europe Nutrient Requirements Task Force.
Matthys C., Bucchini L., Busstra MC., Cavelaars AEJM., Eleftheriou P., Garcıa-Alvarez A., Fairweather-Tait S., Gurinovic M., van Ommen B, and Contor L. EURRECA: development of tools to improve the alignment of micronutrient recommendations. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol 64, November 2010.
EURRECA posters:
- EURRECA: Development of tools to improve the alignment of micronutrient recommendations
- Development of micronutrient requirements – the EURRECA experience
Nutri-RecQuest, micronutrient recommendation search engine - One of EURRECA's important tools, Nutri-RecQuest, a web-based search engine on current micronutrient recommendations is freely available online.
EURRECA leaflet
EURRECA newsletter
For more information, please visit the EURRECA website: http://www.eurreca.org.