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Project title: Techno-environmental platforms of the agrofood sector in the Mediterranean

Project Status: Completed

Project type: international

Duration of the project: 1 June 2009 - 31 October 2011

Funding: The project is partly funded by ERDF funds - the European Regional Development Fund through the Mediterranean program. The Mediterranean program is being advertised in the framework of the European Objective III - Territorial Cooperation

Partners:

  • Andalusian Institute of Technology (Spain) - Leading Partner
  • SRC Bistra Ptuj
  • National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
  • Prefecture of Florina (Greece)
  • Science and Technology Park of Sicily (Italy)
  • Environment, Water, Town Planning and Housing Department of Valencian government (Spain)
  • Regional governemnet for environment, Andalusia (Spain)
  • EUROBIC Toscana SUD. (Italy)
  • Entrepreneurs association of Alentejo - AEAL (Portugal)
  • Critt food alimentary Paca (France)
  • Apulia region - regional department for economic development (Italy)

 

Project goals:

  • Encourage the exchange of knowledge in the field of eco-innovation in the Mediterranean region.
  • Improve the environmental performance of agro-food companies, the golden small and medium-sized enterprises.
  • Promote the development of the agri-food sector by reducing the environmental impact and improving competitiveness.
  • Promoting economic growth in the sector by reducing its environmental impact and developing new markets, processes and products that are more sustainable and environmentally friendly.

Meaning for the local environment: A catalog of eco-innovations for small and medium-sized enterprises and the promotion of the development of the agro-food sector, by reducing the environmental impact and improving competitiveness. Implementation of pilot cases in the companies from Lower Podravje on eco-innovation.

 

Results of the project:

  • Creation of brochures and project website.
  • With the aim of disseminating project results, two conferences will be organized at the regional level in each target region.
  • Publish project results in newsletters, articles and media posts.
  • Establishment of a technical environmental platform for the agri-food sector in the Mediterranean region.
  • Creation of a catalog of the best available environmental technologies for the agri-food sector in the Mediterranean region.
  • Creation of a catalog of best environmental practices for the agri-food sector in the Mediterranean region.

 

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