Cross-Border Alliance for Climate-Smart and Green Agriculture in the Black Sea Basin

Programme 2014 - 2020 Black Sea Basin ENI CBC

Date of latest update: 2025-06-17

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Description (EN):

Agriculture sustains its high economic and social value for the Black Sea countries. However, its development has been seriously challenged by insufficient sustainability, poor adaptation to climate change, underutilization of the regional resources and of the enlarging marketing niche for organic produce. A marked improvement can occur when the main stakeholders in the agricultural sector – farmers, cooperatives, business support organizations, interest groups – joint forces to establish the philosophy and practice of climate-smart agriculture in the region. Accordingly, AGREEN project aims to build capacities for networking and transnational knowledge transfer of the development of clime-smart agriculture in the Black Sea Basin, in view of increasing the trade opportunities, economic and social performance of the sector as a development driver in the Black Sea Basin. It pools the efforts of higher education institutions who lead in applied research for agriculture and agri-business – Dobrudzha Agrarian and Business School (BG), Ovidius University of Constanta (RO), Tekirdag Namik Kemal University (TR), International Centre for Agribusiness Research and Education (AR), a business support organization – ELKANA (GE) and a sectoral agency - ANATOLIKI S.A.- ORGANISATION FOR LOCAL DEVELOPMENT (EL). The complementary expertise and target-group outreach of AGREEN partners is to guarantee the achievement of the project targets and the delivery of sustainable outcomes, which include:*a community of practice (COP) and Alliance of organizations for regional branding, internet connectivity and learning in climate-smart agriculture; *regional brand for agricultural products originating in the Black Sea Basin and produced in a climate-smart way; *interactive map of logistic centres for wholesale and retail trade in sustainably delivered agricultural produce from the BSB; *climate-smart crop models, adapted to the environmental, social and economic conditions in the BSB region; *Internet Platform for liaising sustainable producers; *Integrative blended mobility training “Entrepreneurship for Climate-smart Agriculture in the BSB; *3 international business conferences on climate-smart agriculture. In this way, AGREEN contributes to the increase of cross-border links for trade and modernization of agricultural and connected sectors in the Black Sea Basin - priority 1.2 of the JOP BSB. The outputs shall bring benefits to farmers and the enterprises in agriculture, young farmers and professionals in particular, business sectoral organizations, interest groups (NGOs), higher education and research institutions. The transnational cooperation has a high added value since it mobilizes the capacity of the regional actors and leads to tailor-made solutions, economic and social viability in agriculture.

Achievements (EN): R 1.2 Strength of cross-border links for trade and modernisation in the agricultural and connected sectors

Website: http://blacksea-cbc.net/

Expected Results (EN): R 1.2 Strength of cross-border links for trade and modernisation in the agricultural and connected sectors

Expected Outputs (EN):

AGREEN brings about results and outputs that represent the achievement of its overall and specific objectives. Results: 1. Elaborated common brand for climate-smart agricultural produce originating in the BSB. 2. Better opportunities for CBC and trade in sustainable agricultural products in the BSB. 3. Cross-border network of like-minded professionals on climate-smart agriculture. 4. Enhanced capacity of young farmers and entrepreneurs to engage in sustainable farming. 5. Applied innovative climate adaptation models and shared good managerial practices for sustainable farming. Outputs: 1. A community of practice and alliance of organizations for climate-smart agriculture. 2. A regional brand and branding strategy for agricultural products originating in the Black Sea Basin and produced in a climate-smart way. 3. Interactive map of logistic centres for wholesale and retail trade in sustainably delivered agricultural produce. 4. International Business Conference on regional branding for climate-smart agriculture. 5. Climate-smart crop models, adapted to the environmental, social and economic conditions in the BSB region. 6. International Business Conference on models and best practices for climate-smart agriculture. 7. Internet Platform for liaising sustainable producers and promotion of climate-smart agriculture in the BSB. 8. International Business Conference on Internet Connectivity in Agriculture. 9. Integrative blended mobility training “Entrepreneurship for Climate-smart Agriculture in the BSB” AGREEN outputs contribute particularly to: R.1.2 Strength of cross-border links for trade and modernisation in the agricultural … sectors: all results&o~s1,2,4,7. COI.1.2.1. No. of enterprises participating in CB agricultural or agro-industrial... events: o~ts 3,6,9. COI.1.2.2. No. of additional ICT based tools developed supporting CBC (COI29)…: o~t 5. COI.1.2.3. No. of business development organisations receiving support (COI1): o~ts 1,2,4.

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Agriculture and fisheries and forestry Climate change and biodiversity

Thematic Objective: Business and SME development

Partners (8)

Lead Partner: Добруджанско аграрно и бизнес училище

Address: Bulgaria 3, 9300 Dobrich, Bulgaria

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.dabu-edu.org

Total budget: EUR 43 856.08

International Center for Agribusiness Research and Education

Name: International Center for Agribusiness Research and Education

Address: 5th street, 12 Alley 1, 2413 Proshyan, Armenia

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.icare.am

Total budget: EUR 32 658.11

ANATOLIKI S.A – ORGANIZATION FOR LOCAL DEVELOPMENT

Name: ANATOLIKI S.A – ORGANIZATION FOR LOCAL DEVELOPMENT

Department: Environmental

Address: 1st km Thermis - Triadiou, 57001 Thessaloniki, Greece

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.anatoliki.gr

Total budget: EUR 24 296.76

Biological Farming Association Elkana

Name: Biological Farming Association Elkana

Address: Gazapkhuli str. 61, 0186 Tbilisi, Georgia

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.elkana.org.ge

Total budget: EUR 34 634.72

"Ovidius" University of Constanta

Name: "Ovidius" University of Constanta

Address: Mamaia Blv. 124, 900527 Constanta, Romania

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.univ-ovidius.ro

Total budget: EUR 32 709.87

Tekirdağ Namık Kemal Üniversitesi

Name: Tekirdağ Namık Kemal Üniversitesi

Department: Projects Coordination Office (Rectorate)

Address: Namık Kemal Üniversitesi Rektörlüğü, Namik Kemal Mahallesi, Kampüs Caddesi, No:1, Rektörlük Binası,, 59030 TR211 - Tekirdağ, Turkey

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.nku.edu.tr

Total budget: EUR 15 357.25

Fishing Areas Federation

Name: Fishing Areas Federation

Address: Anghel Saligny 24, 810118 Braila, Romania

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.fzp.ro

Total budget: EUR 59 546.14

Tekirdağ Namık Kemal Üniversitesi

Name: Tekirdağ Namık Kemal Üniversitesi

Department: Projects Coordination Office (Rectorate)

Address: Namık Kemal Üniversitesi Rektörlüğü, Namik Kemal Mahallesi, Kampüs Caddesi, No:1, Rektörlük Binası,, 59030 TR211 - Tekirdağ, Turkey

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.nku.edu.tr

Total budget: EUR 15 357.25

ENI budget: EUR 112 989.80

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International Center for Agribusiness Research and Education

Cross-Border Alliance for Climate-Smart and Green Agriculture in the Black Sea Basin

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ANATOLIKI S.A – ORGANIZATION FOR LOCAL DEVELOPMENT

Cross-Border Alliance for Climate-Smart and Green Agriculture in the Black Sea Basin

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Biological Farming Association Elkana

Cross-Border Alliance for Climate-Smart and Green Agriculture in the Black Sea Basin

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"Ovidius" University of Constanta

Cross-Border Alliance for Climate-Smart and Green Agriculture in the Black Sea Basin

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Tekirdağ Namık Kemal Üniversitesi

Cross-Border Alliance for Climate-Smart and Green Agriculture in the Black Sea Basin

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Dobrudzha Agrarian and Business School

Cross-Border Alliance for Climate-Smart and Green Agriculture in the Black Sea Basin

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Fishing Areas Federation

Cross-Border Alliance for Climate-Smart and Green Agriculture in the Black Sea Basin

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Tekirdağ Namık Kemal University

Cross-Border Alliance for Climate-Smart and Green Agriculture in the Black Sea Basin

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Project name (EN): Cross-Border Alliance for Climate-Smart and Green Agriculture in the Black Sea Basin

Project acronym: AGREEN

Project start date: 2020-06-01

Project end date: 2023-05-31

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 183 512.79

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 168 831.75

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2014 - 2020 Black Sea Basin ENI CBC

Last month that data in keep.eu was retrieved from the Programme's website or received from the Programme

2025-06-06

No. of projects in keep.eu / Total no. of projects (% of projects in keep.eu)

43 / 43 (100%)

No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)

220 / 220 (100%)

Notes on the data

Information provided by the Programme on 2025-03-10. Achievements were retrieved by Interact from the Programme website (http://blacksea-cbc.net/), or a website directly linked from it, on 2024-02-01, except for projects with acronyms AGREEN, BeECO, BRIDGES, BSB ECO MONITORING, BSB Smart Farming, CRoCuS, EXCELTOUR, LeNetEco 2, LOC-FOOD, SILC, THC (in these cases, the information was provided by the Programme).

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