Local Development and Cross Border Cooperation in the area of Agricultural Products and Traditional Food

Programme 2014 - 2020 Black Sea Basin ENI CBC

Date of latest update: 2025-06-17

Description

Description (EN):

The location of the implementation of the project is the Black Sea broader region and in particular all the eligible regions of Greece, Romania Moldova, Ukraine and Bulgaria. All involved regions are deeply influenced by their dependency on agriculture and face several development challenges. Traditional agricultural and food products are of paramount importance for the local development as a whole.Rural areas can offer a diversity of traditional regional agricultural and food products. In the participating counties, a new demand for quality food is increasing in urban areas.In many regions, there are still many farms producing traditional products for home consumption or for limited markets.Urban demand creates incentives to preserve traditional products but a on the other hand preference for western fast food type foods is a clear threat both to the local economy as well as the health and the well being of the general population.The project aims to promote slow food products like those produced locally of exceptional taste and nutritional quality, give them an added value according to the EU Regulation No1151/2012 i.e designate them as Protected Designation of Origin(PDO) Protected Geographical Indication (PGI), Traditional Specialities Guaranteed(TSG), thus boosting the local economies secure tradition preservation, but also addresses safety issues. The overall objective of the project is to support the sustainable economic and social development in the agricultural rural areas in the region of intervention through integrated initiatives that incorporate economic, environmental, social and cultural dimensions and to enhance the regional cooperation. In specific the project will support the development and promotion of local traditional agricultural food products, contributing in rural community, social inclusion, cultural and biodiversity conservation by implementing common strategies for common challenges and support the local, people-to-people activities. The project, targeting to the heart of rural economy, which is the agricultural sector is expected to have considerable effect on the local development. The challenges to be effectively addressed by the project are:Economic development(challenge: under-developed local economy) and Environmental protection(challenge: threatened biodiversity and natural resources), Social issues(challenge: significant gender issues in employment and general unemployment in the rural areas, under-developed knowledge-based society) and Culture preservation and promotion(challenge: threatened local cultural heritage, and under-developed tourism and gastronomy market). The consortium is formed to cover all project dimensions. The proposed activities of the joint action will promote the transnational partnerships for good practices exchange, information days, training seminars, site visits, establishment of Associations of Traditional Food Producers, a Black Sea Network to promote Agro-Food products etc.

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):

The project's main will have 2 main results a) Promotion of traditional, local agro-food products in the participating countries, by enhancing the portfolio of designated products of origin, establishing common marketing strategies and regional structures aiming at increasing visibility (at regional and International level), competitiveness, and trading opportunities. b) Development and strengthening of the social status and the cultural identity of small producers/food processors (key stakeholders), via capacity building, transfer of knowledge and good practices for quality and sustainable production thus contributing to the modernization of the agro-food sector.

Thematic information

Agriculture and fisheries and forestry

Thematic Objective: Business and SME development

Partners (6)

Lead Partner: Ministry of Interior (Sector Macedonia and Thrace)

Department: Department of Co-Funded Programs and Regional Development

Address: Dioikitirio Agiou Dimitriou, 54123 Thessaloniki, Greece

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.mathra.gr/

Total budget: EUR 2 700.00

Dunărea de Jos University

Name: Dunărea de Jos University

Department: Faculty of Food Science and Engineering

Address: Domnească str. 47, 800008 Galați, Romania

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.ugal.ro

Total budget: EUR 29 163.51

Asociația de Dezvoltare a Turismului în Moldova

Name: Asociația de Dezvoltare a Turismului în Moldova

Address: Briz str. 33, MD-2055 Vatra town, Chișinău mun., Moldova

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 15 585.57

Odesa National University of Technology

Name: Odesa National University of Technology

Address: Kanatna Str., Ukraine, 65039 Odesa, Ukraine

Legal status: public

Website: https://www.onaft.edu.ua/

Total budget: EUR 15 503.94

International Hellenic University

Name: International Hellenic University

Department: Department of Food Science and Technology

Address: 14th km Thessaloniki-Moudania, GR-57001 Thermi - Thessaloniki, Greece

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.food.teithe.gr/

Total budget: EUR 10 432.70

Varna University of Management

Name: Varna University of Management

Department: International Projects Department

Address: Oborishte str. 13A, 9000 Varna, Bulgaria

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.vum.bg

Total budget: EUR 17 437.38

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Dunărea de Jos University

Local Development and Cross Border Cooperation in the area of Agricultural Products and Traditional Food

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Association of Tourism Development in Moldova

Local Development and Cross Border Cooperation in the area of Agricultural Products and Traditional Food

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Odesa National University of Technology

Local Development and Cross Border Cooperation in the area of Agricultural Products and Traditional Food

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International Hellenic University

Local Development and Cross Border Cooperation in the area of Agricultural Products and Traditional Food

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Varna University of Management

Local Development and Cross Border Cooperation in the area of Agricultural Products and Traditional Food

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Ministry of Interior (Sector Macedonia and Thrace)

Local Development and Cross Border Cooperation in the area of Agricultural Products and Traditional Food

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Summary

Project name (EN): Local Development and Cross Border Cooperation in the area of Agricultural Products and Traditional Food

Project acronym: LOC-FOOD

Project start date: 2020-06-08

Project end date: 2022-12-31

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 90 823.10

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 83 557.22

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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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Local Development and Cross Border Cooperation in the area of Agricultural Products and Traditional Food

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