Cooperation Projects

Implemented Cooperation Projects

General:

• Praxis: Making Rural Entrepreneurship Work, Interreg IIIC project, 2004-2007, Project Partners: Belgium, France, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Spain, United Kingdom;
• GSR – Gestió Sostenible Rural, Spanish interterritorial project  to develop a common methodology  for implementing Corporate Social Responsability in rural enterprises and within the public sector. Funded by Spanish  National Rural Network Programme
• TERA- Territorial aspects of Enterprise development in Remote rural Areas,  Partners: Italy, Latvia, Finland, Czech Republic, UK, Greece

Local Food

• RurUrbAl – Choose your Food. Decide your territory, Developed within the framework of the EuroMediterrania Program
• Gutes vom Bauernhof ('Good stuff from the farm'), 2008-2009, Inter-territorial cooperation project, Location: Burgenland, Carinthia, Lower Austria, Upper Austria, and Styria states, Austria
• 'RegionamMarke Eifel GmbH' Project (Project brochure), Inter-territorial cooperation project, funded by the Sixth Framework Programme, Location: Eifel region, Federal States of Rhineland-Palatinate and North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
• 'Local and Organic Food (LOF)', Interreg IIIC Project, 2005-2007, Project partners: UK, SE, EE;
• Municipal support for local food [PDF], 2005, Obstacles and solutions in use of local and organic food. Ekologiskt lantbruk, no. 44. Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet, Centrum för uthålligt lantbruk, pp. 65-69. Inter-territorial cooperation project, Location: Kiuruvesi, Eastern Finland province, Northern Savonia region, Finland
• Initiative ARCo (Agricultura de Responsabilidad Compartida), Inter-territorial cooperation project, Location: National level, several autonomous communities, Spain
• AMAP - Association pour le maintien d'une agriculture paysanne ('Association for the support of local agriculture'), National level project (all regions), France
• Opération Paniers Fraîcheur ('Fresh baskets initiative') Inter-territorial cooperation project, Location: Ile-de-France, spreading to other regions: Lorraine, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, PACA, Poitou-Charentes, France
• Initiative 'Bienvenue à la Ferme' ('Welcome to the farm'), National level project gathering about 5 900 farmers, France
• Regional Project 'Filiera corta - Rete regionale per la valorizzazione dei prodotti agricoli toscani' (Short supply chain – Regional network for the promotion of the agricultural products of Tuscany); Location: Several provinces and municipalities, Toscana region, Italy
• 'Filiera Corta Bio' (Short supply chain for biological products), Location: 19 regions, Italy
• 'Opening of farms' gates' initiatives – 'Cantine Aperte', in Italy, Location: All regions in Italy
• ‘Naturalment Malti’ campaign, Location: national level, Malta
• ‘Landwinkel Farm shops’, Location: national level, the Netherlands
• Van Eigen Erf (From the own Farmyard) Foundation, funded by the Sixth Framework Programme , Location: national level, the Netherlands
• The ‘Bondens egen Marknad’ (Farmers own Market) initiative, Location: national level, Sweden
• Research project on consumer attitudes and purchasing behaviour with particular reference to local and regional foods, 2007- 2008, Location: national level, United Kingdom

Social Services

• “So Far” is a multi-country specific support action, funded by the EU Commission (Sixth Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development).

Local Financing Instruments

Inclusion of Specific Target Groups:

• WERT - Woman Entepreneurs in Rural Tourism. Project to meet the needs and build the skills of women entrepreneurs involved in rural tourism and crafts Funded by European Comission through Leonardo da Vinci programme. 
• Female Entrepreneurs Meetings in the Baltic Sea region [PDF]  project; to support of women’s entrepreneurship and women’s active participation in Baltic Sea Region. INTERREG III.