A cooperation project to add value to local food products

Offer name:

Expiry date:

01/01/2019

Offering LAG:

Pays de Saint-Brieuc

Country:

France

Spoken languages:

English - French

Looking to cooperate with

Country(ies):

European Union

Type of area:

National / Regional borders, Inland, Island, Lakes & rivers, Coastal, Mountainous, Rural, Sea basin

Project idea

Project type:

- Cooperation within the country
- Across regions
- Cooperation within the country
- Within the same region
- Transnational cooperation
- Cross - border cooperation
- Transnational cooperation
- With other MSs (no shared border)
- Sea basin cooperation
- Mediterranean
- Sea basin cooperation
- Baltic
- Sea basin cooperation
- North Sea
- Sea basin cooperation
- Atlantic

Project topic:

- Knowledge transfer / education / training activities
- Agriculture & Farming
- Fisheries and aquaculture
- Circular economy / bio, green economy
- Supply chains / Producer organisations & Cooperatives

Additional keywords:

Food & Drink, Tourism, Marketing, Local products

Context:

The LAG Pays de Saint-Brieuc :
- Located in the Northern France, Brittany region (French department of the Côtes d’Armor)
- 72 towns, 1532 km² and 250 000 inhabitants
- 97 kms of coastline

A place between land and sea :
A coastline featuring many assets : seaside resorts, a wild and craggy coastline, protected areas, beaches….
A green hinterland to discover small heritage and engage in recreational and outdoor activities.
A structuring town-center, dynamising the entire territory : Saint-Brieuc

And much more...
• 3 « Petites cités de Caractère » (Little town of Character) : Moncontour , wich is recognised as one of the most beautiful village in France, Quintin and Jugon les Lacs
• 1 Historic city of Brittany (label): Lamballe
• 1 Commune of the Rural Heritage of Brittany (label) : Saint-Alban
• 3 national fishing ports
• 2 high-speed train stations
• 8,5 million overnights per year
• 320 million of economic and tourism benefits

Project idea summary:

Aims of the cooperation project

The LAG of the Pays de Saint-Brieuc wants to contribute to economic et tourism development of his territory :

Make local products a real lever of economic development, to Create tools for tourism development Structure and coordinate the promotion of gastronomic and local products.

The LAG of the Pays de Saint-Brieuc wants to build, share and find development opportunities with his future partners :
Work methodology :
Step 1 : compared analysis of each partner’s pratices
[how local food products are valued by partners ?]
Step 2 : select good practices from each other to test them - demonstration by the proof
[each territory becomes a laboratory to experience good practice]
Realisation schedule

Preparatory stage :
1) July/August 2018 : partner selection
2) September to December 2018 : writing of the cooperation project with the partners, with the help of a professional recruited by the LAG of the Pays de Saint-Brieuc
3) beginning of 2019 : signing of the agreement between partners
What kind of partners are eligible ?
 GAL and FLAG
 organized and structured partners to carry out a cooperation project

first choice for exchanges :
French
Possibility to exchange in english

Objectives:

Work methodology :
Step 1 : compared analysis of each partner’s pratices
[periode of study in each LAG territory : how local food products are valued by partners ?]
Example of deliverables : methodologic guide : help to add value to local food products / log book of the study periods / photo and video report...

Step 2 : select good practices from each other to test them - demonstration by the proof
[each partner territory becomes a laboratory to experience good practice]
Example of deliverables : they are not defined at the moment, they will be defined by comparative analysis, but we can imagine : a culinary guide between partners, a course of valorization of local products, a festival of local products ...