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.