PARTNERSHIP OFFER
Topic / title of the proposed project:
Modern Tradition – Supporting Traditional Regional and Local Products
Summary of project idea:
The idea of the project is to promote local, traditional regional products and foods traditions and to encourage youth to cultivate these traditions. This will be achieved by establishing an electronic forum which will serve as a platform linking producers and consumers from different EU countries and organizing a European Foods Festival, which will be held regularly in all participating countries.
Project aims and activities:
The aim of the project is to establish an international cooperation between organizations interested in this area with an objective of organising seminars, preparatory visits and partners and know how exchanges.
Project objectives:
There are threelong term project objectives.
The first one is to create an electronic data base which will serve as an Electronic European Foods Forum (EEFF) on local and traditional regional products. The EEFF will gather and provide information on local and regional products and traditions to all interested and will enable visitors to buy them via the internet. It will serve as a platform to all producers from different EU countries providing them with an opportunity to present their products to larger audiences and exchange experiences and ideas between themselves and network.
The second long term objective is to organize a European Foods Festival (EFF) which will be held regularly in all of the participating countries (this is to be further discussed). The EFF will be a direct, interpersonal interface between producers and consumers in all participating countries. It will provide an opportunity to different EU nationals to both present and to taste local and traditional foods from different EU regions. It will also enhance and stimulate public awareness with respect to these foods.
The third long term project objective is to establish a Local Product Centre (LPC) which will be responsible for the EEFF actualizing and maintenance as well as for providing support to producers by training, legal advice, information etc. The LPC will be also responsible for coordination of the EFF.
Local context:
We are a group of local farmers producing local, traditional and regional foods. We are grouped within Dunajec – Biała LAG in Little Poland. We offer and distribute our products through local markets, fairs, shops and the internet (“odrolnika.pl”).
Type of partner we are looking for:
LAGs from all EU member states.
Spoken language: preferably English
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