14. March, 2017.

Start of the Project INSiGHTS

Start of the Project INSiGHTS

Fourteen partners from Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Germany, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, and Slovenia have launched the INSiGHTS project – “Integrated Slow, Green and Healthy Tourism Strategies”. The partnership is led by Pons Danubii European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation from Komárno, Slovakia. The 30-months long project (January 2017 – June 2019) was approved within the Interreg Danube Transnational Programme financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA). (more…)

6. March, 2017.

Round Table: Homemade from an Early Age

Round Table: Homemade from an Early Age

As part of the traditional event “Days of Honey”, February 24, in Pazin a round table was held as a preliminary activity of the project entitled “Homemade from an early age” which is aimed at increasing the consumption of local products in the kindergardens and primary schools of the Istrian county. The project will be implemented by the local action groups of Istria through the Rural Development Programme (submeasure 19.3.) and with the technical support of the Institute of Public Health of the Istrian County.

The round table was attended by representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture, regional and local authorities, educational institutions and health services, and local farmers and food producers who have transferred their experiences on the subject and pointed the opportunities and potential obstacles in defining further steps in achieving the goal of the project.

In the next period the start of the implementation of the project is expected which will focus on two main activities of the project: development of a comprehensive study on the possibilities of increasing consumption of local products in educational institutions and training and education for all involved in the process.