Panevėžys Business Advisory Centre (Panevėžys County)

Local foundation of sustainable development “Innovation for regions” (Minsk Oblast)

Project Description

OBJECTIVE:

Improvement of business opportunities and cooperation in the Latvian-Lithuanian cross-border region, implementation of measures to support development and innovation in green agriculture, promotion of employment opportunities, encouragement of local farmers or food producers who are willing and able to start new green agriculture businesses

TARGET GROUPS AND FINAL BENEFICIARIES:

• Local farmers and domestic organic food producers
• Youth, women and pre-retirement age people
• Dobele Adult Education and Business Support Centre
• Panevėžys Business Advisory Centre

SOFT ACTIVITIES:

• Development of innovative business support tools in the form of customized theoretical training programmes and consulting services to find individual solutions for more than 280 existing and potential organic farmers
• Organizing joint trainings, creative workshops and cross-border fairs to increase employability and entrepreneurship in the organic farming sector
• Organizing public awareness activities to promote new innovative business development opportunities and employment methods in green farming through regional mass media, project website and social media
• Developing a common platform for the promotion of products greenagriculture.eu and e-learning materials for local farmers in green agriculture

INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES:

• Acquisition of technical solutions and tools - fully equipped photo studio for professional product photography and multifunctional printing machine services for packaging products and their visual identity development in Dobele, Latvia
• Purchase of interactive equipment for organising trainings for local entrepreneurs in Panevėžys, Lithuania