EU Enlargement in the Western Balkans—Regional Perspectives

The United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union has been reshaping the dynamics of decision-making within the EU. Partnerships among the remaining 27 Member States are to be rethought and new alliances established. The coalition potential of individual EU members will change, and it will directly affect qualified majority voting as well as blocking minority in the Council of the EU. This activity is a part of the Connecting V4 and other regional expert networks project focused on building regional connections across the EU. The previous activities within this project have shown that the V4 countries have a great potential in the field of regional cooperation. In this workshop, we will explore the possibilities of such cooperation with the countries of the Western Balkans. The online workshop will be divided into two 75-minute panels. http://www.amo.cz/propojeni-v4-s-expertnimi-sitemi-v-ostatnich-regionech/s/44465-o-projektu/

Working Brunch with Experts and Stakeholders in Slovakia

Presentation of qualitative data from the project to relevant stakeholders) https://www.facebook.com/BPISlovakia

Farm to Fork Academy Training: Recruitment & Session 1

Recruitment of 12 farmers selected to the project: via online: short idea form: the final lists of candidates reviewed and selected by project partners: V4 online participation; - Farm to Fork Academy training: Session 1: Introduction into biodiversity protection adjusted agriculture & initial idea pitches by the 12 participants & insight feed-back by the experts. Training topics envisaged: agroecology praxis: useful applications of cost-effective small, smart on-farm adaptations measures/ investments/ solutions e.g. on-farm biodiversity management, land and soil management, improvement of irrigation efficiency/water harvesting, old crops variety preservation, planting of drought-resistant varieties of crops, how to use by/co-products; late blossoming/frost resistant native varieties. The Academy will cause the creation of individual project proposals for pilot implementation by the farmers with a help of the tutors to be presented during the last 4th session: 3 best projects will be awarded with micro-grants of max 2000 Eur each. Furthermore, the activity/event entails: - Development of an education material package (2 topics: case studies) for a training session in digital form reduce the amount of paper used. Delivery: - Session delivered 2 experts form Visegrad: assigned depending on the topic and further practitioners assigned if needed: online; Ad hoc Albanian support/language facilitation. https://anrd.al/news/call-for-application-farm-to-fork-academy/