Identification & Background:
Project title: Agricultural Decarbonization for a Better Future
Working together for a green and competitive Europe.
Main objective:This project aims to establish partnerships between Portuguese and Norwegian entities, accelerating the transition to a lower environmental impact agri-food sector. We will strive to implement activities aimed at transferring knowledge between all involved entities, promoting future work and elevating the agri-food sectors of both countries to new heights. Materials to raise public awareness, such as an educational video on the topic of greenhouse gases in the agri-food sector, will also be produced.
Funding Entity: EEA Grants Portugal *
Promoters: MORE – Laboratório Colaborativo Montanhas de Investigação – Associação
Partner: Bogsdalen Gård
Date of approval: 13/09/2023
Starting date: 01/01/2024
Conclusion date: 31/12/2024
Total investment: 14995.80 €
Total eligible investment: 13496.22 €
Objectives
This project aims to establish partnerships between Portuguese and Norwegian entities, accelerating the transition to a lower environmental impact agri-food sector. We will strive to implement activities aimed at transferring knowledge between all involved entities, promoting future work and elevating the agri-food sectors of both countries to new heights. Materials to raise public awareness, such as an educational video on the topic of greenhouse gases in the agri-food sector, will also be produced.
Activities
A1 – Technical Visits will be carried out in Portugal, focusing on agri-food companies, and Norway, focusing on companies that have adopted decarbonization solutions or green technologies;
A2 – Roundtables will be conducted in Portugal and Norway, where a group of experts will discuss the future of decarbonization in the agri-food sector;
A3 – Creation of a compilation gathering ‘Good Practices for Decarbonization’ in the agri-food sector;
A4 – Creation of an Educational Video about ‘Decarbonization in the agri-food sector’;
A5 – Communication Plan.
Through the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA), Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway, are internal market partners with the Member States of the European Union. As a way of promoting a continuous and balanced strengthening of economic and commercial relations, the parties to the EEA Agreement established a multi-annual Financial Mechanism, known as EEA Grants. EEA Grants aims to reduce the social and economic disparities in Europe and strengthen bilateral relations between these three countries and the beneficiary countries.
For the period 2014-2021, a total contribution of 2.8 billion euros was agreed for 15 beneficiary countries. Portugal will benefit from a budget of 102.7 million euros.
Learn more at eeagrants.gov.pt
