AVCC-News

The first local dissemination event for stakeholders from Romania – Tulcea, 28 May, 2019

The first local dissemination event for stakeholders from Romania was organized by Danube Delta National Institute for Research and Development on May 28th, 2019, in Tulcea at the headquarters of the institute.

To the event were invited representatives of the fish farms, representatives of major sellers of fish products and representatives of local authorities from Tulcea county.

The agenda of the event included the project’s presentation (with its objectives and expected results, as well as activities planned during the implementation), the presentation of the Aquaculture Virtual Centre of Competences and a presentation about the evolution of the aquaculture in the Danube Delta. The meeting concluded with a session of questions and answers.

Promotional materials regarding the project were disseminated.

Training for Beneficiaries from the 1st Call for proposals, Bucharest, Romania – 16-17 April, 2019

During the 16th and 17th of April 2019, the project partners attended the Training for beneficiaries from the 1st Call for proposals organized by the Managing Authority and Joint Technical Secretariat of the ENI CBC Black Sea Basin Joint Operational Programme, in Bucharest, in order to ensure the premises for a smooth implementation of the project.

The topics discussed during the training session included:

• Overview of the general rules for project implementation;
• Key aspects of financial management;
• Reporting: Progress, Intermediate and Final Reports –in eMS;
• Modifications to the Grant Contract;
• Overview of procurement rules;
• Expenditure Verification;
• Internal and external project monitoring;
• Internal and external communication.

DACIAT Opening Conference, Trabzon, Turkey – 21 March, 2019

On the 21st of March 2019 the opening conference of the DACIAT project took place. The event was hosted by Karadeniz Technical University, Faculty of Marine Sciences and it had a number of 150 participants.

Within the conference, the project was presented and each partner summarized their individual activities throughout its implementation. The state of aquaculture and fish processing in the Black Sea was another main topic of the conference.

The event ended with a Questions and Answers session and a media conference including interviews with each partner of the project