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Financing Opportunity for Aquaculture Research Institutions – Romania

The General Department for Fisheries – Managing Authority for the Operational Programme for Fisheries and Maritime Affairs (Romania) has launched a session for submitting applications under the Operational Programme for Fisheries and Maritime Affairs 2014-2020, Union Priority 2 – Fostering Environmentally Sustainable, Resource-Efficient, Innovative, Competitive and Knowledge-Based Aquaculture, Measure II.7 – Increasing the potential of aquaculture sites.

Call Code: POPAM/997/2/3/Art.51

Submission start: 07.02.2022, 14:00

Deadline for submission of proposals: 09.03.2022, 14:00

Eligible applicants are Aquaculture Research Institutions and the National Agency for Fisheries and Aquaculture.

Total financial allocation for this call: 6.430.190 LEI, the equivalent of 1.300.000 EURO

Maximum eligible value for one project is: 3.215.095 LEI (equivalent of 650.000 EURO, with the INFOREURO exchange rate for February 2022 being 4.9463 LEI/EUR)

Minimum eligible value for one project is: 24.731,50 LEI (equivalent of 5000 EURO, with the INFOREURO exchange rate for February 2022 being 4.9463 LEI/EUR)

For this call of proposals, the applications and the attached documents will be uploaded and submitted online with digital signature in the electronic app MySMIS2014, that can be found at http://www.fonduri-ue.ro/mysmis, only in the mentioned timeframe.

For this call, one applicant can only submit one proposal.

The applicant has to comply to the eligibility and conformity requirements mentioned in the Applicants Guide for this measure. The selection and evaluation procedure can be found at www.ampeste.ro and is also available at the Regional Centers for the Operational Programme for Fisheries and Maritime Affairs (Romania). The Applicants Guide has been approved through the Order of the Agriculture and Rural Development Minister no. 245/21.09.2021 and can be found on the General Department for Fisheries – Managing Authority for the Operational Programme for Fisheries and Maritime Affairs (Romania) site, www.ampeste.ro.

EIT Food Accelerator Network (EIT FAN) Programme

The EIT Food Accelerator Network (EIT FAN) programme aims to fast-track science and technology-based innovations that are helping to solve global food system challenges. The four-month programme is managed by leading EIT Food partner organizations, operating from different regional hub locations in Europe. Impactful agrifood startups are connected with industry-leading corporate and research partners, in order to pilot innovative technology and to achieve a successful market adoption.

Eligibility criteria

For your business to be eligible, innovation must be underpinned by a science or technology with a proof of concept, or pilot project execution. It must also fall under one of EIT Food’s key focus areas: Alternative proteins; Targeted nutrition; Digital traceability; Sustainable agriculture; Sustainable aquaculture; Circular systems.

In order to apply for EIT FAN your company must be registered and established in an EU member state, or Horizon Europe associated countries. Your company must be at a pre-seed stage (you must not have closed a Series A investment round yet), and ideally, it has successfully completed customer validation and is able to demonstrate traction, for example, through letters of support, sales, or signed letters of intent.

Funding: up to €10,000

With the EIT FAN grant also comes the opportunity to access follow-on EIT Food funding and support through EIT Food’s Impact Fund.

Date for submitting applications

You can submit your applications from the beginning of January to the end of February each year, and all applications are evaluated from March-May. The start-ups considered to have the highest impact potential will be selected (up to 60 startup teams).

For more information access: https://entrepreneurship.eitfood.eu/accelerate/

Survey for fishers/aquaculture producers

FARNET published a survey for fishers/aquaculture producers, as part of some research they are conducting on fisheries supply chains.

The survey is currently available in the following languages: English, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese and Spanish.  This will take approximately 12 minutes to complete and most of the questions are multiple-choice and only estimates are required.

So, if you are a producer or a fisher, please complete the survey that can be found at the following link:

https://newcastlebusiness.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cHCZCVxWLfjK6Tc

Your participation is very much appreciated!

Video recording of online EUMOFA Talk on new aquaculture technologies

You can find here below the video recording of the Eumofa talk “Impact of new aquaculture technologies: growth potential in the EU market”, that took place on December 7th 2021.

During this talk, the external experts emphasized on the  market impact of innovative aquaculture-related techniques and technologies and the perspectives offered by both  studies on integrated multi-trophic aquaculture (IMTA) and recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS).

Turkish salmon exports

Record increase in Turkish salmon exports! From 56327000$ in 2020, to 137064058$ in the 11^th month of 2021. Congratulations to everyone involved!

EUMOFA Talk – Impact of new aquaculture technologies: growth potential in the EU market

On the 7th of December 2021, EUMOFA will organize the event “Impact of new aquaculture technologies: growth potential in the EU“, which will focus on the market impact of innovative and specific aquaculture-related techniques.

The event will be held online, from 10.00 a.m. to 11.45 a.m. (CET), on Zoom.

For details and registration link please access the following address:

https://www.eumofa.eu/eumofa-talk-7-december-2021-impact-of-new-aquaculture-technologies-growth-potential-in-the-eu

The EU Fish Market – 2021 Edition

The European Market Observatory for Fisheries and Aquaculture Products (EUMOFA) released the 2021 Edition of “The EU Fish Market”, which is available at the following link:

https://www.eumofa.eu/documents/20178/477018/EN_The+EU+fish+market_2021.pdf/27a6d912-a758-6065-c973-c1146ac93d30?t=1636964632989

This report contains an economic description of the European fishing and aquaculture industry and presents the main trends of import, export and production.

NEWSLETTER 4

The fourth DACIAT Newsletter, covering months 19-30 of implementation

DACIAT Closing Conference – Tulcea, 17 September, 2021

On the 17^th of September 2021, the final conference of the DACIAT project took place. The event was hosted by Danube Delta National Institute for Research and Development in Tulcea, Romania and it had a number of more than 50 participants, invited from academia, business and politics.

During the event there were presented the achievements of the project, the results obtained, the indicators achieved and the exchange of experience and knowledge shared between the partner countries.

The third local dissemination event for stakeholders from Ukraine – Izmail, 10 September, 2021

On September 10th 2021 Project Beneficiary 6 Agency of Sustainable Development and European Integration “Lower Danube Euroregion” held the 3rd local dissemination event, in Izmail (Ukraine). The aim of the event was to integrate relevant stakeholders in the DACIAT project implementation process and to provide consultation and feedback on the deliverables and outputs achieved.