Project Objectives
Project Overall Objective :
DACIAT project aims at strengthening cross-border cooperation in the Black Sea area by stimulating exchange of experiences and good practices in order to increase/develop competences in aquaculture.
DACIAT project was born from partners’ desire to improve existing competences in the field of aquaculture and aquaculture-related fields in the Black Sea Basin.
DACIAT builds on a consolidated experience of exchange by moving towards concrete transfer of good practices in 4 Black Sea regions aiming to improve their competences, especially in what concerns support for aquaculture enterprises, in particular SMEs.
DACIAT’s overall objective is to improve actual capacities in the field of aquaculture by increased cross-border cooperation in the Black Sea Region and, specifically, to upgrade the innovation capacity of existing enterprises activating in the field of aquaculture.
This project aims to create added-value for aquaculture enterprises, in particular for SMEs, by creating customized support services and improving the existing ones.
Project specific objective:
SO1 – To increase knowledge in the aquaculture sector in the Black Sea cooperation area.
Specific objective 1 will be achieved by the State of the Art analysis on the aquaculture sector in 4 Black Sea regions with strengths, weaknesses, challenges and development opportunities identified.
SO2 – To increase competences of aquaculture businesses by exchange of experiences, transfer of good practices and capacity building actions
Specific objective 2 will be achieved by implementation of specific measures targeted aiming to support cross-border learning and networking activities: 4 study-visits (one in each partner country), 20 virtual site-visits and interviews with successful aquaculture entrepreneurs and 12 workshops for entrepreneurs.
SO3 – To increase the use of ICT technologies in the Black
Sea cooperation area by creating an Aquaculture Virtual Centre of Competences (AVCC)
Specific objective 3 will be achieved by setting up of an Aquaculture Virtual Center of Competences as an open access web platform that will primarily serve as a cross-border business & logistics information exchange system. It will be specifically designed for entrepreneurs that want to upgrade their knowledge in the aquaculture sector or to develop new competences in this sector.