Providing services for management of natural resources

Acronym	Re-Source
Priority axis	Environment
Specific Objective	Delivery on Environmental Legal Framework
Call	1st Call for Project Proposals
Lead Partner	Interbalkan Environment Center
Partners	Agricultural Research Institute Albanian Ministry of Tourism and Environment Centre for Climate Change - GEVGELIJA Executive Forest Agency Hellenic Agricultural Organization DEMETER - Soil and Water Resources Institute National Agency of Natural Resources Region of Thessaly
Budget	1.018.900,00 €

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

The Re-Source project tackles the need for improved transnational governance capacity in relation to the following three fields: 1) irrigational water management, 2) codes of good agricultural practices (CGAP), and 3) soil erosion risk management.

In agreement with the directions of the BMP framework, it aims to capitalize on results from past projects, namely digital tools/services produced within the “Digital Convergence” framework and the ”AGRO-LESS” project (ETCP Greece-Bulgaria 2007-13) and expand/customize their use into the territories of five (5) Balkan-Med countries (GR, BG, AL, Rep. of North Macedonia and CY) in order to promote governance capacity and legal framework delivery in the three aforementioned fields.

The project will be based on the system of digital services already established within iBEC (LP) and will further develop, focusing on the following three tools/services: 1) application of precise irrigation: a digital model for the application of precise irrigation in space and time will be further upgraded, customized and applied within the Greek and Albanian territories, 2) application of codes of good agricultural practices: a digital tool for the evaluation of the implementation of the CGAP (a set of more efficient, environmentally friendly practices in agriculture) will be customized and applied within the Cyprus and Rep. of North Macedonia territories, and 3) application of soil erosion risk assessment: a digital model for the large-scale risk assessment of soil erosion will be customized for use within the Bulgarian territory. Other foreseen outputs of the project include legal framework, present state and end user requirements analyses, evaluation reports, large-scale strategic studies, and training seminars (towards the public administration) on the use of the digital tools, water and soil resource management, good agricultural practices and related legal framework delivery.

DELIVERABLES

Communication Plan