GREEK RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME 2014-2022 

Measure 16 – ‘Cooperation’ 

Structure of the Measure 

1. Sub-measure 16.1 – 16.2 – Establishment and operation of Operational Groups (OPs) the European Innovation Partnership (EIP) for agricultural productivity and sustainability 

2. Action 1 – Establishment of (potential) EIP Operational Groups on agricultural productivity and sustainability 

3. The Operational Team is established which draws up an Action Plan 

1. Action 2 –Implementation of the EIP Operational Group’s Operational Plan (project) for agricultural productivity and sustainability 

The funding covers 100% of the costs and per project category: 

• Local level: €145,000 

• Inter-local: €295,000 

• Transnational level: €445,000 

2. Sub-measure 16.1-16.5 – Cooperation for environmental projects, environmental practices and actions for climate change, and current environmental practices 

3. Action 1 – Creating partnerships to promote actions that demonstrate respect for environmental protection and adaptation to climate change 

4. The Operational Team is established which draws up an Action Plan 

5. Action 2 – Implementation of the Operational Plan (project) of collaborations in order to promote actions that demonstrate respect for environmental protection and adaptation to climate change 

The funding covers 100% of the costs and per project category: 

• Local level: €145,000 

• Inter-local: €295,000 

Objective of the Measure 

The development of partnerships with the aim of connecting research with production through the pilot implementation of projects, as well as the creation of Operational Groups, with the aim of strengthening the sustainability and productivity of agriculture or the protection of the environment and adaptation to climate change are one of the priorities of the European Commission for the current and the next Programming Period. 

Sub-Measures 16.1-16.2 and 16.1-16.5 of Measure 16 ‘Cooperation’ are inspired by partnerships that have already been developed in other member-states of the European Union. All these examples indicate that the ideas that farmers have about the use of their production or the problems they face on their farm, if they cooperate with research, scientific, or other bodies, can result in a reduction in production costs, an increase in added value, and, ultimately, an increase in their income. 

Beneficiaries are cooperation schemes of entities (at least one must be active in the sectors of agriculture and/or livestock) at a local, inter-local, or transnational level, to achieve practical solutions to a specific problem or to take advantage of a technological or non-technological, organisational or social innovative solution in the agriculture, livestock, and food sectors (when these are a product of Appendix I of the Treaty).