The Municipality of Cremona, as the leader of an important system of subjects and institutions, upon decision of the Council, participates in the Call for tenders 2023 from the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (Aics) which expires on June 10th. The project, called Eco-sustainable agro-livestock training for greater employment opportunities in Tunisia – Zafitbuilds a relationship between Cremona, Italy and the Silian region of Tunisia and is aimed at contribute to increasing the competitiveness and entrepreneurship of livestock operators in Tunisia on the spot, combining innovation and tradition, strengthening technical and professional skills, with the general objective of increasing the possibilities of decent employment and creating added value to the Tunisian economy for eco-sustainable livestock farming.
Cremona makes available its internationally recognized technical, entrepreneurial, professional and training skills in the field of dairy supply chain. It does so thanks to the experience gained by its companies and universities, thanks to the choices made in recent years, such as the birth of the Zaf-Ic innovation center which unites businesses, institutions, trade fairs and universities, economic categories and social forces and Rei, for build applied research projects, obtain funding, establish international relations.
This project increases the reputation of our territory, inserts Cremona into international project networks with the Government of our country, consolidates the system built in recent years and centered on the relationship between universities and businesses and opens up the possibility of other collaborations that unite Cremona with important Mediterranean centers, such as the Ciheam (Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes) of Bari with which the current project is built.
The expected duration is 36 months with a total cost of 1,899,250 euros, for which a contribution to Aics of 1,804,287.50 euros is required, equal to 95% of the total cost.
Partners of the project are the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan, the Polytechnic of Milan, Cremonafiere Spa, the Province of Cremona, the Chamber of Commerce of Cremona, Rei – Reindustria Innovazione S.cons.rl (all already involved in the development of the Zaf Innovation Center, Center for Agro-Livestock Food Innovation), the Crit – Cremona Information Technology Soc. Cons. a rl, Anci Lombardia, Libera Associazione Agricoltori Cremonesi, Ciheam Bari, Gouvernorat de la région de Siliana, Commissariats régionaux au développement agricultural – Crda, Institution de la Recherche et de l’Enseignement Supérieur Agricoles (Iresa) – Office Elevage et pâturage, Union Tunisienne de l’Agriculture et de la Pêche (Utap).
They are priority areas for intervention technical education and professional training, with the aim of training young people capable of responding to the demand of the local labor market, higher education and university cooperation. The proposal is aimed, as a priority, at farming families, with attention to young people and women, who will be privileged recipients of training and technical assistance activities.
The project proposal also includes the involvement and training of operators and institutional technicians in data collection practices (zootechnical, agronomic, climatic) and in monitoring for the evaluation of environmental impacts and to encourage eco-sustainable growth in the livestock sector. Also in this way Cremona consolidates its system, developing through international networks and innovative projects.
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