THE VALUE OF COOPERATION

In order to strengthen the direct interventions on the territory, two inter-territorial cooperation projects have been foreseen (with LAGs of other regions) and two transnational cooperation projects (with LAGs of other European countries) with the target of creating connections with foreign provinces and foreign boards.

The amounts available for these projects are shared as follows:

Measure 421 – Action 1 – Inter-territorial (LAGs from the Veneto region and others) 350,000 €

Measure 421 – Action 2 transnational (European LAGs) 287,901.92 €

The goal of cooperation is to enhance the value of the territory and its products through tourism.

The projects have considered the potentialities of the territory to create innovative and specific ideas such as tourism in the plains crossed by large rivers, itineraries through rural markets, rural and cultural tourism, and relevance of local products that take advantage of the modern means of distribution.

Considering the central theme of the Local Development Plan which concerns the “Systematization and integration of the tourist offering and promotion of entrepreneurs from different fields to renovate the economical rural structure within LAG Patavino,” the priority goals of the Rural Development Plan, concerning the cooperation projects are the following: promotion of modernization and innovation in  companies aimed to the production, transformation, and distribution of local products; consolidation and development of the agricultural and forestal production; improvement of the attractiveness of rural territories for companies and population; and maintenance and/or creation of new employment and income opportunities in rural areas.