PROJECT TITLE:

Capacity Building for Kosovo in relation to the EU Common Market Organisation and Agricultural Statistics

OVERALL OBJECTIVE:

To ensure improved access to and competitiveness on the markets in agricultural products.

LOCATION:

Kosovo

SECTOR:

Economic Development, Exports, Agriculture

DURATION:

24 months (10/02/2020 - 21/09/2022)

VALUE:

EUR 1,476,866.00

TARGET AREA:

The Beneficiary of this contract/project is the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Development (MAFRD); nevertheless, this contract/project presents interest to all the other institutions involved in one way or another in definition, implementation and enforcement of the legal framework and practices applicable to the market in agricultural products and/or the agricultural information system.

IMPLEMENTING AGENCY:

Agriconsulting Europe SA (AESA) (BE), Avenue De Tervuren 36, 1040 Brussels, Belgium

PARTNERS:

- Agence pour le développement de la coopération internationale dans les domaines de l’agriculture, de l-alimentation et des espaces ruraux (ADECIA) (FR) - Consorzio per il Sistema Informativo (CSI Piemonte) (IT)

BENEFICIARIES:

Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Development in Kosovo

ACTIVITIES:

RESULT 1 - National primary and secondary legislation for organization of the market in agricultural products prepared and adopted by Kosovo's relevant stakeholders, in line with the EU relevant regulations and practices A (Activity) 1.1 - Analysis of the current situation in the sector A 1.2 - Organizing consultative workshop with the stakeholders A 1.3 - Drafting of the Law on organization of the market in agricultural products and support for adopting A 1.4 - Preparation of the secondary legislation for implementation of the Law on organization of the market in agricultural products A 1.5 - Preparation of the administrative Instruction on agriculture cooperatives RESULT 2 - Good institutional capacity built for implementation and enforcement of the legislation on organization of the market in agricultural products issued under this contract A 2.1 - Preparation of the rules and procedures for the work entailed by implementation and enforcement of the legislation A 2.2 - Perform the TNA of the relevant stakeholders A 2.3 - Preparation of the Training programme A 2.4 - Implementation of the training programme A 2.5 - Evaluation of the training implemented RESULT 3 - A comprehensive, functional and well managed Integrated Agricultural Information System (IAIS) established in Kosovo A 3.1 – Approximation of Kosovo IAIS to UE Agricultural Acquis A 3.2 - Establishment of target-content based reporting system with standard data exchange platform A 3.3 - Interconnectivity among existing and new systems A 3.4 – Statistics A 3.5 - Establishment/upgrading of MIS A 3.6 - Strengthening of FADN A 3.7 - Consolidation of IACS A 3.8 – Development of the registers A 3.9 - Establishment the central MoA umbrella register of registers and Client register A 3.10 - Capacity building and training on FADN, MIS and IACS RESULT 4 - Good awareness of the relevant stakeholders and public with regards to the outcomes of this contract, so that effective implementation and enforcement of the new legislation issued becomes possible A 4.1 - Organizing a Kick-off event A 4.2 - Working on a visibility on the dedicated website A 4.3 - Organizing public awareness/information campaign regarding the outputs/outcomes of this contract A 4.4 - Preparation, printing and distribution of the Handbook on the quality standards for fresh fruits and vegetables A 4.5 - Organizing final event

RESULTS:

Result 1: National primary and secondary legislation for organization of the market in agricultural products prepared and adopted by Kosovo's relevant stakeholders in line with the EU relevant regulations and practices Result 2: Good institutional capacity built for implementation and enforcement of the legislation on organization of the market in agricultural products issued under this contract Result 3: A comprehensive, functional and well managed Integrated Agricultural Information System established in Kosovo Result 4: Good awareness of the relevant stakeholders and public with regards to the outcomes of this contract, so that effective implementation and enforcement of the new legislation issued becomes possible