GOOD NEWS! DANUBE S3 CLUSTER PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD IS EXTENDED FOR ADDITIONAL SIX MONTHS

Project partners decided to apply for the extension of the implementation period of the Danube S3 Cluster project by another 6 months and the application was approved by the Managing Authority of the Danube Transnational Programme.

As a result, in this period, we will analyze the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the agri-food sector. The analysis will be based on both field and field research (questionnaires and interviews that will be applied to all partners' territories). Its results will be discussed in the Policy Learning Dialogue Workshop which organized in October 2021.

During the implementation of Danube S3 Cluster project, partners had to face a global challenge – the coronavirus crisis, that has shown how vulnerable we all are and how important it is to restore the balance between human activity and nature. Since the beginning of the COVID pandemic, no significant disruptions in the food production and supply have been witnessed, while logistical challenges within supply chains, particularly cross-border and domestic restrictions of movement, social distancing, as well as labor issues, may disrupt food production and supply, especially if they remain challenged for a long-term. High-value, and especially perishable commodities, are likely to be particularly affected.

Thus, during the 6 months extension Danube S3 Cluster consortium intends to focus its activity to further investigate the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the Agri-Food sector and to support Agri-Food clusters to join the digital transformation in order to be able to overcome this challenge.

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THE FINAL CONFERENCE OF THE PROJECT, ORGANIZED BACK-TO-BACK WITH POLICY DIALOGUE WORKSHOP ON 21ST OF OCTOBER 2021!

After a launch conference in 2018 and a mid-term event in 2019, the Danube S3 Cluster Project organizes its Final Conference on 21st of October 2021. Due to the COVID19 pandemic, the conference will be realized as an online event. It addresses agro-food cluster managers and members as well as other associations, networks, projects or single stakeholders, and also policy makers and public authorities, higher education and research organisations, SMEs, and civil society organizations dealing with clusters and/or agro-food from all across the Danube regionn. 

Furthermore, the conference will stimulate and support networking and dialogue between all relevant stakeholders in the Danube Region to improve the ecosystem of and framework conditions for agro-food clusters. In two keynotes and two panels, all project activities and results will be presented:

• development of a joint Danube S3 Cluster Strategy
• provision of innovation tools, audits and trainings for cluster managers and members
• implementation of 5 Local Action Plans and increase of cluster cooperation
• improvement of dialogie with policy makers and recommendations for further actions

For each of the Local Action Plans (LAPs) that were implemented within the project in Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Romania, Serbia and Slovakia, success stories will be presented concerning the three cross-cutting themes of the LAPs (healthy food, business models for circular economy and open innovation).

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