Promoting sustainable tourism, preserving and protecting natural resources in areas featuring ancient olive trees, and raising awareness at local and interregional level of the cultural heritage related to traditional olive growing, rural activities and culinary traditions are some of the objectives of the INTERREG IPA CBC Cross Border Olive (CBO). By implementing a set of relevant good practices, the project has helped create conscious traveller routes, carry out landscape protection activities, develop knowledge maps and support rural development programmes aiming to enhance ancient olive groves in Italy, Albania and Montenegro.
In particular, the experts focused their work on sustainable oil and cultural routes in Albania, Montenegro and Molise, where the environment, nature tourism and cultural values create the ideal balance for sustainable development. On the other hand, the link with tour operators and local promotion initiatives has strengthened interregional relations and synergies brought up by the project thereby encouraging local and central governments to invest in a unique heritage: age-old olive groves, which generate wealth and embody the 'Mediterranean' brand.
In order to take stock of the activities undertaken and to build further initiatives under the new INTERREG IPA SOUTH ADRIATIC 2021 - 2027 programme, CIHEAM Bari is organising a conference on Eco-sustainable enhancement of ancient olive groves: the experience of the Cross Border Olive project, on 25 February at AlbergaBici (Ostuni), in the Coastal Dunes Park.
Representatives of CIHEAM Bari, Puglia Region - Managing Authority of the INTERREG IPA SOUTH ADRIATIC 2021 - 2027 projects, University of Tirana (Albania), URBAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE (Albania), Municipality of Bar (Montenegro), Valdanos Park (Montenegro), Venafro Park (IS, Italy), Coastal Dunes Park (Ostuni) will attend the meeting, which will kick off at 9.30 am. Local agricultural entrepreneurs (olive growers, oil millers, bottlers, etc.), tour operators, eco-tourists (cyclists, trekkers, etc.), Local Action Groups, among others, are invited to participate.
This meeting will present the results achieved to date by the Cross Border Olive Project and the new INTERREG IPA SOUTH ADRIATIC 2021 - 2027 programe. The selection criteria and ways of involving stakeholders, the management of a historical olive park (problems, trade-offs and results), the pathways for establishing and regulating parks and reserves as an opportunity for the development of sustainable tourism, the community maps and their social function will also be discussed. The conference will be closed with a guided bike tour across local ancient olive trees.
Promuovere attività turistiche sostenibili, conservare e proteggere le risorse naturali nelle aree con ulivi secolari, aumentare la consapevolezza locale e interregionale sul patrimonio culturale legato all'olivicoltura tradizionale, alle attività rurali e alle tradizioni culinarie sono alcuni degli obiettivi dell’INTERREG IPA CBC Cross Border Olive (CBO) che, attraverso una serie di buone pratiche, ha realizzato percorsi turistici consapevoli, attività di tutela del paesaggio, mappe conoscitive e programmi di sviluppo rurale per la valorizzazione degli oliveti secolari in Italia, Albania e Montenegro.
Gli esperti, in particolare, hanno lavorato per realizzare percorsi sostenibili oleo-culturali in Albania, Montenegro e Molise, in cui ambiente, turismo naturalistico e valori culturali creano il giusto mix per uno sviluppo sostenibile. Il legame con i tour operator e le iniziative di promozione locale, inoltre, rinsaldano i rapporti interregionali e le sinergie create dal progetto e influenzano i governi locali e centrali nell’investire su un patrimonio unico: gli oliveti secolari, generatori di ricchezza e portatori del marchio del “Mediterraneo”.
Per fare il punto sulle attività realizzate e costruire ulteriori iniziative basate sul nuovo programma Interreg IPA SOUTH ADRIATIC 2021 – 2027, il CIHEAM Bari organizza una conferenza su La valorizzazione ecosostenibile degli oliveti secolari: l’esperienza del progetto Cross Border Olive, il prossimo 25 febbraio ad AlbergaBici (Ostuni), nel Parco delle Dune Costiere.
Ai lavori, che saranno aperti alle ore 9.30, interverranno i rappresentanti di CIHEAM Bari, Regione Puglia -Autorità di Gestione per i progetti INTERREG IPA SOUTH ADRIATIC 2021 – 2027, Università di Tirana (Albania), URBAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE (Albania), Municipalità di Bar (Montenegro), Parco di Valdanos (Montenegro), Parco di Venafro (IS, Italia), Parco delle Dune Costiere (Ostuni). Saranno invitati a partecipare, tra gli altri, imprenditori agricoli locali (olivicoltori, frantoiani, imbottigliatori, etc.), operatori del settore turistico, fruitori del turismo ecologico (cicloturisti, trekker, etc.), Gruppi di Azione Locale.
Durante il meeting saranno presentati i risultati ad oggi raggiunti dal Progetto Cross Border Olive e la nuova programmazione INTERREG IPA SOUTH ADRIATIC 2021 – 2027. Si parlerà, inoltre, di criteri di selezione e modalità di coinvolgimento degli stakeholder, gestione di un parco olivicolo storico (problemi, compromessi e risultati), percorsi istitutivi e legislativi di parchi e riserve come occasione di sviluppo turistico sostenibile, mappe di comunità e loro funzione sociale. Il convegno si concluderà con una ciclopasseggiata guidata tra gli oliveti secolari.
NATAE (Fostering Agro-ecological transition in North Africa through multi-actors design, evaluation and networking) is a newly awarded project under the Horizon Europe programme. Based on a multi-actor and interdisciplinary approach, this four-year project will generate new insights for assessing practices that are inspired by agro-ecology in a multidimensional way and at multiple scales (from production systems to territory and value chains).
The aims are to identify, evaluate and eventually promote the best observed and experimented combinations of practices inspired by agro-ecology in North Africa (i), and to set up a Mediterranean agro-ecological network for knowledge exchanges and advocacy at regional level (ii).
The approach is based on Multi-Actor Labs (MALs), as territories that are anchored in specific agro-ecosystems of North Africa. Production of scientific data and analyses in the field of agronomics, sociology and economics will inform on the potential for agro-ecological transition in the region. NATAE will support the cocreation and co-learning with multiple actors in MALs as well as concrete policies by informing largely with the opportunities provided by an agro-ecological transition perspective. It will also organize the capitalization and transfer of generated knowledge to education and extension. NATAE will further develop an Atlas platform on the performance of practices inspired by agroecology with regards to the farms, the landscape and the food systems.
Coordinated by CIHEAM Montpellier, NATAE gathers 23 partners from Europe and North Africa regions (academic institutes, international organisations, NGOs, technical institutes).
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The Global Framework on Water Scarcity in Agriculture (WASAG), with the Government of Cabo Verde and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO), will convene its 2nd International Forum on Water Scarcity in Agriculture on the theme, ‘Making Agriculture Resilient to Climate Change: Water Scarcity, an Opportunity for Action and Collaboration.
WASAG is an FAO-hosted partnership, which aims to support governments and stakeholders in the achievement of the water related targets of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, with particular emphasis on SDG 6 (clean water and sanitation) and SDG 2 (zero hunger). WASAG also contributes to SDG 1 (no poverty), SDG 13 (climate action), SDG 15 (life on land), and SDG 17 (partnerships for the Goals).
The second WASAG International Forum provides the setting for developing collaborative actions as solutions to the increasing challenges posed by climate change and the resulting water scarcity, in order to make agriculture more resilient. The Forum aims to:
The CIHEAM Bari is participating to WASAG by coordinating the preparation of the “Technical Guidelines for the design of pressurized irrigation systems” and will participate to the conference with two different presentations (in remote mode) in one of the side event planned on the first day (see more information on the link below and on the attached updated program)
dates: 7-10 February 2023
location: Praia, Cape Verde
www: https://www.fao.org/wasag/news/2nd-wasag-forum/en/
Il Global Framework on Water Scarcity in Agriculture (WASAG), in collaborazione con il Governo di Capo Verde e l'Organizzazione delle Nazioni Unite per l'Alimentazione e l'Agricoltura (FAO), organizzerà il 2° Forum internazionale sulla scarsità d’acqua in agricoltura sul tema "Rendere l'agricoltura resiliente ai cambiamenti climatici: La scarsità d’acqua, un'opportunità di azione e collaborazione".
Il WASAG è un partenariato ospitato dalla FAO che ha lo scopo di sostenere i governi e i portatori d’interesse nel raggiungimento degli obiettivi relativi all'acqua dell'Agenda 2030 per lo sviluppo sostenibile, con particolare attenzione all'SDG 6 (acqua potabile e servizi igienico-sanitari) e all'SDG 2 (fame zero). Il WASAG contribuisce anche all’avanzamento dell'SDG 1 (povertà zero), dell'SDG 13 (azione per il clima), dell'SDG 15 (vita sulla terra) e dell'SDG 17 (partenariato mondiale per lo sviluppo sostenibile).
Il secondo Forum internazionale WASAG offrirà l’occasione di identificare azioni collaborative per affrontare le crescenti sfide poste dal cambiamento climatico e dalla conseguente scarsità d'acqua, al fine di favorire un’agricoltura più resiliente. Il Forum si propone di:
Il CIHEAM Bari parteciperà al WASAG coordinando la stesura delle "Linee guida tecniche per la progettazione di sistemi di irrigazione in pressione" e interverrà da remoto con due presentazioni in uno dei side event previsti nella prima giornata (maggiori informazioni sono disponibili al seguente link e nel programma aggiornato allegato).
data: 7-10 febbraio 2023
luogo: Praia, Capo Verde
www: https://www.fao.org/wasag/news/2nd-wasag-forum/en/
The project "Bio.Re.Goal - To enhance the institutional and regulatory framework for organic food production in Albania" will come to an end on 3 February, with an international conference hosted at Rogner Hotel in Tirana that will bring together all the Balkan countries.
The project was co-financed by the CEI - Central European Initiative/KEP - Know-How Exchange Programme fund at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), made available by the Italian Government, coordinated by CIHEAM Bari and supported by MASAF - the Italian Ministry of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forestry. Experts from the two Italian institutions worked jointly with officials from the Albanian Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) to finalize a new legislation on organic farming in line with the new sector regulation (EU) 2018/848. An activity that will expand relations between this country and the EU countries and improve trade in the sector, especially in view of Albania's accession to the European Union.
The conference in Tirana "Perspectives and challenges connected to the implementation of the new EU regulation" is organized by CIHEAM Bari in cooperation with MARD, MOAN - Mediterranean Organic Agriculture Network, and IFOAM Organics Europe.
It will be attended, among others, by the Albanian Minister of Agriculture, Frida Krifca. The focus will be on the current state of play and future prospects of organic farming, taking into account the new legislation, and organic farming in Albania and the whole Western Balkan area. The initiatives underway in the region will be presented thanks to the participation of the SWG - Regional Rural Development Standing Working Group in South-Eastern Europe and of experts from various countries.
Imports from third countries and group certification, a novelty for the European Union, will also be discussed. To conclude, a round table will explore the possible alignment of laws in the different Balkan countries with the new European regulation, aiming to promote a more harmonized and fairer market, in the East and in the West, and to encourage an increasingly sustainable agriculture which is able to protect biodiversity, face the global challenge of climate change, and meet the growing consumer demand for food products that ensure well-being of people and of the planet.
The conference program can be downloaded here.
From 1-3 February, CIHEAM Bari will host the first meeting of CIHEAM's Corporate Working Group (CWG) on Forestry.
Since 1999, CIHEAM has taken part three times in the evaluation of FAO's Mediterranean Forestry Committee and since 2012 the organisation has been actively supporting the strengthening of research and cooperation networks on Mediterranean forests and social rural development. Secretary General, Placido Plaza, also recently presented CIHEAM's new strategy for the sustainable management of Mediterranean forests.
The CWG meeting aims to define the next forest strategy steps for the CIHEAM institutes, also in light of the MoU recently signed with EFI (European Forest Institute).
Besides the focal points of the 4 institutes, Giovanbattista Dedato, FAO Senior Forestry Expert of the Silva Mediterranea Secretariat, will also attend the meeting, organised by CIHEAM's General Secretariat, to discuss further areas of collaboration between the two institutions.
CIHEAM BARI is organizing the 4th edition of the high-level specialized course on Sustainable Development of Coastal Communities, in collaboration with the FAO, GFCM and funded by the Italian Cooperation.
The course will be held at the Tricase office of CIHEAM Bari from 8 May to 14 July 2023.
More information can be found on the page dedicated to the course or in the brochure below.
Nella giornata di martedì 23 gennaio 2023, presso la sede di Valenzano, il Direttore del CIHEAM Bari Maurizio Raeli, il Direttore aggiunto Biagio di Terlizzi e Massimo Zuccaro, responsabile dell’area Blue Economy and Sustainable Coastal Area Development, ha incontrato Miguel Bernal, il nuovo Segretario Esecutivo della GFCM-FAO (General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean), accompagnato da Nicola Ferri, Responsabile dell’Ufficio Legale e Istituzionale della stessa organizzazione.
Nel pomeriggio, presso la Sede di Tricase, dopo una visita alla sede e alle strutture del Porto Museo di Tricase, sono stati presentati gli interventi realizzati e quelli in divenire a supporto della piccola comunità di Tricase, ormai da anni esempio concreto di condivisione e partecipazione di un progetto di crescita integrata sostenibile, di comunità costiera mediterranea virtuosa, continuo progetto pilota da esportare in altri contesti.
L’incontro, apprezzatissimo dai prestigiosi ospiti, è stato un’importante occasione per presentare programmi, progetti e attività che il CIHEAM Bari ha realizzato e ha in corso sui temi della Blue Economy e dello sviluppo sostenibile delle comunità costiere con l’obiettivo di rafforzare la collaborazione tra le due organizzazioni e condividere nuovi scenari per azioni e iniziative future a partire dalla nuova edizione del Corso Avanzato “Sustainable Development of Coastal Communities” che avrà inizio nel prossimo mese di maggio.
Il 17 gennaio, presso la sede del Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Italiana, una delegazione del CIHEAM Bari, guidata dal Direttore Maurizio Raeli, ha incontrato per la prima volta l'Ambasciatrice Teresa Castaldo, nuova Direttrice Generale per la Cooperazione allo Sviluppo, e il Capo dell'Unità Multilaterale, Min. Marco Giungi, per condividere con la sede italiana del CIHEAM le proprie opinioni sulle attività previste per il 2023.
All'incontro ha partecipato anche il Prof. Teodoro Miano, che assumerà l'incarico di Segretario Generale dell'Organizzazione all'inizio di marzo 2023.
On 17 January, at the headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Italian Cooperation, a delegation of CIHEAM Bari, headed by Director Maurizio Raeli, met for the first time with Ambassador Teresa Castaldo, new Director General for Development Cooperation, and with the Head of the Multilateral Unit, Min. Marco Giungi, to share their views on the activities planned for 2023 with the Italian office of CIHEAM.
Prof. Teodoro Miano, who is due to take office as Secretary General of the Organisation at the beginning of March 2023, also attended the meeting.
Firmato nella sede italiana del CIHEAM il Protocollo di Intesa tra il Consorzio di bonifica di secondo grado per il Canale Emiliano Romagnolo (CER) e il CIHEAM Bari.
Gli Enti firmatari intendono favorire lo sviluppo e la realizzazione di progetti comuni di ricerca e attività tecnico-scientifiche per l’attuazione e lo sviluppo di politiche e programmi per l'uso sostenibile e responsabile dell'acqua in agricoltura in risposta alle sempre più severe condizioni di scarsità d’acqua e siccità, per l’adattamento dei sistemi agricoli alle condizioni limitanti del cambiamento climatico e per lo studio e lo sviluppo di tecnologie per l’utilizzo corretto e sostenibile dell’acqua in agricoltura.
Possibili attività da realizzare congiuntamente:
NAWAMED and MEDWAYCAP projects are launching the "Renewed Water Challenge 2023" call to promote the use of Non-Conventional Water (NCW) at the Mediterranean level in order to address water scarcity. This call is looking to identify innovative ideas/solutions that show the greatest potential for a positive impact for the implementation of a sustainable water management’s systems/solutions/approaches for Non-Conventional Water Resources (NCWR) practices in Tunisia.
"Renewed Water Challenge 2023" call is initiated at the occasion of the organization of the NAWAMED Project Conference, the next 6th of February in Tunis, aiming to engage young people in the development of nature-based solutions. This call is related to the following categories:
The call is open to any individual, group, NGO, association, start-up & spin-off, Eco-friendly companies, institution. Different initiatives by the same applicant require separate applications. The call is available for download here.
The submission is online and the deadline is January 22, 2023
Link for submission: https://forms.gle/ZWQaCJ9jRabDrfZG9
In this call, non-conventional water corresponds to rain water, grey water, black water, municipal wastewater, brackish water, drainage water.
The call is developed by CERTE and CIHEAM Bari in collaboration with NAWAMED & MEDWAYCAP projects partners.
