Highly Qualified Human Resources
Co-funded by
Project name: CENTRO-04-3559-FSE-000151 - FoodLab
Project code: CENTRO-59-2020-09
Main goal: Support for the recruitment of highly qualified human resources (CoLAB)
Region of intervention: Central Regional Operational Programme
Beneficiary entity: Food4Sustainability - Association for Innovation in Sustainable Food
Date of approval: 22.07.2019
Start date: October 2020
Completion date: March 2023 (30-month duration)
Total eligible cost: EUR1.560.000
European Union financial support: FSE - EUR1.326.000
National/regional public financial support: EUR234.000
Status: in execution
Strategic goals:
- Economic impact:
- Increase of the employment rate.
- To increase the population by encouraging the migration of entrepreneurs and farmers to rural areas, including the municipality of Idanha.
- Increase foreign investment.
- To create a sustainable regional economy.
- Social impact:
- Increase the attraction and fixation of talent, creating a new generation of agro-tech entrepreneurs and innovation opportunities.
- Create greater awareness of the benefits of organic food consumption and production.
- Enhance community cohesion by involving different stakeholders.
- Promote education and development, creating a more informed community.
- Improve communities' livelihoods.