In January 2019 the Horizon 2020 project LIAISON launched a Europe-wide contest, EURIC,  with the aim of seeking-out innovative, inspiring and ground-breaking initiatives from within farming, forestry and the agri-food supply chain.

A total of 220 businesses, projects and initiatives entered the contest from 21 EU Member States and from 2 neighboring countries.  An international jury of independent professional experts have now selected 15 of them as European Rural Innovation Ambassadors that represent the large variety of innovative groups in different sectors and geographical areas.

The Rural Innovation Ambassador selected for Romania is Nod Verde project developed by Civitas Foundation.

Each of the selected Ambassadors will receive personalized promotional materials and international recognition, as well as the possibility to benefit from numerous networking opportunities.

According to Mark Redman from Highclere Consulting (HCC)  the LIAISON partner in Romania:   

“Times are changing!  All across Europe the agricultural, forestry and the agri‐food sectors are facing major social, economic and environmental challenges – as well as great new opportunities. 

 Rural innovation is currently one of the hottest topics of discussion from farmhouse kitchen tables to the European Commission offices in Brussel.  We therefore set out to find as many good examples of rural innovation as we could and to promote their hard work and good ideas.  We were especially interested in finding partnerships that bring together diverse expertise from people and organisations with different backgrounds”.

 All of the Ambassadors will be honored at the European Rural Innovation Contest Award Ceremony taking place on 3 December 2019 in Brussels during the annual Organic Innovation Days event organised by TP Organics.