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Public expenditure on goods, services and works constitute approximately 14% of the EU GDP accounting for 1.8 trillion € annually. Total expenditure on food and catering services in EU is 206 billion €. The sector includes 1.5 million enterprises, has...

There is a gap between food consumers and food producers, between citizens and farmers. The transition towards a novel, fair and more sustainable food system implies a repositioning of the farmer in the food chain. But who is the man...

Nowadays, more and more focus has been put on short food chains that value the position of the farmer, as well as bridge the connection between consumers and producers. This is the aim of the COCOREADO project, but also of...

  Several reports and regulations recognize the interest of direct sales and short channels as a tool for improving the position of the farmer in the value chain, as well as for accessing to local and more sustainable food by...

In November 2021, the COCOREADO WP4 team focusing on advancing sustainable public procurement met in Copenhagen to align and discuss tasks. Task leaders presented their work with existing examples of tender requirements for sustainable procurement, inclusion of sustainability criteria within...

We welcome you as ambassadors to the COCOREADO family. The COCOREADO project “Connecting producers and consumers to rebalance farmers’ position through ambassadors training” is aimed to make our food chains fairer and more sustainable through supporting the ambassadors. Who are...

A very exciting milestone was reached in the COCOREADO project last week. After almost a whole year of work and planning, the COCOREADO selection team met together in Helsinki to choose our ambassadors. These are the young people who will...

During the peak of the Covid pandemic in Bulgaria, students from the Vocational school of tourism and construction in a small mountain town in Bulgaria joined forces with local food producers to provide hot meals to front line medics. The...

Did you know that less than 10% of the European farms are run by farmers under the 35 years old? And according to EU statistics, only Austria, Poland and Slovakia are doing better than the EU average. Did you also...

Rural Youth Europe is a European Non-Governmental Organisation for rural youth. We were established in 1957 and function as an umbrella organisation working as an intermediary between national organisations, youth organisations and public institutions on a European level. Rural Youth...