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The Role of Special Local Foods and Events in Deve.. (FEDERTO)
The Role of Special Local Foods and Events in Development of Rural Tourism
(FEDERTO)
Start date: Mar 31, 2012,
End date: Mar 30, 2013
PROJECT
FINISHED
The planned project has four main objectives:1. To establish a cooperation forum in the area along the Hungarian-Romanian border (Csongrád, Békés, Arad and Timis counties) for entrepreneurs and local governments interested in tourism and rural development through the organization of vocational meetings, programs, festivals, and conferences.2. To compile and publish (in a printed and in an electronic form) a catalogue of typical agricultural products and food produced in the area of the four counties; to help the marketing of these products on both sides of the border and also beyond the borders of the region.3. To compile, publish (in a printed and electric form) and disseminate an Events Calendar on the cultural and other (village, agricultural, food industry-related) programs to be held in the four-county area.4. To compile the data of the catering establishments on the area of the four counties, publish and disseminate the catalogue in a printed and also in an electronic form. The publications and events available to the constituents listed in the website serves the marketing of products and services, their presentation and distribution will take place during the events.The general objective of the project is co-operation Forum in the Hungarian-Romanian border region The project target groups are businessmen, entrepreneurs working in agricultural production, food processing and catering in the area of the four counties (Csongrád, Békés, Arad, Timis), along with the actors who are involved in various local, regional agriculture, food production or other relevant events, local governments, chambers of commerce, economic and civil organizations.The events, meetings, conferences and publications, as project results, contribute to the knowledge of the actors involved in the area and, as such, they mean the beginning of the cooperation.The main specific activities of the project are: collecting the data of food and agricultural products typical in the target area, completing the events calendar of the target area, surveying the hotels and restaurants of the target area, completing the web page of the project, organizing business meetings, professional meetings and exhibitions.Among project results: 4 business meetings, trade events, conferences; publications, website.