INNOGROW

Venelin Dobrev from the team of SZREDA, Bulgaria took part in the group discussion for the third party event „UK Industrial Strategy: Progressing Rural Contributions. Hosted by Rural Enterprise UK" which was organized in Urban Science Building, Newcastle University on the 27th of March (Wednesday). The event began with opening ceremony and presentations of the different aspects of the Industrial Strategy of the UK. After the first two sessions the speakers and participants participated in networking part with discussion.

Venelin Dobrev from the SZREDA gave presentation of the activities and results of the INNOGROW project, co-funded by the INTERREG Europe program during the award ceremony of innovative farms as part of the "Future Leaders of Agriculture" campaign that promotes the EU Common Agricultural Policy. The event was held in SoHo, Sofia on 16.05 (Friday).

Venelin Dobrev presented the INNOGROW project, the problems the project aims to solve, the ongoing development of the project activities and shared some good practices that would improve the competitiveness of Bulgarian small and medium-sized enterprises in rural areas. He emphasized the importance for farmers of co-operating and closing the production cycle. In his words, over 80% of innovation comes from cooperation. He gave as examples good practices from Greece and Italy, where people realized they needed to work together if they wanted to survive and develop.

 Venelin Dobrev from SZREDA presented the development of the activities and results of the INNOGROW project co-financed by INTERREG Europe during a meeting on the project "Entreprerurial Leaders in Action", which took place in Stara Zagora on 20.06.

Venelin Dobrev presented the project INNOGROW, the problems the project aims to solve, the ongoing development of the project activities and shared some good practices that would improve the competitiveness of Bulgarian small and medium enterprises in rural areas. He stressed the importance for farmers of cooperation and the closing of the production cycle. In his words, more than 80% of innovation comes from cooperation. He gave examples of good practices from Greece and Italy, where people understood that they need to work together if they want to survive and develop.