ADT as sub-contractor of the Romanian University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine (USAMV) of Cluj-Napoca provided services for the preparation and implementation of four-weeks training courses of 400 extension and advisory specialists in Romania in the North-West and Central Region and in setting up a Training and Information Centre in the Region (www.cpicluj.ro/u] ).

The main objectives of this project were to improve the capacity of the research, extension and food safety specialists to better serve the needs and improve competitiveness of farmers/producers and processors in the context of EU accession, to increase access of farmers and processors to knowledge on technologies related to production, quality control, food safety, processing and marketing in order to meet the EU requirements.