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Sustainable development of the fruit and vegetable sector in Ukraine (Project ‘DUALOG’)
Sustainable development of the fruit and vegetable sector in Ukraine (Project ‘DUALOG’)
Aim of the German-Ukrainian cooperation project is the sustainable promotion of the development of the fruit and vegetable sector in Ukraine and especially in the Vinnytsia oblast to contribute to improved living conditions and food security. The project aims at the advice of key state institutions, the expansion of vocational education and training, and the promotion of strategic investments and business start-ups, to improve the production and marketing of fruit and vegetables in Vinnytsia oblast.
Targeted results of the project are
- to strengthen the legal and institutional framework for the production and marketing of fruit and vegetables in Vinnytsia oblast,
- to improve the offer in the field of vocational education and training as well as agricultural extension regardign fruit and vegetable growing in the Vinnytsia oblast and
- to develop and implement instruments for the financial promotion of strategic agricultural investments and business start-ups in the fruit and vegetable sector in the Vinnytsia oblast.
Political Partners of the German BMEL are the Ukrainian Ministry of Agricultural Policy and Food (MAPE) and the Ministry of Education and Science (MBW).
Operative project partners are the Vinnytsia Oblast Regional State Administration, the Illintsi Agricultural College, and the WMZ VFPO.
Please visit the website: www.dualog-ukraine.de
The following services for the F&G sector are planned:
- Identification and prioritisation of consultation needs
- Establishment of a demand-driven mechanism to provide advisory services to key institutions (MAPE, MBW) in Vinnytsia
- Develop and publish recommendations for action on specific agricultural law and institutional issues
- Development of a regional strategy for the promotion of the F&G sector in Vinnytsia
- Organisation of events for the exchange of learning between governmental institutions Ukraine and Germany
- Carrying out a situation and needs analysis to identify existing vocational training
- Training and further education offers and needs for F&G growing in Vinnytsia, especially Illintsi College
- Support the relevant state authorities and institutions in the development of a regional strategy for vocational training
- Support the Illintsi College to develop and implement a concept/business plan for the establishment of a financially self-supporting agricultural extension centre
- Organisation of events for the dissemination of vocational education and training experiences from Vinnytsia in F&G
- Planning and co-financing of selected agricultural infrastructure projects at Illintsi college directly related to the F&G sector
- Development and implementation of an instrument to support farmers in setting up a business in the F&G sector
- Develop and implement an instrument to provide financial support to strategic agricultural investments in existing fruit/vegetable farms and other sector actors in Vinnytsia.
Ukraine
German Ministry for Food and Agriculture (BMEL)
GFA Consulting Group GmbH
01/2023 – 12/2025
5,000,000
100%
3 long-term experts, 2 Project Assistances, various short-term experts
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