FISHIMPACT – Promoting ESG principles and healthy nutritional habits to increase competitiveness, market diversification and effective communication for consumers in Adriatic-Ionian aquaculture and fishery sectors
Project Number: IPA-ADRION00166
Project Acronym: FISHIMPACT
General information
Project title: Promoting ESG principles and healthy nutritional habits to increase competitiveness, market diversification and effective communication for consumers in Adriatic-Ionian aquaculture and fishery sectors
Summary: FISHIMPACT will promote actions supporting the development and modernization of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises in the fish industry through the introduction of quality and sustainable requirements. FISHIMPACT project will collect state of art information on the available labels and certification systems on the national, EU and IPA markets concerning environmental, social and health performances of aquaculture products, develop a set of key performance indicators (KPIs) regarding ESG standards, sustainability as well as health and nutritional values of the products, and incorporate all these in a self-evaluation online multi-lingual tool. This tool will be validated by the end-users and stakeholders. Training schemes for the industry about PEF/LCA, circular economy, environmental labels and other relevant issues for the sector will be provided. Final stage will include wide-range dissemination and capacity building for transferability in the entire Adriatic-Ionian region. The main outputs of FISHIMPACT are:
- Transnational pilot action to test FISHIMPACT toolkit dedicated to improve fishery and aquaculture SMEs’ competitiveness,
- Guidelines for SMEs to facilitate the introduction of nutritional and sustainability requirements in fishery and aquaculture sectors,
- Memorandum of Understanding on international cooperation in the Adriatic-Ionian regions involved to ensure long-term sustainability to FISHIMPACT outcomes.
Starting date: 01/09/2024
Duration in months: 36
Budget NOA: € 199.102,00
Call (part) identifier: (Interreg VI-B) IPA Adriatic Ionian
Programme Priority: Supporting a smarter Adriatic – Ionian region
Specific objective: SO 1.1: Strengthening innovation capacities in the Adriatic – Ionian region
Keywords: Blue economy, Αquaculture, fishery, innovation, ESG
Website: https://fishimpact.interreg-ipa-adrion.eu/
