AGRRA - Agency for Rural Development of Zadar County

RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME 2014-2020

Programme defines 16 measures, aiming at increasing competitiveness of Croatian agriculture, forestry and manufacturing, as well as improving living and working conditions in rural areas.

RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME 2014-2020

Programme defines 16 measures, aiming at increasing competitiveness of Croatian agriculture, forestry and manufacturing, as well as improving living and working conditions in rural areas.

RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME 2014-2020

Programme defines 16 measures, aiming at increasing competitiveness of Croatian agriculture, forestry and manufacturing, as well as improving living and working conditions in rural areas.

About Us

Agency for Rural Development of Zadar County is a public institution founded by the County of Zadar with the aim of infroming, coordinating and implementing the Rural Development Programme 2014-2020 and strengthening the financial and human resources of regional and local self-government and organization of the institutions for rural policy and rural development as well as their active involvement in the design and implementation of rural development.

AGRRA is monitoring strategies at national and EU level and aligning regional and local level documents with agricultural policies and rural development policies.

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Projects being implemented

January 01, 2024 until June 30, 2026

MYSTICAL DANUBE

GREEN AND MYSTICAL DANUBE STORYTELLING ROUTE - Transnational valorisation of natural and intangible cultural heritage for socio-economic development of rural areas in the Danube region

The Mystical Danube project aims to address challenges and needs in the Danube Region, focusing on the valorisation of natural and intangible cultural heritage for tourism development and regional economic growth. The project targets rural and less visited areas facing high unemployment and social exclusion, particularly among disadvantaged groups. By leveraging the rich natural and cultural heritage of these regions, the project seeks to foster community development through transnational collaboration and the creation of a thematic tourism route – the Green and Mystical Danube Storytelling Route. This route will showcase local stories, legends, and knowledge, engaging local communities, including disadvantaged groups, in the development of community-based tourism services.

Details March 01, 2024 until August 31, 2026

GREW

Governance of Wetlands in Italy-Croatia cross border region - GREW

Coastal wetlands of Italy-Croatia cross-border region are facing severe impacts and consequent environmental modifications due to CC impacts. To cope with this open challenges a joint cross-border effort is needed as a “community of practice” represents a stronger response than isolated approaches. Exchanging and comparing strategies and solutions is a corner stone for adaptation to such a complexity as CC impacts in the area. Because of these threats, the management of wetlands and the protection of their biodiversity requires to overcome the sectorial and localised approach implemented until now and needs to tackle the problem from an eco-systemic point of view and an integrated approach.

Details November 01, 2021 until February 28, 2024

Bioislands

Biodiversity preservation in rural and maritime areas of EU islands

“Biodiversity preservation in rural and maritime areas of EU islands” (BioIslands) project is focused on three of the main sectors related to biodiversity preservation. Increased land-use intensity in agriculture has caused an alarming decline in farmland biodiversity during the last century. Likewise, there is great concern over the degradation of pastoral landscapes by invasive species and soil erosion, the undermining of common property systems, and unsustainable land-use changes, such as mining, inappropriate afforestation and unsustainable agricultural practices. Currently, nearly half of the Earth’s terrestrial surface is transformed by agriculture and pastoralism, and thus, the contribution of agricultural and pastoralism areas to biodiversity is critical for successful long-term conservation.

Details

November 01, 2022 until October 31, 2024

Cities Go Climate Neutral

Environment and fight against climate change

The project aims to enhance and upskill the competences of municipal employees in order to enable them to design climate neutral cities strategies, such as Climate City Contracts. Furthermore strengthen the innovation and design capacity of Municipality employees regarding urban sustainable development by training them specific in strategy design and entrepreneurship.

Details May 01, 2022 until May 01, 2024

eLabHauSE

Social Economy Laboratories for the New Bauhaus in European Rural Communities

The eLabHauSE.rur project is an initiative that will serve as a mechanism for improving competitiveness and encouraging social entrepreneurship in rural areas through the creation of "think tanks" and encouraging cooperation and synergy between different disciplines and stakeholders. They will serve as a source of knowledge, innovation and creativity to integrate opportunities through the new EU Bauhaus for Social Entrepreneurship in Rural Areas. e-LabHauSE.rur wants to co-design laboratories based on the new European Bauhaus (LabHauSE) in rural areas conceived as links that promote participation, reflection and action to foster collective intelligence and social innovation and facilitate ecological, digital and socio-demographic transformation European rural communities.

Details November 01, 2021 until May 01, 2024

GREEN TO BLUE

IMPROVEMENT OF SUSTAINABILITY COMPETENCES IN THE FIELD OF FISHERY & AQUACULTURE

The main goal of the Green to Blue Project is to provide sector workers and sector stakeholders with an efficient and functional training program, in order to improve the environmental management system and develop technical skills strongly focused on the sustainability of marine-related activities.

Details

November 01, 2021 until May 01, 2024

Guide Me Green

Guide Me Green - ERASMUS+

Overall objectiove of Guide Me Green project is to make the concept and necessity of sustainable tourism more accessible to diverse, disadvantaged or low-income groups and debunk myths about who it is for.

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