I-AM_Smart Aquaponics – supporting Italy, Albania and Montenegro’s Smart Aquaponics initiatives
Project Code: SA-0100133
Call: 1st call Capitalisation Small Scale Projects Interreg IPA South Adriatic
Programme priority: PA 1 – A smarter South Adriatic programme area, by promoting innovative and smart economic transformation
Specific objective: S.O.1.1: Enhancing sustainable growth and competitiveness of SMEs and job creation in SMEs, including by productive investments
Financed by: Regione Puglia (MA) –This Project is co-financed by the European Union under the Programme Interreg VI-A – IPA CBC South Adriatic
Period: February 2024 – January 2025
Budget (Total): € 181.000,18; IPA Contribution: 147.795,98
Budget (Dhitech): € 48.889,62; IPA Contribution: 39.111,70
The project “I-AM_Smart Aquaponics” aims to advance aquaponics technology through collaborative stakeholder efforts, fostering aquaponics profitability while safeguarding the environment and ensuring food security. The “I-AM_Smart Aquaponics” project aims to build upon past achievements in aquaponics technology to tackle social and economic challenges related to food production. Through collaborative efforts, it seeks to enhance aquaponics technology, sharing customized solutions for a profitable business model that promotes environmental sustainability and food security. By convening multi-stakeholder meetings and conducting research, the project endeavors to formulate a Joint Aquaponics Agenda to support sustainable aquaponics SMEs across the Programme area, leveraging the expertise of five organizations spanning Puglia, Molise, Albania, and Montenegro.
PARTNERS:
– DHITECH (DISTRETTO TECNOLOGICO HIGH-TECH)(Capofila) (IT)
– ALBANIAN CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMANT (AL)
– FLAG “MOLISE COSTIERO” (IT)
– LIBERA UNIVERSITA’ MEDITERRANEA GIUSEPPE DEGENNARO (IT)
– DIOCESE OF BUDIMLJE AND NIKSIC, SERBIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (MO).