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FarmerCraft


Overview

Name of Lead Beneficiary

Kohtla-Järve Town Government_ER45

Associated partners

Foundation Ida-Viru Enterprise Centre

Thematic objective

TO1 Business and SME development

Start date: 02.09.2020

End date: 31.08.2023

Duration: 36 months

Specific area

Increasing SME development and entrepreneurship by fostering cross-border business contacts and the development of services and products

Programme co-financing

441 636,94

Total budget

490 707,94

Regions

Leningrad region
Northeast Estonia

Contact email

[email protected]

Project status

Completed (1)

FarmerCraft (Completed on EST side) - ER45

Promoting marketing of local products and services

The overall objective of the project is increasing SME development and entrepreneurship by fostering cross-border business contacts and the development of services and products.

Specific objective

The expected change brought along consists of improving the skills and knowledge of SMEs active in handicraft and small-scale agricultural production in selected sectors.

Main activities

The following equipment will be procured and installed for projects’ beneficiaries:

In Estonia

Kohtla-Järve – 10 modular houses and 1 stage with new electricity network connection for the planned marketplace.

Foundation Edise Castle – fully equipped glass-, carpentry- and metal workshops  with aspiration systems.

In Russia

Slantsy – 10 modular houses installed on improved market place.

Kingisepp – 10 modular houses and fully equipped municipal craft pottery.

Focus will be also on business management, marketing skills and network building and sustaining through organizing joint relevant master-classes on both sides of the border.

Project portfolio

FarmerCraft Newsletter 1 Eng

FarmerCraft Newsletter 1 Est

FarmerCraft Newsletter 1 Rus

ER45 Mass Media Report 1st Period Report