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A meeting with members of short food supply chain “Best from Međimurje” was held on August 27th 2018 within AgriShort project and it was organized by Public Institution for the Development of the Međimurje County REDEA. The purpose of meeting was to present the IT system to SFSC members. When a user open IT system he has the possibility to choose between two counties, Međimurje County or Koprivnica Križevci County.

On June 19th 2018 within the framework of the Agrishort project „PORA“ Regional Development Agency organized a study trip to the Vulkanland region in Austria where participants visited examples of good agricultural practice. It included around 100 representatives from the agricultural domain including representatives of project partners, local institutions, local action groups and agricultural producers from the cross-border region of Hungary and Croatia.

Within the framework of the AgriShort Project the Thermal Valley of Zala Association (LAG) has prepared the Guidelines for institutions: „How to establish SFSCs” in Hungarian language for those institutions that are already concerned in this subject. Including the Croatian experience with SFSCs, the same document will also be published by the project’s lead partner – REDEA Development Agency - in Croatian language within a short time.

On December 11th 2017 PORA KKC organized specialized workshop on the topic "Development of Agri-food sector through SFSC's". This workshop was held in the framework of the implementation of the AgriShort project - „Establishing short food supply chains and competitive agricultural sector in the cross-border region through institutional cooperation” and it gathered around 30 participants, mainly representatives of institutions relevant for the agri - food sector and family farms.