Organic Products: Union Sustainable Agriculture and Animal Welfare Programme in any third country/ies

Deadline: 23-Apr-25

The European Commissions (EC) launches Organic Products: Union Sustainable Agriculture and Animal Welfare Programme.

The information and promotion programmes shall target one or several third countries.
The objective is to increase the awareness and recognition of the Union quality scheme on organic production.
The objectives of these programmes shall comply with the general and specific objectives set out in Article 2 and the aims listed in Article 3 of Regulation (EU) No 1144/2014 highlighting in particular the specific features of agricultural production methods in the Union, particularly in terms of food safety, traceability, authenticity, labelling, nutritional and health aspects, animal welfare, respect for the environment and sustainability (including climate benefits such as the greenhouse gas emissions reduction and/or increase in carbon removals), and the characteristics of agricultural and food products, particularly in terms of their quality, taste, diversity or traditions.
The expected ultimate impact is to enhance the competitiveness and consumption of Union agri-food products, raise their profile and increase their market share in these targeted countries.

Projects should have a minimum duration of 12 and a maximum duration of 36 months.

In order to be eligible, the applicants must:
- be legal entities (public or private bodies)
- be established in an EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories (OCTs))
Specific cases
- International organisations — International organisations are not eligible.
- Entities without legal personality — Entities which do not have legal personality under their national law may exceptionally participate, provided that their representatives have the capacity to undertake legal obligations on their behalf and offer guarantees for the protection of the EU financial interests equivalent to that offered by legal persons.
- Associations and interest groupings — Entities composed of members may participate as ‘sole beneficiaries’ or ‘beneficiaries without legal personality’.

For more information, visit EC.