MEET CORENET’S KEY NATIONAL CONTACT POINTS
To accelerate the uptake of Short Food Supply Chains across Europe, COREnet has set up Key National Contact Points
COREnet spans 11 EU Member States, but it’s built to involve all EU-27.
To reach every country in Europe with its results, the project is designating a Key National Contact Point (KNCP) in each of the Member States. KNCPs are experienced advisory actors with strong national networks and SFSC know-how. They act as multipliers, sharing project materials and connecting local practitioners with COREnet, while each KNCP is associated with a project partner (partners serve as KNCPs in their own countries).
KNCPs identified so far (alphabetical by country):
- Bulgaria – Foundation for Organic Agriculture BIOSELENA: NGO advancing organic/sustainable farming through policy support, training, and better SFSC market access.
- Croatia – IPS Konzalting: Consultancy for agri/food sectors with strengths in project development, finance, and policy alignment for sustainable farming.
- Cyprus – AgroTech Innovations (AGTIV): SME facilitating knowledge transfer and innovation adoption; building a national framework to support SFSC actors.
- Czech Republic – Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (CZU): Research and education leader supporting SFSCs via applied research and EU projects.
- Denmark – Hans Bach-Lauritsen (Independent Consultant): Advises organic companies and farmers on local sales, farm shops, and business development.
- Estonia – Estonian Farmers’ Federation: Represents family farms; promotes local food systems and SFSC models (incl. “Ehtne Talutoit”).
- Finland – Svenska Lantbrukssällskapens förbund (SLF): Central organisation for Swedish-speaking rural advisory centres; provides farm advisory and tool development.
- Germany – Bavarian Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry & Tourism: Short value-chain advisory integrated within diversification services across federal states.
- Greece – AGRENAOS: Advisory company brokering innovation and establishing advisory services for SFSCs.
- Latvia – Latvian Rural Advisory and Training Centre (LLKC): Training/consultations on direct marketing and cooperation; runs the novadagarsa.lv catalogue & e-market.
- Lithuania – Vytautas Magnus University (VMU) Agriculture Academy: Research and training on bioeconomy and SFSCs; runs InnoFood Hub platform.
- Malta – MaYA Foundation: Empowers rural youth; strengthens producer–consumer links and voices SFSC needs in policy.
- Slovakia – Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra (SUA): Education/research institution contributing to sustainable agri-food systems and SFSC development.
- Slovenia – Chamber of Agriculture and Forestry (KGZS): Umbrella body delivering specialist advisory services nationwide.
- Spain – Innogestiona Ambiental: Coordinates EU4Advice; strengthens SFSCs by training advisors and promoting collaboration networks.
Explore the live list on our website regularly updated as new KNCPs are confirmed.
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