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We are looking for Local Action Groups or other partners with a Leader approach (or similar) in Europe from Northern Europe (e.g. United Kingdom, Germany and Sweden) who have the aims to promote rural territory through typical products, food and rural touristic offers.

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Italian LAGs from Puglia Region: Luoghi del Mito, Terre del Primitivo, Alto Salento, Terra dei Messapi, Terra d'Otranto, Valle della cupa, Gargano, Daunofantino, Daunia rurale, Fior d'ulivi, Ponte Lama, Conca BArese, Terre di Murgia, Andria-Corato

Theme of cooperation: Transnational eno-gastronomic itineraries for the promotion of the cultural food model of the Made in Italy
Title of the project : Transnational eno-gastronomic itineraries
 
Promotion of the Mediterranean diet and consequently of the "made in Italy" is not only for diffusion and promotion of the products but also for promotion of a territorial cultural model derived from a marriage between history, culture, archaeology and the natural environment (touristic eno-gastronomical itineraries) linked to food products and moreover in general to a lifestyle.   
Each LAG area involved in the co-operation project is characterized by its own speciality : Wine, extra-virgin Olive Oil, oven products , bread, pasta and so on. Beside these specialities in the LAG areas involved , there are other important territorial products;handcrafts and even the beauties of the historical-cultural  landscape.
Also in the Northern Europe LAG areas there are possible exchanges of goods within the cultural food model of the Mediterranean diet.
The general aim of the project is to promote eno-gastronomical itineraries and products connected to them recognizing the basic task of the rural, food and cultural tradition: to spread the eno-gastronomical culture in the selected target countries, to promote the territory and the productive landscape in its entirety (productive, historical, cultural, environmental excellence) to spread the history of the excellence of production, to guarantee quality to the customer by the exploitation of the origin of denomination, and to arrange events and carry out common communication and marketing strategies. 
Leader areas show common problems related to the degradation of social and cultural aspects. An intercultural exchange among European lags working to support these areas can be a great opportunity to find out about causes and good solutions of this degradation. The projects aims to produce an intercultural study among Leader areas in Europe, support a promotion of an awareness raising about this aspect trying to develop common methods and tools that can be used to face this problems with the activation of pilot actions in each partners' area.

Luoghi del Mito

ITALY

GAL Luoghi del mito
Via Massimo d'Azeglio, 13
74017 Mottola (Taranto)
Phone: +39.099.8866021
Fax: +39.099. 8865296
email:  info@luoghidelmito.it; danieldalcorso@hotmail.com

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