Call For Funding For Beekeeping In Calabria

Measure A includes sub-actions specifically aimed at research institutions, organisations and associated forms. Specifically, we find refresher and training courses, seminars and thematic conferences. Other initiatives financed include communication actions, teaching aids, subscriptions, information sheets and brochures. Technical assistance to companies also falls under these expenditure headings. Sub-action A.6) Equipment for apiary management, processing, packaging and preservation of beekeeping products. Sub-action A.6, on the other hand, is aimed at individual or associated beekeepers, with their operational headquarters in Calabria, in possession of a regular VAT number for beekeeping or agriculture, and with a regular registration of apiaries in the BDA. It is also necessary to have regularly constituted the company file with a CAA, to be registered with the CCIAA and to possess at least 200 hives.

This sub-action covers interventions to purchase equipment to improve beekeeping and breeding, including innovative interventions for packaging and preservation of honey and other bee products. The maximum eligible expenditure per holding is EUR 10,000, while the minimum threshold is EUR 1,000. In addition to all the documentation relating to the applicant and the holding (identity documents, beehive report, health authorisation in case of purchase of honey extraction room equipment, etc.), a technical report and two estimates for each item of expenditure must be submitted with supporting report and self-certification in case of sole supplier.

Sub-Action C.2.2) Purchase of equipment for nomadic activities - Purchase of machinery, equipment and various materials specific to nomadic activities Funding covers 50% of eligible expenditure. Beneficiaries are individual or associated beekeepers who have their registered office in Calabria, regularly report their hives to the BDA and have a regular agricultural or beekeeping VAT number. It is also necessary to have more than 200 hives, to have a company file with a CAA, and to have regular registration with the CCIAA. It must also be demonstrated, by means of a specific technical report, that nomadism is practised. This sub-action finances the purchase of machinery, equipment and various specific materials that facilitate and make the practice of nomadism manageable and safe. The maximum eligible expenditure per beneficiary is EUR 15,000, while the minimum threshold is EUR 1,000.

Measure E provides for only one sub-action, E.1, concerning the purchase of queen bees. Funding covers 60 per cent of the expenditure made, which may not be less than EUR 1,000. Maximum expenditure levels are calculated according to the number of hives owned. It starts from a minimum of 2,000€ for those with 50 to 150 hives up to a maximum of 6,000€ for those with more than 501 hives. Only queen bees belonging to the Apis mellifera ligustica breed and local ecotypes of Italian origin can be purchased. It is necessary to have a certificate of health suitability and to belong to the type allowed by the call. For each queen bee, the expenditure threshold of EUR 18 cannot be exceeded. The application must be accompanied by the identity documents of the legal representative, a declaration of the hives owned and a declaration with the BDA.

Aid applications must be sent directly to Regione Calabria - Dipartimento Agricoltura e Risorse Agroalimentari - Settore n. 8 - Cittadella Regionale, 88100 Catanzaro. The application form must be downloaded from the SIAN website . Applications for aid must be submitted within 45 days of the date of publication of the notice on the reference site. Applications must be submitted by sending them by registered mail with recorded delivery. The address is: Regione Calabria Cittadella Regionale Viale Europa - Catanzaro (CZ) - 88100 - Dipartimento Agricoltura e risorse agroalimentari - Settore 8 zona 6 Levante. On the closed envelope, under penalty of exclusion, the following wording must be affixed: BANDO REGIONALE DI ACCESS AI BENEFICI PREVISTI DAL PROGRAMMA APISTICO 2020/2021 - NON APRIPRARE. For more info write to info@3bee.it