Call For Funding For Beekeeping In Sicily

The beneficiaries of this notice are precisely beekeepers, beekeeping entrepreneurs, and individual, associated or cooperative professional beekeepers. They must be in possession of a VAT number and a business file set up with a CAA as well as being registered in the business registry by the CCIAA. Their hives must be regularly reported on the national BDA database, with a minimum number of census hives of 50. In the event that the beekeeper reported for the first time in 2018, the minimum number of hives is reduced to 20. It is also necessary to be in order with the INPS contribution position. The actions covered by the funding are varied and concern not only beekeepers, but also research bodies and associations.

Sub-Action B1) Regular meetings with beekeepers, practical demonstrations and interventions in apiaries for the application of control methods by beekeeping experts, distribution of appropriate veterinary medicines The beneficiaries of this sub-action are beekeepers' associations, institutions and research centres. Each of them can make a maximum expenditure of 5,000€, with an eligible cost per meeting of 90€. The grant covers 80% of the expenditure incurred. Sub-Action B2) field surveys for the application of varroa control strategies characterised by low chemical impact on hives; sampling consumables Again, beneficiaries are research institutes, beekeepers' organisations and associations. Surveys must concern only those apiaries where different methods of control of the dangerous parasite are practised. The maximum eligible expenditure per beneficiary is EUR 3,000 and the contribution covers 100% of the costs.

This action provides for a single sub-action concerning the purchase of machinery, equipment and various materials specific to the practice of nomadism. In particular, this sub-action covers the purchase of cranes and wheelbarrows. The beneficiaries are, of course, those beekeepers who practise nomadism and have more than 200 registered hives. The financing covers 50 per cent of the costs, with a maximum amount of EUR 15,000 for the purchase of cranes and EUR 1,000 for wheelbarrows.. Read on to find out how to apply.

The expenses covered by this action concern the purchase of queen bees and swarms. The contribution covers 60% of the expenditure, the maximum limit of which varies according to the beneficiary applying for funding. The maximum number of swarms and queen bees that can be purchased must also respect a maximum threshold calculated on the basis of the number of hives declared at the time of application. It should be noted that only bees belonging to the Apis millifera ligustica and Apis mellifera sicula breed can be purchased.

To submit the application correctly, you must download the appropriate form prepared by AGEA, available at www.sian.it, to which you must also add the document attached to the notice (Mod. A). The application must be submitted in duplicate (one of which must be an original) and accompanied by all the required documentation, including a photocopy of a valid identity document. The deadline for submitting the application is 30/01/2019 and you can choose to send it by post or deliver it by hand. The envelope containing all the documentation must bear the following wording: "OCM Miele - Invitation for the submission of projects aimed at implementing "Actions to improve the production and marketing of honey in accordance with EC Reg. 1308/2013 - 2018/2019 marketing year DO NOT OPEN TO THE PROTOCOL".

Each application must present certain documentation. There is a basic documentation, common to all, a specific one for associations and companies and, finally, a different one for each type of action for which funding is requested. To read the full text of the call for proposals and obtain more detailed information on the measures financed and the documentation required to submit an application, go to the region's website and read the text of the call for proposals directly. Inside the call you will also find the annexes necessary to submit your application.

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