Beneficiaries

The funding may be provided by forms of cooperation made up of: 

• more than one entity, of which at least two are from the agricultural, agri-food or forestry sectors. 

Aggregates must submit a project containing: 

• analysis of the territorial context of the local market (new or existing); 
• a description of the activities of the cooperation project; 
• a description of the expected results; 
• the list of project participants, their description, their role in the project; 
• the timing of the project; 
• the distribution of activities between the various actors involved; 
• a description of the overall budget and its distribution among the different partners; 
• a description of any training activities planned.

Objectives

The submeasure promotes: 

• processes of aggregation and forms of cooperation between the two subjects to increase efficiency and strengthen the competitiveness of companies in the agro-forestry sector; 
• the use of forest and agro-forestry stands; 
• the processing and marketing of agro-forestry biomass for energy purposes. 

Selection principles

The assessment of Submeasure 16.6 shall comprise a subdivision into macro-criteria, a minimum permissible score of 40 points and a maximum permissible score of up to 100 points, as defined for:

• type of operations activated, up to a maximum of 80 points, which in turn are differentiated as follows:
  • 1. Quality of the project and of the interventions: this criterion takes into account the peculiarities of this design and meets the needs indicated in the general description of the Measure (min 23 - max 50 points);
  • 2. Territorial dimension of the project: this criterion takes into account the representativeness of the territory covered by the project on the basis of the number of participants and the extent of the territory managed by them (max 30 points).
     
• beneficiaries, for a maximum score of 20 points, specifically:
  • quality and composition of the partnership: this criterion takes into account the relationships between the various actors of the territory concerned through which the cooperation between the subjects is implemented, to ensure the achievement of the environmental objectives of the project.

The territorial scopes are not relevant for the attribution of the score.

Eligible expenditure 

Eligible costs are: 

• study/project costs (animation, design, establishment, operation and management of the project partnership); 
• direct costs of cooperation activities and dissemination of results; 
• direct costs of projects linked to the implementation of the Detailed Plan; 
• costs of machinery and equipment used in the sector's activities. 

Scope of support 

The support will be 100% guaranteed.