Beneficiaries

The premium may be applied by:

• public and private scientific bodies; 
• agricultural and/or zootechnical enterprises and nurseries provided that they are also agricultural enterprises; 
• other stakeholders, in association, interested in the conservation and protection of biodiversity.

Objectives

Submeasure 10.2.1 supports projects for: 

• bibliographic surveys and territorial prospecting in order to identify and characterize native genetic resources; 
• searching for reproductive material; 
• ex situ conservation of indigenous genetic resources; 
• morphological and genetic characterization; 
• phytosanitary upgrading of propagating material; 
• inventories, germplasm banks and databases; 
• drafting of ampelographic and pomological data sheets for each genetic resource; 
• in situ conservation of indigenous genetic resources at risk of erosion.

Selection criteria

Support for submeasure 10.2.1 provides for a minimun admissible score of 41 points and a maximum score of 100 points, defined as follows for the types of operations activated, differentiated in turn:

• the quality of the project in relation to the specific and appropriate competence of the proposers, and the actions contained therein (minimum 13-maximum 70 punti); 
• the extent of the territory covered by the project (maximum 10 punti); 
• accession by agricultural enterprises participating in operations 10.1.4/10.1.5 (maximum 20 punti).

Territorial areas and beneficiaries are not relevant for scoring.

Eligible expenditure

The financing covers the costs incurred for: 

• the maintenance and computer development of databases and application programs; 
• the purchase of useful equipment and services; 
• the establishment or conclusion of agreements that facilitate the implementation of projects of territorial significance; 
• assignments for company inspections by technical and/or scientific experts; 
• the drafting and printing of publications (including in digital format); 
• the organisation of workshops, demonstration days; 
• dissemination activities and participation in exhibitions or fairs; 
• permanent and temporary staff employed full or part-time on activities (up to a maximum of 10% of the total amount reported). 

Scope of support

The support provided for Submeasure 10.2.1 is at a rate of 100%.