Agriculture supports 1,28 million euros integration of cooperatives.

THROUGH ROYAL DECREE, MAGRAMA SUPPORTS THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTEGRATION AND RESIZING PROCESSES OF SPANISH AGRI-FOOD COOPERATIVES.

According to a statement from Magrama, This initiative is the result of the collaboration agreement that has been signed with the Agro-food Cooperatives organization within the framework of the State Plan for Associative Integration for 2014, with the aim of modernizing and improving the competitiveness of this type of companies.

The Ministry has defined eligible actions as those that are aimed at promoting intercooperation or monitoring and evaluating the State Plan for Associative Integration., to improve and increase information and knowledge of agri-food cooperatives.

Initiatives aimed at promoting the export vocation may also receive aid., of excellence in business management and the quality of agri-food products.

The Ministry wants, In addition, That this item is directed to those who develop and participate in national and international R&D&I programs in Network Centers and Technology Platforms and to those who disseminate information about the cooperative world..

The subsidy will go, on the other hand, to cover part of the obligations derived from the integration of Agri-Food Cooperatives in the General Confederation of Agrarian Cooperatives of the European Union (COGECA) and in the collegiate bodies of the General Administration of the State.

To these objectives, The Department adds the programming and implementation of training activities to promote integration and intercooperation, structural resizing, improving competitiveness and internationalization, promoting business culture, innovation and technology transfer.