The activities are expected to start in July 2022 and will last for 36 months. The activities are divided in 6 working packages WP are as below:
1st Year, WP1 ‘’Management and Coordination of the Project” (though the whole duration);
AT1.1 The Consortium initial meeting (contact point from Municipality and Co-applicant People and Ideas);
AT1.2 Consultative meetings with Partners about Narrative and Financial Reports;
AT 1.3 Annual Financial Management Meeting;
AT 1.4 Annual Joint Meeting with the Consortium.

WP 2 ‘’Policy Dialogue and Studies’’ (July 2022-November 2022);
AT 2.1 Kick-off Activity- Presentation of the project to partners such as the Ministry of Agriculture, Agricultural University, Skrapar Municipality, District Agriculture Offices, farmers and related institutions involving 50 participants (Budget line 5.7.1).
Deliverable: Memoranda of Understanding with other stakeholders including the:
– Community representatives also called ‘’Pleqte e Fshatit’’;
– Local Civil Society Organizations;
– Government workers representing the fields of culture, agriculture and rural development, the environment and tourism;
– Representatives from relevant specialist domains (environmental and veterinary science, geographers, social anthropologists, etc.);

AT 2.2 A series of 5 Discussion Forums with local representatives from Municipality and other stakeholders and interest groups as preliminary meeting to have a need assessment before initiating the Capacity building meetings. Each discussion forum will involve 15 participants. (Budget line 5.7.2);
AT 2.3 Focus Groups with local officials and farmers and as result the production, Collection of materials from 30 targeted farmers;
AT 2.4 Production of: i) Feasibility Study through the Farmer Card, the target area of Potom, an inventory of the good practices etc with the aim to identification of farmers who will be beneficiary of the project, a study of the breeds that exist today in the stalls, an observation of the income situation of farmers today, and a study of the pasture-breed-benefit ratio.

Two researchers will be involved to realise the Farmers book; two assistants to elaborate the data, and two others to conduct interviews.
(Budget line 5.2): For the purpose of the action the farmer card is considered the creation of a full profile and useable data that will be converted into the digital tool regarding the farmers information on the property, incomes, production, gender issues livestock etc.
ii) Digital Inventory of the farms and farmers. Actually there is no farm register in place at national level and even in the area of intervention.
There is only one inventory which results outdated since 1980s. Through this activity will be identified useable data through the collaboration with the Agriculture Extension Services that are responsible for the collection of the information at national level;
iii) Map GIS , this activity will involve the proper expertise in field such as programmer, topography experts and urbanist), a product provided as a valuable asset, and ownership of Municipality in a longer term).

(November 2022- February 2023) Budget line 5.5:
WP 3 ‘’Capacity Building activities and Local Actions Groups ‘’.

(March 2023-March 2024):
There will be 12 cycles of training by experts of each module, for 2 days for 30 people The experts will prepare the curricula of the training and will deliver the training (1 per each training modules).
Subjects: Assessment of infrastructure and Public infrastructure works and supply intervention supply and equipment’s toward the livestock sector and farmers:
– Socio – Economic and Sustainable approach such as Creation of the pastoral groups of forums and a network among the central level and responsible ministry;
– Sustainable management pastoral plan creation Thematic Trainings and capacity building on aiming increasing the farmers’ incomes and access to finance and to financial governmental schemes and EU Funded Projects such as IPARD 3;
– Trainings on Local Sustainable and Social Economy considering the cultural and heritage aspects.

A 3.1 Once in a month training: Full year (12 trainings) 2 day Modules The trainings will be articulated in (1) a series of 12 thematic modules intended to emphasise good practices (forage management, nutrition, reproduction, buildings and well-being, new generation growth, milking and milk quality, farm audit) which we have used successfully in other parts of the world alternating theory and practice. Most of the modules are specific to each species (Cattle, sheep or goats);

(2) in the most complementary awareness sessions of the elements already presented in he modules and related to the livestock / environment pair (global challenges, the approach of mitigation and adaptation measures, the challenges of alignment with the EU and (3) a presentation of the technologies to be introduced at the station. Counselling technicians (public and private sector) will offer training on: good practices in livestock, counselling methods, use of green technologies, breed management while respecting domestic biodiversity; Farmers in relation to good practices in animal husbandry and in the use of green technologies and the transmission of their knowledge in the framework of the progress groups of green itineraries (GPIV) that will be created.
Moderators to be identified and trained to improve farmers capacities:
good livestock practices, counselling methods, use of green techniques, breed management in respect of domestic biodiversity.
Subjects will be :
A Co-habitance and community approach through a community-based needs assessment, grazing practices; animal care and husbandry; the natural environment (soil, pastures, plant species, weather, and biodiversity); along with kinship and community bonds reinforced by the close-knit working relations the element requires); as well as the making of by-products such as milk, cheese, butter, ricotta-like cheeses (djathe mshere and currek), and leather goods, meat and wool;
b. Infrastructural improvements and livelihoods (a SWOT analysis aiming to identify the needs) aiming to Improve the accessibility, safety, maintenance and wayfinding marks of routes, for herders;
c. food safety;
d. vaccination;
e. access to finance, soft skills development for improved communication with farmers; and awareness on the national/IPARD applications for farmers;
f. technical topics related to improvement of farm performance (e.g. feed, feeding and nutrition, animal health and welfare);
g. Economic Development, increasing the incomes through sales (economic development, and job creation) aiming to improve the living conditions of shepherd families through the improvement of basic facilities and income-generating initiatives, including small business.

Final Municipality Skrapar incentives such as subsidies and tax relief, along with opportunities relating to tourism and marketing by-products.h. green technologies:
i. role and benefits of farm card and digital database;
j. Formalisation of 1 (one) LAG.

Output: Guide and Manual (Budget line 5.4)
Deliverable ‘’Establishment of cooperative’’ – formalization of 1 (one) Local Action Group established WP 4 ‘’Investment and Infrastructural support’’:
A 4.1. Production of Master &Development Plan Legal and fiscal expert, Assistance for LAG and experts for the preparation of the Management Plan. Master Development Plan must respond to clearly defined needs of farmers for modernisation and successful engagement in the developing market, funded using sufficient budget resources, and within an agreed strategic framework. Therefore, there is a requirement for objectives and priorities in line with Municipality strategic priorities, setting performance targets and preparation of action plans including methods of delivery (e.g. working with farmer groups) with clear timelines. It will be based on robust analysis, e.g. on the expected results and impacts for the various target groups. The Master Development Plan will include definition of the roles of the various actors join delivering relevant services, and where appropriate agreed partnerships between the various players. It should also include ways of benefiting from under-utilised current systems such as the animal identification system (for example improving farm-level breeding and performance data for dairy and sheep/goat herds) and also to make use of the opportunities available through grant schemes (e.g. IPARD and national schemes) and other available industry supports.

The establishment and preparation of Master &Development Plan will include:
i) mapping of the actors;
ii) public extension through the national service, agricultural technology centres, education institutions and other public agencies, input suppliers, NGOs and farmer business organisations, and international partners/donors through programmes and projects;
iii) a screening of strategic documents, laws and related regulations;
iv) a detailed description of the situation;
v) details about Municipality’s budget, organisation equipment, and monitoring;
The legal part will demonstrate the complexity of the legal framework and consequently the challenges in organizational changes.
4.2. The Investments and supply in Potom area Creation of 5 (five ) ‘’lera‘’(as an emergent action) and set according to the criteria to be as much as possible functional;
-Visibility actions- signals in the area (enhancing the tourism) Budget line 6.2;
– Purchase of mobile dairies, which are the model of mini-vans which collect. Milk is also processed along the way and kept;
– 30 items cooling machine / milk coolers. Each farmer involved in the capacity building will profit a cooling milk machine.

Budget line 6.4
– 60 Steel cans;
– Reconstruction of shelters stop points for shepherds;
– Building collecting milk point in Qafe village for the whole Potom area;
– Improve the accessibility, safety, maintenance and way finding marks of routes, for herders and visitors;
– Result: Hygiene –pastoral and extended farming, animal care, and the skills and knowledge relating to the natural environment and the protection of biodiversity. running water and sanitation in the settlements, stane WP5 ‘’Management Plan and Sustainability and Agri Incubator‘’;
– A public asset for long term usage that ensures sustainability and socio- economic development. Also, it enables that the community is involvement and investment back to community;
– Social inclusion;
– LAG- Board of Management (municipality, farmers, and NGO) and Monitoring Mechanism and Accountability;
– Employed staff, Municipality open to the community, easy accessible and practical approach to assist farmers and the local community;
– Increasing the Dialogue approach A 5.1 Set up of Agri Incubator as a multidimensional functionally youth and women, community services. This orientation office, which will have transformed and reconstructed as an Agri Incubator equipped with
necessary office materials. It will result in the ownership of Municipality with a long –term and sustainable, going beyond the project duration.

(Budget line 3.2)
– Best Practice ‘’Potom’’-as a successful example and Model to replicated in other administrative communities vulnerable in Skrapar, who are risks or prone to cannabis cultivation;
– the mobilisation of breeders and pastoralists groups, future users of the technologies and practices demonstrated, to initiate a process of structuring supply chains for products intended to be included in the framework of quality or origin certification.

WP 6 ‘’Dissemination and Communication’’ (through the whole duration of the project);
AT 6.1 Web page development and maintenance dedicated to the project (section dedicated to the project).