ARISTOIL capitalisation Erasmus Project

Project Title

ARISTOIL capitalisation

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Strategic Partnerships for vocational education and training

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2019

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Research and innovation; Agriculture, forestry and fisheries; International cooperation, international relations, development cooperation

Project Summary

The project aims to reinforce the olive oil sector through capacity building for the production of high quality olive oil with health protective properties. The project will focus on the exchange of good practices in olive oil producing countries and aspires to create a pool of adequately trained stakeholders of the olive oil sector, namely: producers, olive millers, bottling companies etc. who will be able to add value to their final product. The project builds on existing know how developed within ARISTOIL project co- financed through Interreg Med programme regarding the Reinforcement of the Mediterranean olive oil sector competitiveness through development and application of innovative production and quality control methodologies related to olive oil health protecting properties. ARISTOIL has developed a database with approximately 2500 producers from Mediterranean who have already benefited from the project and participated to trainings. These producers whose number increases in the course of time can benefit also from a new project, the one proposed, which will focus not on experimentation and pilot testing anymore but instead on intensive training on topics that have been identified as crucial for all stakeholders to know in order to ensure olive oil of high quality and high competitiveness to the international markets.
Training topics will be adapted to the needs of each stakeholder category, as identified by ARISTOIL project. In addition, past project under ERASMUS+ with title ECOLIVE has developed tools on distance learning regarding Organic production of Olive Oil which is going to be used to the extent that fits the purpose of the current proposal. SVIMED one of the partners of the proposed action had been a partner in ECOLIVE project too, so it will be them who will transfer this know-how to the current partnership.
Producers will be trained on harvesting techniques, selection of the time for harvesting, plant protection and integrated pesticide management, olive mill selection criteria, organic production and integrated production management.
Olive millers will be trained on olive oil management issues (standby temperature prior to pressing, cleanliness, etc.), temperature and time of kneading, centrifugation in the absence of water, Minimization of waiting time of olive oil in tanks before filtering.
Bottling Companies will be trained on Ideal storage and bottling conditions for olive oil. Classification of olive oils with hygienic and organoleptic features.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 182627 Eur

Project Coordinator

EOES EFXEINI POLI & Country: EL

Project Partners

• MKV ULUSLARARASI DANISMANLIK EGITIMHIZMETLERI VE TICARET LIMITED SIRKETI
• SVI.MED CENTRO EUROMEDITERRANEO PERLO SVILUPPO SOSTENIBILE ONLUS ASSOCIAZIONE
• MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
• EVROPAIKO INSTITOUTO EXELIXIS KAI OLOKLIROSIS
• Med.O.R.O. scarl