EUnetHorse - European network for knowledge exchange to improve resilience of equine farms. WP1 - Networking to foster cross fertilization

EUnetHorse is an abbreviation of “EUropean Network for knowledge exchange and peer-to-peer learning between Actors and stakeholders of the Horse sector to improve the resilience of equine Farms”, a project funded by the European Commission from the EU Horizon 2020 program. The aim of the project is to improve the operating conditions, sustainability and competitiveness of the European horse farm. In Finland, the Natural Resources Institute Finland LUKE and the University of Helsinki are implementing the project.

EUnetHorse is a European thematic network whose goal is to enhance the exchange of information and best practices between nine European countries - France, Finland, Germany, Belgium, Portugal, Spain, Poland, Romania and Switzerland. In the project, an active network of several stakeholders is formed in these countries, where the ability (resilience) of horse industry operators to respond to environmental, social, economic, political and health-threatening crises and risks is improved. This is done by disseminating good practices, tools and solutions that improve (1) the resilience and socio-economic performance of industry players, (2) animal welfare and health, and (3) the environmental sustainability of the industry.

In each country, the project is in close cooperation with industry authorities, influencers and organizations, as well as companies. These operate at the national level in working groups and workshops. National and international workshops and opportunities to network with operators from other countries are organized for companies and operators in the field. Solutions and practices found to be good are disseminated through national and international demonstrations, workshops, cross-visits and tools.

Web pages of the project: https://eunethorse.eu/

Funded by the European Union (grant agreement no. 101059491). Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Research Executive Agency (REA). Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.