Pannon EGTC's "CrossMarkets - Institutional cooperation to enhance cross-border selling at local farmers' markets" project won in "B-solutions" call for proposals. The aim of the project is to find concrete (small-scale) solutions in the framework of the cooperation of the owners / operators of the local producer markets and the local farmers, in order to give both Hungarian and Croatian local producers the same opportunities on both sides of the Croatian-Hungarian border.

This requires exploring the current situation (legal, regulatory environment, day-to-day practice and the needs of the relevant actors), identifying areas for possible intervention, collecting, structuring and comprehensibly providing all information needed for local producers to sell on the other side of the border available in two languages, and finally to formulate policy recommendations based on experience to change the legal / regulatory environment.

The accompanying event of the conference is the regular “Regionalni Plac”, a special producer market that will be held four times this year, the current one being the last. The event will also include the sale, promotion and tasting of small-scale products. The exhibitors come from the counties of the region, as well as from Hungary and Slovenia. Another difference compared to a general market day is that the program is colored by both professional and entertaining performances.

Date: October 26, 2019

Venue: MESAP Event Center 40305 Nedelisce (Drávavásárhely), Josip Marcec utca 27.

The program of the closing conference:

9.15-10.00 Registration

10.00-10.15 Greetings from Dr. András Göndöc, Director of PANNON EGTC

10.15-10.30 Darko Sobota, Vice President of the PANNON EGTC will open the conference

10.30-11.10 Presentation of the goals and results of the CrossMarkets project - Edit Konok, Senior Consultant (Grants Europe Kft.)

11.10-11.25 Presentation of practical experiences and problems of small-scale cross-border sales - Miljenko Ovcar, MESAP event center - organizer of the "Regionalni Plac" program

11.25-11.40 Greetings from Matija Posavec, President of Muraköz County

11.40-12.00 Coffee break

12.00-13.00 Round table discussion: Discussion of policy recommendations and solution proposals during the project - with invited policy and decision-makers

13.00-14.00 Lunch

14.15-15.00 Organized tour of the Regional Market