LEADER Food Initiative (For Artisan, Micro and Small Food Producers)

This initiative aims to support new and existing food and beverage producers to address emerging challenges through investment in areas such as (1) market development, (2) competitiveness, and (3) innovation.

Support for food producers, may include, but is not limited to, the following:

Artisan, Micro and Small food producers, including those with a focus on collaborative proposals, aimed at production quality and market issues;
Regional product development, including a focus on marketing distinctive local foodstuffs;
Marketing and processing for strategically identified sectors, including honey and apple processors;
Improved marketing, product quality and business skills through support for innovative collaborative processes and so address challenges to co-operation identified in studies on facilitating short supply chains e.g. entry barriers, the need for shared understanding, skills/training, and marketing and business skills deficits.

Project applicants must be an Artisan, Micro or Small food producers and registered as a food producer with the relevant Competent Authority as per Regulation (EC) No 852/2004; (For Registration as a Food Producer, please contact FSAI: https://www.fsai.ie/food_businesses/starting_business/register.html).

OR

If the applicant is not a food business the project must deliver benefit to artisan, micro and small food producers.

This Expression of Interest Form MUST be completed by anyone wishing to start the application process for LEADER funding.

Submission of this expression of interest does not guarantee the approval or funding of any subsequent application to the LEADER Programme.

No supporting information is required at this stage.

If you have any difficulty in completing this form or would like any assistance please do not hesitate to contact the LEADER Team at: 041 685 7374 or by emailing mavis.kelly@louthleaderpartnership.ie

FOR OFFICE USE ONLY

EOI Ref. ID: 21LDRLOU____________________

LEADER Theme: LEADER Food Initiative (For Artisan, Micro and Small Food Producers)

Project Officer Signature: ______________________________________________________

Printed name of Project Officer: _________________________________________________

1. Contact Details

Title

First Name

Surname

Role in enterprise/organisation

Promoter of the Project

Address

Town or Village

County

Eircode

Contact Phone Number

Email Address *This question is required. This question requires a valid email address.

2. What type of project promoter are you?

If a farmer, please provide your Herd Number:

3. What type of support do you require?

4. What type of Producer are you?

6. What is the name or title of your project?

7. Please give a brief description of the proposed project.

10. Please give a brief breakdown of your estimated expenditure.
This question requires a valid currency format.

Construction, acquisition or improvement of immovable property
The purchase of new machinery and equipment
Intangible investments (Computer Sofware/Patents/Licences/Trademarks or Copyrights)
Second-hand equipment as per section 14.4 of the LEADER Operation Rules
	Total : 0

11. Please supply a brief breakdown of how you intend to initially fund the project? (Match Funding)

This should equal the total at question 7 and not include any LEADER funding

This question requires a valid currency format.

Promoters Own Funds
Loans
Overdraft
Bridging Finance
Voluntary Labour
Other Sources
	Total : 0

12. How much LEADER funding will you require for this project?
This question requires a valid currency format.

Signed for and on behalf of

I / We confirm that the details supplied in this form are true and correct to the best of my/our knowledge. (Please ensure to sign above the dotted line)

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Print Name:

Dated This question requires a valid date format of DD/MM/YYYY.

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Part or all of the information you provide will be held on computer and hard copy format. This information will be used for the administration of Expression of Interests and producing monitoring returns. LAG’s may share information with each other and government departments/agencies to enable them to prevent fraudulent applications or for detecting crime and to co-ordinate processing of complementary applications. It may also be subject to meeting obligations under the Freedom of Information Act as amended.

This policy does not affect your rights and your information will be held as prescribed under the Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003.

If you are happy with the details you have entered, the above information and wish to continue with the LEADER expression of interest process, please press Submit

LEADER Food Initiative (For Artisan, Micro and Small Food Producers)

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