PROJECTS

See how our projects make a difference.

Discover the projects helping Fundația ADEPT protect some of Europe’s most important natural and cultural landscapes.

Working alongside local communities, partners and land managers, these projects help preserve biodiversity, strengthen rural livelihoods and support the long-term future of the places and people at their heart.

Project Type:

Biodiversity

Community

Education

Farming

Innovation

Policy

Project Status:

Ongoing

Completed

Ongoing Project

Civic Highlands

A project dedicated to increasing civic participation and strengthening community engagement in rural areas by developing the skills of young people and local stakeholders, creating participation mechanisms, and fostering dialogue...

Ongoing Project

Identification of barriers that cause fragmentation in Târnava Mare River Basin, Transylvania, Romania

A river restoration preparation project to identify, map and prioritise artificial barriers across the Târnava Mare River Basin, covering the main river and its tributaries. The project will create the...

Completed Project

Angofa, Nature and Community

The project “Angofa: Nature and Community” aims to improve the conservation status of the Angofa Valley, a High Nature Value (HNV) agricultural landscape within the Natura 2000 site ROSCI0227 Sighișoara–Târnava...

Ongoing Project

Funding grassland conservation in Transylvania using Voluntary Biodiversity Credit

A pioneering biodiversity credit initiative in Transylvania’s Târnava Mare region, designed to support small-scale farmers through funding for environmentally friendly land management. By generating and selling biodiversity credits to companies...

Ongoing Project

DIGI-Rangeland

A European H2020 project, based on a multi-actor approach, aimed at increasing knowledge sharing and mutual understanding between EU stakeholders, creating and expanding an innovative network about digital innovations and...

Ongoing Project

FarmBioNet – Farmer-focused Biodiversity and Agricultural Knowledge Network

A European H2020 project, focused on the creation and strengthening of a thematic agricultural network at the European level, aimed at supporting biodiversity-friendly farming (Biodiversity-Friendly Farming - BFF). The main...

Ongoing Project

LIFE DiverSEED – Restoration of priority grassland habitats in Slovakia and Romania

A LIFE project, focused on the restoration of priority grassland habitats shared between Slovakia and Romania. By introducing innovative mapping and restoration techniques, the project aims to create a long-lasting...

Ongoing Project

ClimateSmartAdvisors (CSA)

Empowering Europe’s agricultural advisors with the tools and knowledge needed to accelerate the adoption of climate-smart farming practices. Through collaboration and innovation, CSA strengthens the role of advisory services in...

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Ongoing Project

EUNetHorse

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 by establishing. an active multi-stakeholder network in...

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Completed Project

LIFE Metamorphosis

Developing best practices in butterfly conservation in Central and Eastern Europe. The project focuses on the conservation in three Member states (Slovakia, Hungary and Romania) of butterfly species listed in...

Completed Project

Digital Activation for Efficiency and Technological Progress

The project aims to modernize the digital infrastructure of the organization, optimize internal processes, and increase the accessibility of services for beneficiaries and rural communities. By implementing innovative solutions (IoT,...

Completed Project

TBT – Good and Clean Trails

Maintenance of the mountain-bike trails and the selective collection of the litter along the TBT network, over 100 km of built trails which link eight UNESCO World Heritage Site villages...

Completed Project

AntrepreNEETs

The development of an integrated mechanism to promote a sustainable and quality employment of at least 374 people who are part of the category of young unemployed NEETs aged 16-29,...

Completed Project

LIFE TransilvaCooperation

Demonstrating cooperative approach for good management of Natura 2000 grasslands at landscape scale in Transylvania and improving effectiveness of agri-environment measures, halting the loss of species and habitats of European...

Completed Project

Târnăva Mare Cheese Production Centre

Design a local cheese value chain in the Saxon Villages area of Transylvania (Viscri & Hoghilag), which will give added value to the milk produced by grass-fed cows owned by...

Completed Project

Grassland restoration at a landscape scale

In two pilot areas in Transylvania, ADEPT and Rainforest Concern will work with local farmers, carrying out demonstration habitat restoration to show the economic as well as biodiversity benefits of...

Ongoing Project

Angofa Valley Demonstration Farm

In an unspoilt valley near Sighisoara, we are developing a model farm where to show how innovation and new markets can support traditional communities and land management; for the benefit...

Completed Project

Angofa Wildlife Centre

Restored and equipped, the schoolhouse will become an important regional centre for educational activities.

Completed Project

Angofa Wildlife Tours

Wildlife tourism to conserve the Transylvanian ecosystem. Angofa Wildlife Tours aims to provide new tour options that differ from current cultural excursions to both divert income into more rural areas...

Completed Project

FASP – Facilitating self overcoming through internship

Facilitating participation in on-the-job learning programs for 182 non-university secondary and / or tertiary education students from the Central, West, South-East, South Muntenia and South-West Oltenia regions, by creating partnerships...

Completed Project

ACCESS – A Coherent and Competitive Approach to School Education

Completed Project

European Networks for Private Land Conservation – LIFE ENPLC

The project intends to expand the use of private land conservation (PLC) tools in the European Union, to improve the financial incentives and funding for PLC, to foster citizen engagement...

Ongoing Project

Revival of old local crafts Saschiz Pottery Workshop

Training of young people from the Saxon Villages region of Transylvania in pottery skills in order to revive the old Saschiz pottery centre renowned for its blue ware since the...

Completed Project

FIDELIO – Forecasting Social Impacts of Biodiversity Conservation Policies in Europe

A research project that aims to explore socio-economic impacts if European "protected areas" and to predict how perceptions of these impacts change through time.

Completed Project

Social Economy – Vector of European Sustainable Integration (ES-VIES)

De minimis aid scheme for the establishment of social enterprises in the Central, South-East and West regions of Romania, with the objective "Strengthening the capacity of social economy enterprises to...

Completed Project

Complementary Action Description EFFECT

A European H2020 project, with the objective to analyse, develop and test contracts to improve environmental performance in the agricultural sector. Nine innovation cases conducted in different economic, social and...

Completed Project

Resilient Farmlands (RESIFARMS)

Promoting education to boost ecosystem services of non-productive agricultural lands.

Completed Project

EOCA – Angofa grassland restoration and nature trail

Protect, enhance or restore key species, habitats or the broader ecosystem from identified threats, addressing specific issues and root causes.

Completed Project

Cooperation and association in Dealurile Târnavelor Local Action Goup (COOPGALDT)

Promoting the agricultural associative structures in the Dealurile Tarnavelor Local Action Group area in order to commonly capitalize and market their products (covering the following villages Saschiz, Vânători, Albești, Apold,...

Completed Project

Flavours of our neighbourhood

Facilitate the cooperation between farmers in the Local Action Group Podisul Mediasului territory for selling local products through short food chains, establish an associative structure and promoting short food chains.

Completed Project

BioGov – Celebrating Biodiversity Governance

Participatory governance to improve natural and cultural heritage policies.Participatory governance focuses on stakeholder cooperation; governance structure, size and scope of the multistakeholder partnership, and number of stakeholders influencing policies varies...

Completed Project

Entrepreneurship – An Excellent Career Alternative (ACE)

Increasing employment by supporting non-agricultural businesses in the urban area by promoting entrepreneurial culture and developing entrepreneurial and managerial skills and knowledge in South Muntenia region (Argeș, Călărași, Dâmbovița, Giurgiu,...

Completed Project

Entrepreneurship is developing Transylvania (ADA)

Increasing employment by supporting non-agricultural businesses in the urban area by promoting entrepreneurial culture and developing entrepreneurial and managerial skills and knowledge in central region Alba, Brașov, Covasna, Harghita, Mureș,...

Completed Project

Development of a European Private Land Conservation Network – LIFE ELCN

LIFE programme: LIFE Preparatory Projects call for Establishment of a European Private Land Conservation Network. ADEPT Pilot action: Building commercial incentives for private landowner cooperation in nature conservation.

Completed Project

PlanUp

Engaging national, regional and local partners, the PlanUp project focuses on five EU Member States: Spain, Italy, Poland, Romania and Hungary. PlanUp closely tracks the development of each country’s national...

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Completed Project

RBAPS – Results-Based Payments for Biodiversity: A New Pilot Agri-Environment Scheme for the Tarnava Mare and Pogány Havas Regions

A “results-based” agri-environment scheme which is targeted at High Nature Value hay meadows, rewarding practical management that produces good quality hay and protects wild species.

Ongoing Project