1. Sustainable fish at school
An Axis 4 project in Sweden
Serge Gomes da Silva, FSU, Sofia, March 2011

2. Description of the area and its main challenges
largest freshwater lake in EU and the third largest in Europe.
UNESCO biosphere
ageing community
130 fishermen in activity
local species holding good potential for value added (burbot, vendace)
Population: 75 000
Population Density: 27 h/km² 
Project outline
Catering students studying the handling process of fish products as a part of their training

3. the project’s origin: the students’ questions
A project dedicated to education, and fostering links within the community
the project’s origin: the students’ questions
Which fish and shellfish are OK to serve?
What does the Swedish fish industry look like?
How do our actions affect the future?
What are the alternatives?
How to connect the local community around this?
problem: the bank denied the funding application
By “word of mouth” Lidköping’s environmental office advised the school to apply to the FLAG project accepted

4. Total project cost: €15,360; Axis 4 contribution: 50%
A project dedicated to education, and fostering links within the community
Total project cost: €15,360; Axis 4 contribution: 50%
Project beneficiary: De La Gardie High School, Lidköping.
The project ‘s aims and outputs :
Getting local fishermen, catering teachers and students to meet and build capacity around a common project
Integrated into the school programme
Raising awareness among the students, staff and personnel in the local restaurants of Lidköping about local species and their culinary value –
providing new links between local demand and local sourcing
Total project costs are: ~138 000 SEK (15360€)
EFF: ~69 000 SEK (7600€)
Private + public: (16 500 SEK + 52 500SEK) ~69 000 SEK= €7630 (1830€+5800€)

5. A project dedicated to education, and fostering links within the community
Visits in May and October 2010 to Gothenburg’s fish auction, seafood companies, restaurants and eco-training center
90 people involved at the end of the project: students, teachers, a delegation of local fishermen, restaurant owners and fishmongers.
Going where the knowledge is,
capitalize on the experience transversally within the community
integration of the results in the local scholar program
continued contacts with fishermen to provide local catch to the catering school and restaurants
Contact: FLAG manager
Johanna Olsson
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6. Monica Burch, FSU, Sofia, March 2011
Pescatourisme 83
An Axis 4 project in France
Monica Burch, FSU, Sofia, March 2011