Finnish experts from the ProAgria Oulu region advisory service visited the ENRD Contact Point and the Walloon Rural Network in May 2019, within the context of the 3rd meeting of the ENRD Thematic Group on Bioeconomy.

Over 16 000 Finnish farms have already benefitted from RDP grants of €10 000 each for advisory services on all topics, from greening measures to animal welfare, farm modernisation, competitiveness and energy efficiency. 

A successful ProAgria example was the Oulu Bioeconomy Leader Tour, that reached over 2 000 contacts and resulted in 55 rural SMEs investing in the bioeconomy.