It finishes the fundraising for the six proposals of the Alt Pirineu and Aran and now beguins the implementation phase of the projects.
The second edition of Matchfunding Arrela’t Alt Pirineu and Aran has been finalised, where all projects have achieved the minimum funding and therefore the initiatives presented can be consolidated. Selected projects, one of all the counties of Alt Pirineu and Aran, have totalled 102,484 € of which 78,484 € has been contributed by the citizens and 24,000€ by the administrations. This exceeded the funds of the first edition of Matchfunding Arrela’t that was 73.439 €.
This fact demonstrates the consolidation of the initiative and the value that alternative financing formulas such as Matchfunding can bring, where up to 818 co-financers invest in social initiatives with return to the territory in Alt Pirineu and Aran. Furthermore, in this case, the institutions complement the collaboration of the citizens by providing one euro for each euro raised up to a maximum of 24,000 €.
Once the fundraising phase has ended, the project implementation phase is now beginning and they have one year to make their project a reality. In addition, the people who have participated in their cofinancing will now start to receive the rewards proposed for each initiative.
The funds collected for each project are:
- Bolets Peratxa: Cultivate miceli to cultivate future in the region of Alt Urgell has reached 11,091€. This will allow them to produce ecological mushrooms and create jobs for deaf users of the Catalan Sign Language.
- Espai d’encontre comunitari Copsant al Pallars Sobirà has achieved 18,461€. With this amount they want to rehabilitate the cooperative haystack to promote access to the land and environmental and cultural activities in Pallars.
- Huma Slow Broths in Alta Ribagorça has earned 10,382€. His project crafts functional caldos with Pyrenees ingredients. They bet on residue 0 and preserve a unique landscape.
- El refugi de la Feixa in Cerdanya has earned 11,338 €. This initiative seeks to perform actions to minimize human impact such as building an ecological dry toilet and other improvements in their facilities.
- Geobike Lo Podall al Pallars Jussà has earned 20,986. This proposal has managed to reach the optimum amount and with it they want to consolidate the Pallars Jussà area as a reference for the practice of BTT.
- Husta Skis in the Vall d’Aran has earned 30,226. These entrepreneurs design and manufacture tailored skis in a more sustainable way.
The initiative is promoted by the Alta Ribagorça, Alt Urgell, Cerdanya, Pallars Jussà, Pallars Sobirà and Conselh Generau d’Aran, the Youth Offices, the services of economic promotion and work of these counties, the Ateneu Cooperatiu de l’Alt Pirineu i Aran and the Odisseu project, with the support of the Diputació de Lleida, the Diputació de Girona, the Institut per la Promoció de l’Alt Pirineu i Aran (IDAPA), the DG de Joventut, the Consorci GAL Alt Urgell-Cerdanya and the Consorci Leader Pirineu Occidental in collaboration with the Department of Climate Action, Food and Rural Agenda and the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development.
