Horticultural Promotion in Kosovo (HPK)

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Horticultural Promotion in Kosovo - financed by the Swiss and Danish governments - is working towards the development of the horticulture sector. It aims to help increase employment in rural areas, make local production competitive with imports thereby capturing the local market.

The Project began in 2001 and is likely to continue its operations until 2012. It has been financed since the beginning by the Swiss Government and, as from 2008, is jointly financed by both the Swiss and the Danish governments. It is managed by Helvetas Swiss Intercooperation – a Swiss not-for-profit foundation for development and international cooperation. The milestones of its history have included four consecutive project phases and two evaluation Reports.

	Collection Center Mamushe Collection Centres play a vital role in organizing horticultural markets, by aggregating production from small producers and facilitating access to larger markets. Collection Centres are being supported by HPK in response to structural changes in the horticulture sector, where the emergence of larger traders, supermarkets and processors is driving changes in the market system.

	Flower Festival, Spring in Prishtina This is the second consecutive year thatthis festival has been organised by the Ornamental Group of Producers in Kosovo, and according to one of our key supporters, Vlora Dumoshi, the Director of Culture, Youth and Sport for the Municipality of Prishtina, 'this event should be permanently in our calendar for the future'.