Councillor Pilar Amate explains that the projects presented represent different productive sectors of the island, such as cooperatives, PGI and DO regulatory councils and chefs’ associations, among others.
The Consell de Mallorca has awarded 400,000 euros in subsidies to non-profit organisations for 2024, which has benefited a total of 23 associations, foundations and cooperatives that will develop different projects aimed at promoting and disseminating Mallorcan products.
The maximum amount per beneficiary is 30,000 euros, with the advantage that the entire cost of the project presented can be subsidised. The entities to which the aid is granted represent different productive sectors of the island, and it aims to implement actions to increase the consumption of local produce and improve the competitiveness and efficiency of local produce.
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The Consell de Mallorca awards grants of 400,000 euros to 23 non-profit organisations to promote local produce
The Councillor for Economic Promotion and Local Development, Pilar Amate, emphasised that ‘100% of the approved credit has been granted’, and explained that ‘the non-profit organisations that have been left out can also take advantage of the call for applications approved this summer, which will be published on 15 October’.
In total, 39 entities have applied for the aid of this call, of which 23 have finally been able to apply. ‘In 2023, only 19 entities were able to receive this aid, while this year 23 will receive it. These results are a good indicator that the grants we provide are much more extensive than last year,’ said the Councillor for Economic Promotion, who added that ‘we are already working on the next 2025 aids, to improve the requirements and expand the total amounts to reach a greater number of beneficiary companies’.
Beneficiary entities
The beneficiaries include several regulatory councils for products with protected geographical indication (PGI) and designation of origin (DO), such as Vino de la Tierra Mallorca, Almendra de Mallorca, and Aceite de Mallorca.
Other non-profit organisations such as the Union of Agricultural Cooperatives of the Balearic Islands, the Artà Business Association (AEA), Agromallorca Agrupación de Defensa Vegetal, Estel de Llevant, Asociación de Cocineros Afincados en las Islas Baleares (Ascaib), CAEB, Asociación Ferial del Caracol and the Union of Agricultural Cooperatives of the Balearic Islands, among others, will also receive the subsidy.
All of them will carry out various projects related to the island’s produce, such as exhibitions, promotional campaigns, cooking championships, actions to promote local varieties, etc., which aim to raise awareness and promote local consumption.