Improving access to markets and representation of beekeepers Objective 1: To educate young beekeepers to practise serious and healthy beekeeping in order to expand the number of young  beekeepers, increase honey production and create employment and income opportunities for youth.

Expected results
- 160 new and well trained beekeepers start/improve the apiary activities and produce honey at the end of the year
- 120 new members for SPUSK 
- improved honey production ( in 2013 : 2400 kg of good quality honey)
- improved income for around 120 members (and their family members) in 2013
- reduction beekeeping indiseases (ultimately resulting in a hiher honey production)


Objective2.

Strengthening the competetiveness of SPUSK beekeepers, improved access to markets through particoipation in fairs, barnding of honey and improved represantation/promotion materials
expected results: 
- branding of various types of honey
- new information stands used at fairs, increasing the visibility and representation of SPUSK, (ultimately resulting in better sales)

 systematic and better representation of SPUSk at fairs through improved promo materials


3. enhanced organisational and representation / lobby capacities of SPUSK 
- organise first beekeepers round tabel at national level in Bihac 
- participate at international competions/ congresses
- build capacity of staff board to prepare project proposals, reports etc and support with international languages to enhance access to international cooperation

1. EDUCATION / PROFESSIONAL TRAINING for young beekeepers improvig their beekeeping skills and knowledge, and providing employment and income.
- Number of participants of about 120-160, 30% women
- increase honey production 2400 kg/year (in 2013)
- employment for 120 youngsters

2.	Strengthening the competitiveness of SPUSK beekeepers, improved access to markets
-  the organisation of national and intrenational trade fairs, seminars with the aim of strengthening the  marketing and promotion of beekeeping and bee products
-  branding of various types of honey will result in higher prices/ possibilities to access EU markets
- systematic and better representation of SPUSk at fairs through improved promotion materials
- rural beekeeping tourism promotion pilot project to educate consumers


3. enhanced organisational and representation / lobby capacities of SPUSK 
- organise first beekeepers round tabel at national level in Bihac 
- participate at international competions/ congresses
- build capacity of staff board to prepare project proposals, reports etc and support with international languages to enhance access to international cooperation
-support to municipality level association on their functioning




PROJECT PROPOSAL FOR PERIOD MAY 2013- MARCH 2014


Spusk submits a project proposla for may 2013- march 2014 at the end of April 2013. This proposla is very much a follow up/continuation of the project that strated in 2012. therefore, the LO proposed to extend the current project 5820 with another 10 months.   This extension has 3 components and the following activities;
1. Improving the beekeeping skills of beekeeprs and anhnace the productivity
- Training of 160 young beekeepers 
- Training of ... advanced beekee[pers that will develop into mentors of the young beekeepers 

2. Access to markets and increasing competetiveness
-international beekeeping fair
- beekeeping information for audience and beekeeprs
- laboratory testing of honey
- beekeeping info desk further improved (for fairs/events etc)

3. organisational strengthening of SPUSK:
- participation in various events, fairs, competitions etc.
- database development of SPUSK
- round table of beekeeping sector in BiH

Improving beekeeping in the Una Sana Canton by: faster and more efficient transfer of information from top to bottom level; strengthened competitiveness at (inter) national markets and  getting connected with international markets; reduce rural youth unemployment and achieving sustainability in honey production