Non wood forests products are an important but sometimes forgotten income from rural and mountain areas of Europe.

It is necessary to find sustainable economic opportunities to people still living there, to preserve the population, the natural heritage, the biodiversity and the natural resources. Wild berries are a source of interesting food rich in vitamins and antioxidants, and nowadays aromatic and medicinal plants wild harvesting is still needed to provide raw material to medicinal, cosmetic and perfumery industry.

Anyway, the wild harvesting activity has to be done properly, following sustainable good practices and focusing sustainable economic enterprises in order to fix the social success. So training on these topics is very important and tools have to be implemented properly.

The objective of the proposed project is the establishment of a framework for designing and planning and creation of the necessary tools applicable to VET Institutions and SMEs as well as to adults of disadvantaged rural and mountain areas in relation with berries and aromatic and medicinal plants wild harvesting.