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To improve the competitiveness of the agricultural sector in North Macedonia and to strengthen public institutions within the country's EU accession process. The proposed goal for project development is to improve competitiveness in selected sub-sectors and to strengthen public institutions in the agricultural sector by implementing the following components: 1) Improving the competitiveness of the agricultural sector at the farm level and encouraging the aggregation of agricultural products and market integration; 2) Strengthening the institutional capacity to support the public sector, and 3) Support to complete coordination and implementation of the project activities (Platform for agricultural food in Skopje, collection and air conditioning station in Resen, collection and air conditioning station in Strumica and animal by-products processing system and their safe removal. The ecosystem principle is part of the assessment process for financing the pilot projects through the “change of ecologically important areas, including wetlands, natural forests, pastures and others, as well as “critical" natural habitats and ecosystem services.