As part of the EU AID Programme for the Turkish Cypriot community, eunite focuses on contributing to confidence building in Cyprus through improved public and animal health in the Turkish Cypriot Community (TCc), supporting the production of Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) compliant Halloumi/Hellim and boosting trade across the Green Line. eunite is also working to integrate Turkish Cypriot companies into the island-wide economy and the EU single market.

eunite Programme aims at bringing about more tangible and visible impacts in the relevant priority areas, where appropriate, and the overall objective of reunification.
With a sustained technical and financial support, it is intended to help Turkish Cypriots to build on the results achieved and the recommendations for the way forward as provided by ongoing technical assistance projects to enable trade across the Green Line in food products, including PDO compliant Halloumi/Hellim.

Specifically eunite works in two streams:

eunite Halloumi/Hellim PDO
The project focuses on improving the EU Halloumi/Hellim PDO scheme and related EU food safety standards in the dairy sector. Local producers will enhance their production capabilities and improve the implementation of EU food safety standards, improve the monitoring of feed quality, and improve animal husbandry conditions at sheep and goat farms. In parallel, the project will strengthen the access to veterinary medicinal products registered by the European Medicines Agency for use in beekeeping.

eunite SME
The project focuses on integrating Turkish Cypriot companies into the island-wide economy and the EU single market. SMEs, startups and early-stage entrepreneurs will have the opportunity to access grants in addition to training, mentoring, and business development programmes. The support aims to improve production practices and quality to meet EU standards, boost competition, increase digitalization and ensure sustainability.