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From Farm to Fork Strategy is at the heart of the European Green Deal – the new growth strategy of the EU and a key to the implementation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). From Farm to Fork Strategy is designed for building a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system with an integrated food safety policy in the Union. Current paper presents some of the strategic accents of the main European documents and initiatives concerning future sustainable agri-food systems in the context of human health and well-being through the ecological, economic and social aspects of sustainability. Special attention is also paid to how the future Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) will contribute to the EU Green Deal, food quality and safety, and sustainable development as a whole. Particular examples are presented showing the support to the agriculture and food sectors amid Coronavirus and rural responses to the COVID-19 crisis as collected by the European Network for Rural Development (ENRD). Good practices from Bulgaria are also analyzed regarding the initiatives of promoting local food through farmers' markets and online platforms and new challenges and best solutions. Conclusions focus on the general measures and actions for the effective transition to a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly agri-food system. JEL Codes: I31, Q12, Q18, Q56 ; From Farm to Fork Strategy is at the heart of the European Green Deal – the new growth strategy of the EU and a key to the implementation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). From Farm to Fork Strategy is designed for building a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system with an integrated food safety policy in the Union. Current paper presents some of the strategic accents of the main European documents and initiatives concerning future sustainable agri-food systems in the context of human health and well-being through the ecological, economic and social aspects of sustainability. Special attention is also paid to how the future Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) will contribute to the EU Green Deal, food quality and safety, and sustainable development as a whole. Particular examples are presented showing the support to the agriculture and food sectors amid Coronavirus and rural responses to the COVID-19 crisis as collected by the European Network for Rural Development (ENRD). Good practices from Bulgaria are also analyzed regarding the initiatives of promoting local food through farmers' markets and online platforms and new challenges and best solutions. Conclusions focus on the general measures and actions for the effective transition to a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly agri-food system. JEL Codes: I31, Q12, Q18, Q56

Research report about the additional qualifications which business advisors would require in order to be able to support social entrepreneurship in Bulgaria is developed in accordance with the elaborated under the SESBA project (Social enterprise skills for business advisors) methodology foreseeing secondary data analyses and collection and analyses of primary data. Job profiles of business advisors of social enterprises are presented on the basis of published announcement for job positions in organizations providing business consulting to social enterprises by some organizations out of the country because of the very low development of those activities on the national level. Existing qualifications, skills and further needs are presented in the context of the European qualification framework for lifelong learning (EQF) and its application into the Bulgarian environment. The main shortcomings in the EQF application are analysed and the significance of provision of trainings under the project is supported by the conclusions made. In addition, a primary research is conducted results of which support the main thesis of the need of specialized qualification and support to social enterprise business advisors.