The main goal: to create the R&D center "Laboratory of Craft Production and Innovations" to improve the quality of training of food industry specialists and modernize the material and technical base in accordance with modern labor market standards. Additional goals: modernization of the educational space; training of qualified specialists in craft production and food technologies; implementation of dual education; development of partnerships with local producers; expanding access to education for IDPs, veterans and people with disabilities; support for craft startups and veteran businesses; processing local raw materials into products with high added value. Methods of achievement: equipping the laboratory with specialized technological equipment, in particular through partnerships with craft producers in the region (joint financing and transfer of equipment in exchange for training); implementation of dual education in partnership with enterprises of the Volyn region; support for graduates' entrepreneurial initiatives through the "Own Business" program; involvement of crowdfunding platforms for individual laboratory projects; ensuring self-financing through the sale of its own products, the provision of business services (recipe testing, technological consulting) and the organization of paid courses and master classes for the population and tourists. Justification of the gap: 74% of Ukrainian enterprises need food industry specialists (EBA Labour Market Trends 2026), but the existing material and technical base does not provide the proper level of practical training. The creation of the NPC will eliminate this structural imbalance and ensure social integration of different categories of applicants.

The key problem is a specialized educational and practical base for training specialists in the field of craft industries and food technologies. The existing training premises are not equipped with specialized technological equipment, are not adapted to recreate the conditions of a real production environment. The urgency of the problem is due to the growing demand for specialists in the craft industry, the development of local entrepreneurship in wartime and post-war recovery, as well as ensuring rapid professional retraining of IDPs and veterans. If these problems are not resolved, the regions lose the human resources potential of the industry, and applicants receive education without due risk of a practical component, which reduces their competitiveness in the labor market. The implementation of the project will provide modern practical training, create conditions for the development of entrepreneurial initiatives, support the social integration of different categories of the population and contribute to the development of the craft economy of the Volyn region.