sustainability Article Geographical Indication Building Process for Sharr Cheese (Kosovo): “Inside Insights” on Sustainability Claire Bernard-Mongin 1,2,* , Jimmy Balouzat 3, Elise Chau 3, Alice Garnier 3, Stéphanie Lequin 4 , François Lerin 3 and Ahmet Veliji 5 1 CIRAD, UMR INNOVATION, Montpellier, France. INNOVATION, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, INRAE, Institut Agro, F-34398 Montpellier, France 2 Moma, Montpellier Research in Management, University of Montpellier, Rue Vendémiaire, Bât. B-CS 19519 Montpellier CEDEX 2, France 3 Aida Association—Association Internationale Pour le Développement de L’agroenvironnement, Action, Médiation, Formation, 34980 Combaillaux, France;
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[email protected]; Tel.: +336-50-68-22-18 Abstract: This article aims to contribute to the reflection on sustainability in the field of Geographical Indications (GI). GIs are instruments for organizing collective action that have great interpretative flexibility. They are mobilized by a set of qualifying actors of differing natures, with diverse and Citation: Bernard-Mongin, C.; sometimes divergent interests. For this reason, we focus on how the dimension of sustainability Balouzat, J.; Chau, E.; Garnier, A.; emerges from a collective learning process. Based on the approaches developed by Organization Lequin, S.; Lerin, F.; Veliji, A. Studies, this article describes and analyzes the process of creating a GI for Sharr Cheese, a Balkan Geographical Indication Building seasonal sheep pastoral cheese highly typical of a mountain range in Kosovo * (this designation is Process for Sharr Cheese (Kosovo): “Inside Insights” on Sustainability.