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Title: Tamas Szedlak


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EU Rural Development PolicyBudapest, 21-22
September 2006

• Tamas Szedlak
• European Commission
• Directorate General Agriculture and Rural
  Development
• Unit F6. Bioenergy, biomass, forestry and climate
  change

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The Salzburg Conference 2003 What do we want
from our policy

• A living countryside is not only in the interests
  of the rural society but also of society as a
  whole.
• Preserving the diversity of Europes countryside
  and encouraging the services provided by
  multifunctional agriculture is of ever growing
  importance.
• The competitiveness of the farming sector must be
  a key aim, taking into account the diversity of
  agricultural potential in different rural areas.
• Rural development policy must apply in all rural
  areas of the enlarged EU.
• Rural development policy must serve the needs of
  broader society in rural areas and contribute to
  cohesion.

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The Salzburg Conference How can we do things
better

• Rural development policy should be implemented in
  partnership building on the lessons learnt from
  LEADER.
• More responsibility must be given to programme
  partnerships.
• A significant simplification of EU rural
  development policy is both necessary and urgent.
• Delivery must be based on one programming,
  financing and control system tailored to the
  needs of rural development.

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Simplification
Single funding, programming, financial management
and control framework for RD
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Rural Development 2007-2013
 LEADER Axis 
Axis 3 Economic Diver. Quality of Life
Axis 1 Competi -tiveness
Axis 2 Environment Land Management
Single set of programming, financing, monitoring,
auditing rules
Single Rural Development Fund
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Regulation and Guidelines

• Rural Development Regulation 2007-2013 (RDR), CR
  (EC) No 1698/2005, defines the purpose and scope
  of assistance from the EAFRD
• Community Strategic Guidelines(CSG),
• Council Decision of 20 February 2006
  (2006/144/EC) gt EU level priorities within the
  RDR framework, in particular focus on
  sustainability (Göteborg) and growth and jobs
  (Lisbon)

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• RDR
• Three core objectives
• Improving the competitiveness of the farm and
  forestry sector through support for
  restructuring, development and innovation
• Improving the environment and the countryside
  through support for land management
• Improving the quality of life in rural areas and
  encouraging diversification of economic activity

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The CSG helps to

• identify and agree the areas where the use of EU
  support for rural development will create the
  most value added at EU level
• make the link with the main EU priorities
  (Lisbon, Göteborg) and translate them into RD
  policy
• ensure consistency with other EU policies, in
  particular in the field of cohesion and
  environment
• accompany the implementation of the new market
  oriented Common Agricultural Policy and the
  necessary restructuring it will entail in the old
  and the new Member States.

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Internal consistency/other EU level strategies
Complementarity with other Community instruments
NSP
CSG

• EU priorities
• Knowledge transfer/priority investment sectors
• Biodiversity/water/climate change
• Creation employment opportunities
• Governance/endogenous development potential

National priorities

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Overall strategy issues

• Balance between the axes based on an assessment
  of the economic, social and environmental
  situation and of needs and gaps
• Weight of the different EU and national
  priorities
• Match funding capacity
• Implementation capacity (national, regional,
  local)

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Strategic issues axis 1

• Desired development farm structures (which farms
  to target)
• Strengths/weaknesses agrifood sector
• Balance between restructuring and innovation

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National Strategy
Based on an assessment of the general situation
of the agricultural and forestry sector the MS
will set out how it will deal with and set
quantified objectives for key issues such as

• Supporting the restructuring of the agricultural
  sector
• Improving integration in the food chain
• Developing business skills
• Developing new outlets for agricultural and
  forestry products
• Developing high quality products in line with
  market demand
• Improving the environmental performance of farms
  and forestry

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Rural Development Programme

• In its RDP the MS will set out
• How much it plans to spend on axis 1 (minimum 10
  of the Community contribution to the programme)
• Which measures it wishes to implement and how
  they fit to the strategy
• An indicative breakdown of funding per measure

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• Axis 1 Improving Competitiveness
• 1. Measures aimed at promoting knowledge and
  improving human potential
• 2. Measures aimed at restructuring physical
  potential and promoting innovation
• 3. Measures aimed at improving the quality of
  agricultural production and products
• 4. Transitional measures for the new Member
  States
• support for semi-subsistence farms undergoing
  restructuring,
• setting up of producer groups,
• provision of advisory services (only for
  Bulgaria and Romania for the period of 3 years)

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Strategic issues axis 2

• Balance between AE, Natura and LFA
• AE role organic farming (link axis 1),
  importance certain farming types and landscapes
  for rural diversification (link axis 3)
• Water management
• Afforestation needs

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National Strategy
Based on an assessment of the general
environmental situation in relation to its rural
areas the MS will set out how it will deal with
and set quantified objectives for

• its agricultural and forestry Natura 2000 areas
  and other HNV areas (High Nature Value)
• Water quantity and quality and its plans under
  the WFD in relation to agriculture and forestry
  (Water Framework Directive)
• The contribution its agriculture and forestry can
  make to climate change mitigation and the Kyoto
  protocol targets it has set
• Any specific national priorities

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Rural Development Programme

• In its RDP the MS will set out
• How many resources it plans to spend on axis 2
  (minimum 25 of the Community contribution to the
  programme)
• Which measures it wishes to implement and how
  they fit to the strategy
• An indicative breakdown of funding per measure

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The toolbox for axis 2
Two blocks of measures targeting sustainable use
of

• agricultural land
• LFA Natura 2000 and WFD AE animal welfare
  non-productive investments
• forestry land
• Afforestation agro-forestry Natura 2000
  forest-environment restoring forestry
  potential/prevention non-productive investments

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Strategic issues axis 3 and 4

• Balance between rural infrastructure/
  renovation/basic services and diversification/loca
  l economic development
• Choice of delivery system for axis 3 (top down or
  bottom up)
• Balance between local capacity building and
  implementing local development strategies

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Rural Development Programme

• The Member State has to indicate
• The resources it plans to spend on axis 3
  (minimum of 10) and on axis 4 (phasing in for
  the new Member States) of the Community
  contribution
• Which measures it wishes to implement and how
  they fit with the strategy (EU national
  priorities)
• An indicative breakdown of funding per measure

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The toolbox for axis 3
Three blocks of measures targeting

• the diversification of the rural economy
• Non-agricultural activities of farmers small
  business creation and development, tourism, small
  scale infrastructure
• the quality of life in rural areas
  Basic services for the rural
  population, rural heritage and renewal
• training, skills acquisition and animation
  Area studies, information, training animators,
  leaders, promotional events, partnerships

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The toolbox for axis 4 (Leader)

• 7 distinctive features support for LAGs

• Area based local strategies
• Public-private partnerships (local action groups)
• Bottom up approach
• Multi-sectoral and integrated
• Innovative
• Cooperation
• Networking

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Overview
STRATEGY
REPORTING

• Community Strategic Guidelines
• National Strategy Plan
• Rural Development Programme

• Commission summary report
• National summary report
• Annual progress report

Quantified objectives/targets Baseline indicators
In/output indicators Result indicators Impact
indicators
CMEF
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Breakdown by Member State of Community support
for rural development 2007-2013