Title: Rural Development in Slovakia before and after accession to EU Malvina Gondova Agency for Rural Deve
1Rural Development in Slovakia before and after
accession to EU Malvina GondovaAgency for
Rural Development
2Slovakia
3Slovakia
- No of areas (NUTS II) 4
- No of regions (NUTS III) 8
- No of districts (NUTS IV) 79
- No of towns and villages (NUTS V) 2891
- 5,4 milion of inhabitants
- Total area 49 034 km2
- Population density 110 inhabitants/km2
Spi castleUNESCO heritage site
4SLOVAK AGRICULTURE
- Agrictultural land covers 2 436 879 ha of
Slovakia, which is almost ½ of total area of
Slovakia.There is 0,45 ha farm land and 0,28 ha
arable land per head. - Forest soil fund is 2 004 100 ha, which is 41 of
total area of Slovakia. There is 0,37 ha of
forests per head. - Main arable crops
- Northern part
- Potatos, barley, foorage crops, oats, flax
- Southern part
- Cereals, sugarbeet, vine, tobacco, fruits
and vegetable - Eastern part
- Potatos, corn, sugarbeet
- Western part
- Cereals, vine, fruits and vegetable
5Rural Development in Slovakia
- Situation before 1989
- Due to creation of the large agricultural
cooperatives loosing of the traditional bind to
the land - No private farms, no private business
- Moving of rural population to the towns due to
the job opportunities in industry - To adjust the village to the town loosing of
traditions, pride - System of central and vanishing villages
6Rural Development in Slovakia
- Before the accession to the EU (1994-2004)
- Small local initiatives (heritage, environment)
- Creation of the associations, unions of villages
with the goal of implementation of the particular
project (infrastructure, mainly gas supply lines
for heating) - Creation of the first micro-regions, based on
PPP - PHARE programme (since 1993) EU programme,
institution building, infrastructure improvement,
cross-border cooperation, support of private
sector, regional development - Support from US funds, Dutch government
- Very low support from Slovak government (MoA, MoE
Village renewal programme)
7Rural Development in Slovakia
- Pre-accession period 2000-2004
- SAPARD programme
- Divided into two areas
- diversification activities in agricultural and
forestry holdings (support of non-agricultural
and non-forestry activities) oriented mainly to
tourism activities - support of villages for reconstruction of their
infrastructure and buildings for non-profit
activities - Technical Assistance SAPARD project Testing the
LEADER approach in 11 micro-regions - Preparation for Leader method implementation,
elaboration of the integrated development
strategies for the micro-regions, bootom-up
approach
8Rural Development in Slovakia
- After the accession to EU (2004-2006)
- Common Agriculture Policy
- 1st pillar
- farmers, landscape, environment, diversification
of agricultural production - 2nd pillar rural development
- Horizontal Plan for Rural Development with
following priorities - 1st - The development of sustainable rural
economy To support economic activities which
enable job creation and suitable economic
conditions - 2nd - Protection and improvement of rural
- environment, natural resources,
- to maintain and renewal of the countryside
9Rural Development in Slovakia
- After the accession to EU (2004-2006)
- Support from other funds
- Support from the ERDF, ESF ( infrastructure,
social inclusion, reconstructions, planning
documents) - No LEADER (funds were decided to use for direct
payment to farmers)
10Rural Development in Slovakia
- Current Programming period 2007-2013
- European Agrictultural Fund for Rural Development
(EAFRD) - Programme of Rural Development of the Slovak
Republic 2007-2013 - Axis 3 Measures Village renewal and
development, Diversification of Agricultural
Activities, Support of Tourism Activities - Individual applicants
- Small villages (infrastructure, reconstructions,
public spaces) - Measure Animation preparation of the local
development strategy
11Rural Development in Slovakia
- Axis 4 LEADER
- Bottom-up approach
- Integrated strategy of area development
- Civic associations Local Action Groups (LAGs)
- Areas of 10 000-150 000 inhabitants
- Implementation of projects in accordance with the
measures of Axis 3 - Cooperation projects
- LAG operation
- 2,6 mil / 1 LAG
- 2 rounds of LAGs selection 15 LAGs in first
round (2009), 12 LAGs in second round (2010)
12 AGENCY FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT
- Agency for rural development was established
01.04.1995 by Decree of the Ministry of
Agriculture. Agency is semi-budgeted, and
non-profit organisation. - Mission
- To collect, analyse, and disseminate information
in rural development - Consulting services to rural people for
- supporting the economic activities
- Project preparation trainings
- Information dissemination
- Educational activities, promotion
- of small rural businesses and
- micro-regions
13 National rural development network (NRDN)
- Created according to the European Council
Regulation 1698/2005 - The networks central office is integrated in
structure of Agency of Rural Development since
28.10.2008. - 7 Regional coordinators to implement regional
activities - Activities of NRDN
- To collect, analyse, and disseminate information
- To monitor data in rural development
- To provide information of rural development
- To organise courses, seminars
- To prepare educational programmes
- To support national and multinational cooperation
- To create a contact point for activities of
Leader - To organise regular meetings of NRDN
- To provide feedback to control authorities and
other state institutions
14Organisation structure of the National rural
Development Network in Slovakia
http//www.nsrv.sk
15Thank you for your attention!
- Malvina Gondova
- Agency for Rural Development
- Akademicka 4
- 949 01 Nitra
- Slovakia
- gondova_at_arvi.sk
- www.arvi.sk, www.nsrv.sk