Future of the CAP

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Rural Development a nd the new Financial
Perspective Dirk Ahner European
Commission Directorate General for
Agriculture May 2004
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Rural Development Coverage EU Policies
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Local initiatives - LEADER

• All rural areas eligible
• Targeted on limited number of areas
• Bottom-up, integrated approach, local
  partnerships
• Area based rural development strategies
• Cooperation
• Networking

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The Salzburg Conference What do we want from
our policy

• A competitive farming sector Sustainable
  economic growth in farming must come increasingly
  through diversification, innovation and value
  added products.
• Managing the land for future generations
  Managing the farmed environment and forests will
  serve to preserve and enhance the natural
  landscape and Europes cultural heritage.
• A living countryside Investment in the broader
  rural economy is vital to increase the
  attractiveness of rural areas, promote
  sustainable growth and create new employment
  opportunities through diversification.
• Rural development policy should 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 based on a dialogue between all rural
  stakeholders and build on the lessons learnt from
  LEADER. (mainstreaming)
• More responsibility must be given to programme
  partnerships to define strategies and their
  capacity to monitor and evaluate must be
  reinforced.
• 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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Finance rural development 2007 to 2013

• One Single Source of Funding
• SIMPLIFICATION
• Origin of Funding
• GUARANTEE
• EU-15 EU-10 unchanged at 2006 level
• Bulgaria Romania
• GUIDANCE
• Transfer from Obj. 1 including Statistical
  phasing-out.
• Bulgaria Romania (EU-10 average)
• Leader

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Finance rural development appropriations 2007
to 2013
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Evaluation

• Four ex-post evaluations
• Measures under Reg. 950/97 on Improving the
  Efficiency of Agricultural Structures
• Measures under Reg. 951/97 on Improving the
  Processing and Marketing Conditions of
  Agricultural Products
• Objective 5b Programmes
• Community Inititative Leader II

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Challenges evaluation results

• What are key challenges and Opportunities for
  Community Rural Development Policy?
• Support territorial and bottom-up approaches
• Simplify funding provisions and delivery
  mechanisms
• Support networking and exchange of good practice

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Messages evaluation results

• Long shopping lists of measures can lead to a
  dispersal of support, reducing efficiency
• Presence of significant deadweight effects,
  requiring better targeting of measures,
  particularly for investment and establishment
  aids
• Problems of coherence between rural development
  and market support
• Questionable effectiveness of LFA scheme in
  certain areas
• Positive benefits of LEADER

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Rural Development a nd the new Financial
Perspective Dirk Ahner European
Commission Directorate General for
Agriculture May 2004