Title: National Strategic Plan for agricultural and rural development 20072013
1National Strategic Plan for agricultural and
rural development 2007-2013
2First strategic objective
Development of competitive agriculture and
forestry sector and based on innovations
food-processing sector
3Second strategic objective
Conservation of the natural resources and
protection of the environment in the rural areas
4Third strategic objective
Improvement of the quality of life in the rural
areas
5National Strategy Plan 2007-2013Priority areas
- 1. Investments in agricultural and forestry
sector with the aim restructuring encouragement
of innovations in the process of processing and
adding of value and encouragement of production
of biological products - 2. Protection of environment and sustainable land
management - 3. Creating employment and improvement of
infrastructure and services in rural areas - 4. Investments in participation of local
communities in the development of rural areas.
6Indicative financial allocation by priority Axes
in the Regulation 1698/2005
7INSTITUTIONAL SET-UP RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
2007-2013
Managing Authority (programming, coordination,
monitoring, evaluation) Rural Development
Directorate (MAF) (CM Regulation ?130/28 June
2005)
8 INSTITUTIONAL SET-UP RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
2007-2013
Implementation / Payments State fund
Agriculture
9PAYING AGENCY
- Administrative structure responsible for the
payment of EU assistance funds in the fields of
agriculture, rural areas and fisheries -
- Main units
- Headquarters
- Regional paying units
- Regional implementing units
- Regional control units.
10STRATEGY/TIME FRAME FOR SETTING UP OF THE PAYING
AGENCY
- A detailed Master Plan for the setting up of the
Paying Agency was drafted with concrete
deadlines, financial resources and responsible
people - Completion of the Paying Agency capacity and its
accreditation by end of 2006.
11PHARE assistance for the preparation of the
Administrative capacity and the Program documents
2007-2013
- Twinning project with the Ministry of
agriculture, environment and water management of
Austria and the Ministry of agriculture and
forestry of Italy institutional development
assistance and setting up the management system
for the Rural Development Program, as well as
expert assistance for the preparation of program
documents - - start 13th of September 2005
-
duration 24 months. - Technical Assistance projects assistance for
the conduct of sector surveys and ex-ante
evaluation of the Rural Development Program.
12Approaches for NSP Development
- Strategic to identify problems and priorities
(agriculture, diversification, environment,
etc.) - Complementarity - coordination with ??
Structural funds - Partnership with all relevant stakeholders