Sustainable management of
natural resources
Possibilities and restrictions
of rural development in EU
Zuzana Sarvasova
National Forest Centre Zvolen
Discussion
• How is your bussiness plan related to rural
areas?
Policy coordination
LEVEL
Vertical
European Union
TIME
2013
Member state
Horizontal
Environmental policy
Common agricultural policy
Forest policy
Rural development
Innovation policy
Cohesion policy
Region
Temporal
2000
Local community/ Project
Sarvašová et al. 2010: in Policy Integration and Coordination: the Case of Innovation and the Forest Sector in Europe
Editors(s): Rametsteiner, E., Weiss, G., Ollonqvist, P. and Slee, B.
CAP
I. pillar
Market
instruments
II. pillar
Direct
payments
RDP
Change
C. Folkeson: CAP perspectives
The challenges faced by the CAP
• economic, ecological, and societal
• Its economic power as a provider of
employment, its territorial anchorage, its
attachment to a dynamic agro-food sector,
and its contribution to the environment
make it one of the major sectors of the
European strategy
CAP 4 objectives
• Ensure food safety within the European
Union including the public health
• Contribute to global dietary health to
participate in world food safety and be present
on the markets of tomorrow.
• Preserve the equilibrium of rural areas to
maintain territorial cohesion and a localisation of
activity and employment.
• Participate in the fight against climate
change and for environmental improvement
to construct an agriculture that combines
economic performance and ecological efficacy.
Rural development policy in EU
• RDP is typical cross-sectoral policy, which
includes agriculture, forestry, tourism,
development of local communities,
environmental problems and others.
• RDP is a subsidy policy and presents a
distributive problem, where benefits are
distributed, so the involved actors could at most
record relative loss that is caused by the forced
withdrawal of possible funding sources.
RDP instruments
• EU level: strategic guidelines, the Council
and Commission Regulation
• National level: Rural Development Plan
which includes measures and the related
budget
• the requirement to select from a variety of
different measures allows the member
state to focus the financial support on the
particular needs of each country
Discussion
• What policy instruments would you
propose to support your ideas?
Role of RDP
OCDE and FAO: Agricultural Outlook 2008-2017
„the succession of adverse climatic conditions in
the producing countries, but also to structural
changes in the evolution of demand linked to the
rising population, changes in dietary habits, and
the development of biofuels“
Possibilities of RDP
• "competitiveness for agriculture, food and forestry"
targeting human and physical capital;
• "land management and environment", providing for
measures to protect and enhance natural resources.
farming and forestry systems, and the traditional
landscapes of Europe's rural areas;
• "quality of life and diversification of the rural economy"
which helps to develop rural areas by promoting services
for the public, micro-enterprises, rural tourism, and
development of the cultural heritage;
• "Leader", which introduces possibilities for innovative
governance through local action strategies
Limits of RDP
• European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD)
Budget: € 84.936 billion
• in the current context - need to prioritise and concentrate on
important actions aimed to address specific needs identified, in
particular in relation to:
(a) young farmers;
(b) small farms;
(c) mountain areas;
(d) short supply chains.
EAFRD contribution :
• 85% of the eligible public expenditure in the less developed regions,
50% in the other regions.
• minimum 20%
Implementation - Member States through National Rural Development
Programmes http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/index_en.htm
http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture
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