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Ministero delle Politiche Agricole e Forestali

Direzione Generale dello Sviluppo Rurale

Krakow, 30th November 2005Krakow, 30th November 2005 Giuseppe BlasiGiuseppe Blasi

“Future of European Rural Development”

Italian experience in 2000-2006 programming and

challenges for new generation of RDPs

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Table of contents

Financial management and rural development

Rural development consistencyand integration with other policies

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OBJECTIVE 1 REGIONS:- 1 Regional Operational Programme

for each Region- 1 Rural Development Plan for each

Region (only so called accompanying measures)

NON OBJECTIVE 1 REGIONS:- 1 Rural Development Plan for each

Region

ALL ITALIAN REGIONS:- 1 “LEADER +” Programme for

each Region- 1 National Programme (“LEADER +

NETWORK”)

Italian programming architecture

(2000 – 2006 period)

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Financial implementation (up-dated to October 31st, 2005)

2000 – 2006 programming period (Meuro)

ProgrammesEAGGF Planned

Expenditures

EAGGF Incurred

expenditures%

RDP (Guarantee)

21 plans 4.512,3 4.033,0 89,4%

ROP (Guidance)7 programmes 3.292,3 1.244,5 37,8%

Leader + (Guidance)

21+1 programmes 287,9 69,2 24.1%

TOTAL50 programmes 8.092,5 5.346,7 66,1%

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RDP 2000-2006: expenditure trend

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% 110%

AbruzzoBasilicata

BolzanoCalabria

Campania Emilia R.

Friuli V.G.Lazio

LiguriaLombardi

MarcheMolise

PiemontePuglia

SardegnaSicilia

ToscanaTrento

UmbriaV. d'Aosta

VenetoTot Italy

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What is happening in 2000-2006 programming ?

Different financial performances

Why ?

1.Different organizational and management skills of Regions

2.Different financial rules for the two funds (EAGGF Guarantee allows greater flexibility)

3.Different kinds of operations implemented (Leader type operations are slower)

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What is happening in 2000-2006 programming ?

Why RDPs experience a better performance ?

1.Close coordination at central level that allowed financial temporary compensations between Regions with low expenditure level and Regions with high expenditure level

2.EAGGF Guarantee expenditure rules are quite pressing so Regions have to adopt more rigorous procedures

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What will happen in 2007-2013 programming ?

There will be just one fund with financial rules that do not allow compensations among programmes

How to save the experience gained in 2000-2006 ?

The only option could be a national RDP: a big challenge in a high regionalized country as Italy. That will be a political choice

What we are doing now ?

We are thinking about a new programme model (in any case in the framework of RD regulation), that could ensure regional autonomy in programming and managing, leaving the role for coordination in

financial matters at a national level

And what more ?

This new role for the national level would be coherent with the new strategic approach for RD becouse the national RDP would ensure

a greater consistency with both NSP and CSG

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Consistency and integrationConsistency and integrationwith Cohesion Policies with Cohesion Policies

Where to work ?

Consistency and integrationConsistency and integrationwith Cohesion Policies with Cohesion Policies

Where to work ?

AT NATIONAL LEVELBetween NSP and NSF

AT PROGRAMME LEVELBetween programmes

AT PROJECT LEVELBetween Stake Holders and measure

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Consistency and integrationConsistency and integrationwith Cohesion Policies with Cohesion Policies

Where to work ?

Consistency and integrationConsistency and integrationwith Cohesion Policies with Cohesion Policies

Where to work ?

The next programming period is based on the following principle: one fund one,

programme

For that reason it will be difficult to have integration among various funds

(different rules can create incompatibility)

The strategic planning will be the most important instrument to ensure consistency

and integration

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Consistency and integrationConsistency and integrationwith Cohesion Policies with Cohesion Policies

How to workHow to work ? ?

Consistency and integrationConsistency and integrationwith Cohesion Policies with Cohesion Policies

How to workHow to work ? ?

1.Share a common definition of territorial areas on which concentrating operations

2.Once the areas are defined, it is necessary to find the integration on the most important strategic issues

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RD and Cohesion policies RD and Cohesion policies How we are working at national levelHow we are working at national level

Definition of Rural Areasby OECD

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Territorial dimension

NSF(ERDF+ESF+State Aid+other national instruments)

1.Cities2.Clusters industry

3.Other Rural areas

NSP(EARDF+CAP+State Aid+other

national instruments)

1.…………2.Clusters industry Agri-food clusters 3. Other rural areas Periurban With environmental value Declining and threatened of abandonment

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Common issues on which find integration (not just demarcation)

Research Networks, ICT, infrastructures and logistic Training (farmers and rural population) Environment Job policies (employment and entrepreneurship)

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RD and Environmental policiesRD and Environmental policies

Common working issuesCommon working issues

RD and Environmental policiesRD and Environmental policies

Common working issuesCommon working issues

Forestry sector Water sector Biodiversity Soil Landscape

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RD and Cohesion policiesRD and Cohesion policies How we are working at programme levelHow we are working at programme level

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Programmes should detail how demarcation and integration have to take place

Ensuring arrangements and close cooperation between managing

authorities of different programmes

A specific coordination structure should be set up

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RD and Cohesion policies RD and Cohesion policies How we are going to work at project levelHow we are going to work at project level

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Integration can be found in:

1. Business plan2. Agri-food commodity system3. Joint operations 4. Territorial operations

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1: Business plan

Grant support to beneficiaries that have a business plan containing operations related to more than a measures (not only funded by EARDF)

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2: Agri-food chain system

Coordinated operations, made to support investments from subjects involved in the same agri-food chain, aimed to increase the value of a product or to decrease production costs

Who is the beneficiary?

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3: Joint operations

Projects made by a community in order to increase the impact of joint operations comparing to a sum of individual operations

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4: Territorial projects

A territorial body, being in charge to organize a set of coordinated and consistent operations based on a defined area

Who is the beneficiary?

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What we learned from 2000-2006

Integrated projects need: Training and information for involved

subjects Animation actions Technical support for partnerships Subjects with a well defined role Improvement of the governance Coordination and subsidiarity between

regional and local government

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