Rur@l news

European Commission Directorate-General For Agriculture And Rural Development

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Newsletter for the EN RD4, July 2009
Regional policy and regional economies
Agricultural policy
Target audience: Specialised/Technical

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• Publié par: EUROPEAN-COMMISSION-DIRECTORATE-GENERAL-FOR-AGRICULTURE-AND-RURAL-DEVELOPMENT
• Nombre de lectures: 37
• Langue: English

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N E W S A B O U T E N R D

European Commission

SUMMARY

ideas, knowledge and documents through http://enrd.ec.europa.eu NEWS ABOUT ENRD the ‘Exchange’ platforms and the thematic e- goes live network, post rural development project ideas http://enrd.ec.europa.eu goes live......1 for which they are searching for partners and edit Coordination Committee focus on One key mission of the Contact Point has been toinformation on LAGs.Find out more information and communication..........1 develop the EN RD website, which was launched in May 2009. Providing access to other relevant Coordination Committee Leader Subcommittee meets for the websites at EU, national and local levels, users second time...................................................2 can now access essential information such as focus on information and Find out more about contact details about the EN RD actors and stake- communication the National Rural Networks...................2 holders. The EN RD calendar contains a directory of events and meetings which users will soon be How to meet common concerns and the priorities The International Forum on able to search for events by date. Together with for year 2 of the EN RD were top of the agenda Cooperation in Rural Development ....2 all the back issues of Rur@l News and a glossary, for the secondCoordination Committeemeeting, it also incorporates a variety of features and rural which took place on 19 May in Brussels (Belgium). OTHER NEWS development information like links to the na- The focus for the first round-table discussion was tional Rural Development Programmes. looking at what are the common concerns and The new legislative framework for needs of stakeholders in the current implemen- organic farming ...........................................3 In the near future, it will contain a wealth of infor- tation period and what networks could do in the mation and interactive features for users. Thesefuture. DG Agriculture and Rural Development LIFE+ call for proposals .............................3 features will include a ‘Who’s who’ containinggave an overview of major ‘thematic concerns’ to Rural Development Day at Agraria.......3 organisations’ contact details, documents from be considered in the current rural development Managing Authorities, all the print and electronicprogramming period – e.g. territorial cohesion, EN RD attends last ever Royal publications from the Contact Point, a resourcecompetitiveness, innovation, environment Agricultural Show in England .................3 centre and library, and information on the NRNs. issues, etc. In this context, DG AGRI further pre- In addition, a section on theEvaluation Expertsented the objectives and scope of the three EN WHERE TO FIND OUT MORE__________ 4 NetworkRD Thematic Working Groups (TWGs) launchedincluded, which is part of the ENRD is but works independently in its daily tasks. This in March and April 2009. section contains the most important information about the network and its Helpdesk as well as itsSimplification represents a key common concern newsletters, analysis papers and guidance docu- at all levels (EU, Member State, regional and local ments on topics like the application of the High levels) and for the whole range of rural develop- Nature Value impact indicator.ment stakeholders. Simplification is recognised by all parties as a real need in order to increase One important goal of the ENRD – and indeed flexibility, accessibility and efficiency of rural de- EU policies – is therefore to bring the EU and itsvelopment measures. However, it does not con- citizens closer together. With these aims in mind,stitute an aim in itself – it must demonstrate value this website will include an array of interactive and be balanced with maintaining accountability features. In particular, members of the restrictedand being able to properly monitor and evaluate ‘My ENRD’ sub-site shall, for example, exchangeprogrammes. The ability to introduce timely

Published by: John Lougheed, Head of Unit, EC Directorate General for Agriculture and Rural Development. This publication does not necessarily express the official views of the Commission. Illustrations are the copyright of the European Commission.

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