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Richard Eberlin Land Tenure and Rural Development Officer

Introduction INVESTMENTS ACROSS BORDERS: THE WAY FORWARD FOR AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE WESTERN BALKAN COUNTRIES 14 October 2010 - Istanbul, Turkey. Richard Eberlin Land Tenure and Rural Development Officer FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia Budapest, Hungary.

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Richard Eberlin Land Tenure and Rural Development Officer

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  1. IntroductionINVESTMENTS ACROSS BORDERS: THE WAY FORWARD FOR AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE WESTERN BALKAN COUNTRIES14 October 2010 - Istanbul, Turkey Richard Eberlin Land Tenure and Rural Development Officer FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia Budapest, Hungary

  2. Overview • Introduction • Activities so far • Results • Some questions

  3. Introduction • SWG • APFs and SWG meetings • SWG has prepared, as part of their mandate, several assessments and proposals for cross-border projects • EastAgri in Paris, September 2008: “RT 4 - Participatory approaches to rural development in the Western Balkans” • collaboration SWG-FAO • workshop in Prague, February 2009: “Rural Development in EU-Accession Countries - Support Programmes and Capacity Building” • collaboration SWG-FAO-EC

  4. Activities • SWG-FAO: • regional projects, e.g: • “Capacity building for rural develeopment at local level in SEE” • “Support for establishment of rural development networks in SEE countries” • FAO work on related rural development issues, e.g.: • Non Wood Forest Products (NWFP) • food quality linked to geographical origin (PDO/PGI) • collaboration FAO-EC • EC-FAO study “Potential for Diversification of the Rural Sector/Economy in Albania and Montenegro” • JRC study “Facilitating an area-based development approach in a selected region in the Western Balkans”

  5. Results • 1st JRC seminar, 6-7 September 2010 • ABD was never used in CB areas • FAO-EC study • (1) "A Concept for Rural Economy Diversification and short Review of its Experience in Europe" • (2) "Review of rural diversification experience in Albania and Montenegro" • political support is available through SWG

  6. Some questions • new approach needed? • JRC study lead to a new approach? e.g.: • CBAD - Cross Border Area Development • CBARD - Cross Border Area Rural Development • CBTD - Cross Border Territorial Development • specific economic development concept for border areas? • INTEREG not sufficient to foster CB cooperation? • do we need simply specific support measures/ instruments for cross-border areas (e.g. LFA/Mountain areas)? • e.g. finance • e.g. specific trade regime • e.g. specific regime for persons (taxes) • or only question of political will?

  7. Thank you for your attention & Looking forward to an interesting and conclusive discussions

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