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The eFarmer Project Farmer Communication Services for CAP W rap-up : O bjectives and R esults www.efarmer.xx xx= cz,hu,pl,sk. Attila Tóth, Project Director novitech @ alternet.lu. Project objectives. Up-to-date CAP related information service for Farmers in V4
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The eFarmer ProjectFarmer Communication Services for CAPWrap-up:Objectives and Resultswww.efarmer.xxxx= cz,hu,pl,sk Attila Tóth, Project Director novitech@alternet.lu
Project objectives • Up-to-date CAP related information service for Farmers in V4 • CAP legislation (EU Common and Country specific) • Claim submission instructions and guidance • Computer - assisted claim submission services • Intelligent preference-based search • Assisted claim completion • Claim submission to Rural Payment Agency Project co-financed by the European Commission eContent Programme
Payments Agency eFarmer Plc Service provider Farmers - Claimants eFarmers direct users .... Internet .... .... Clearing Fees for assistance to farmers provided by eFarmers(sf4) Fees for services provided to eFarmers by eFarmer Plc(cfx,sfx) Payments for services Services The Target Value-Added Service Model
Strategic stages of implementation 01/07 04/07 02/08
Stage 1 Services – EU grant Multi-Country + Multi-lingual Service technology is ready for any type of grant Stage 1= SAPS+ National TOP-UPs
Stage 1 – The Implementation Consortium • Novitech (SK) – coordinator, developer • Agriculture Chamber of the Czech Republic (CZ) – agro-participant • Small and Medium Size Enterprises Union (HU) - agro-participant • Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry (CZ) – academic participant • Szent István University (HU) - academic participant, developer • National Council of Agricultural Chambers (PL) - agro-participant • Slovak Chamber of Agriculture and Food Industry (SK) - agro-participant • Slovak University of Agriculture (SK) - academic participant Support partner: • Food and Agriculture Organization, FAO SEUR, Budapest Agro-participant – manage demonstration activities, specification of country-specific requirements of eFarmer services, RPA interfaces Academic participant - develop (collect) community standard CAP content, trainings
Stage 2 – Farm and Farmer Centric Services Payments Agency servers Farmers (Claimants) eFarmers direct users eFarmer server .... A1 .... Internet .... .... An Controlled by owners Private Farmer DBs Model ofeFarmer Multi-Agency system operation Additional Private/Public partners for Stage 2 – Welcome !
Temporary problems and key tasks • Rural Payments Agencies: • Latency to release and/or accept public sector information (PSI) to/from value added service providers in electronic form (HU = exemption) • Despite the EU PSI Directive is transposed to all V4 member states (declared but not implemented ...) • They consider service providers as competitors and not as complementary partners in the value-chain Advisors (eFarmers) and Farmers: • Involving additional farm advisors to the eFarmer network • To enforce the Farmer - eFarmer clusters • Improving confidence and skills of eFarmers/Farmers for using Internet (source of funding: Human resource development of National structural funds)