rural development 2007-2013 Preparation of our national strategy plan Cracow, december 2005

1. rural development 2007-2013 Preparation of our national strategy plan Cracow, december 2005

2. Bilan 2000/2006 RDR 2000/2006 : various programmes contribute to rural development • 2 financial instruments : FEOGA-Garantie et FEOGA-Orientation • 4 types of programmes :

3. Bilan 2000/2006 Main measures financed by FEOGA-G

4. Bilan 2000/2006 Other european funds for rural development • FEDER et FSE contribute to RD • Situation in OBJ 2 SOP : FEOGA-G FSE non rural FEDER rural* FEDER non rural FSE rural** • Thèmes soutenus par le FEDER en zones rurales : aide aux entreprises, gestion et valorisation environnement et patrimoine naturel, qualité de vie, infrastructures et services pour l’économie et la population, tourisme…

5. Bilan 2000/2006 Mid term evaluationmain conclusions • Simplify the architecture, with fewer measures • Give more funding for local projects • Reinforce technical assistance, entrepreneurship • Provide for more coherent and efficient environmental measures • Improve monitoring and reporting

6. Le projet de Plan stratégique national (PSN) National Strategy Plan • Consulting a wide partnership: • a national strategic committee • 6 working groups

7. Diagnosis – rural areas in France • 91,9% of the territory • 58,8% dominantly rural • 33,1% peri-urban • Use of land • Utilized agricultural area : 53,2% • Forestry land : 28,1% • 22,8 M inhabitants in rural areas • 10,5 M in dominantly rural areas • 12,3 M in peri-urban • Economic activities • About 10M of working population (1999) • 5,8% farmers • Agriculture, forestry, agri-food industry : an significant value added

8. Diagnosis – rural areas in France • Strengths : • A good productivity of agriculture • Generation turn-over and good level of initial education • Maintaining of utilized agricultural area • Competitiveness of the agri-food industry • Important wood resources • Inhabited rural areas • A natural and cultural heritage of quality and diverse • Weaknesses : • Some agricultural holdings under the threshold of viability • A forestry property sprinkled • Lower education level in rural areas + insufficient • Some natural resources are spoilt • Value added in all sectors in generally low • Ageing of the population in some areas • Access to basic services not good everywhere • Complex administrative map

9. Diagnosis – rural areas in France • Opportunities : • New perspectives for economic development in response to society’s demand • Increasing of the wood resource superior to the wood used • Diversification of the functions of rural areas • Society’s concern for environment + agricultural and forestry production methods taking environment into account • Demographic dynamics in rural areas • Development on area-based strategies • Threats : • Global pressure on agricultural income • Diminishing of the employment in traditional sectors • Pressure on natural resources (water, biodiversity, landscapes…) • Unbalanced territorial development : unregulated peri-urban growth / desertification of some areas • Social segregation • Loss of the cultural heritage • Lower percentage of households and enterprises having access to Internet

10. Objectives for 2007-2013 Axis 1: competitiveness • promote viable and transferable units; • adapt production to the market; • develop innovation capacity; • integrate farming and forestry into the local development strategies

11. Objectives for 2007-2013 Axis 2 : environment • Preserve natural ressources (Natura 2000, WFD) • Contribute to a balanced soil occupation • Promote forests as a sustainable land management means;

12. Objectives for 2007-2013 • Axis 3: Wider rural economy • develop rural economy and create jobs • manage rural attractivity and address the population needs • promote the rural heritage • promote the local development strategies  The objectives should be adapted to the different types of rural areas

13. Objectives for 2007-2013 • Axis 4 : LEADER • Focus LEADER on certain territories well organized • Build development projects within a visible and clear framework • Coordination at regional level • Choose the appropriate measures for implementation under LEADER • Promote cooperation

14. National objectives/EU objectives Croisement des orientations françaises et des orientations européennes champs d’intervention du FEADER

15. Levels of intervention It is necessery to coordonate national, regional and local levels • Role of the management authority • Consensus to give more power to regional level in the definition of priorities, measures, allocation of funds. • National guidelines more or less precise depending on the measures, to ensure equality of treatment where necessary and a minimum of standardization (lisibility, simplicity). • Very important to succeed in the mainstreaming of LEADER

16. Coordination between funds • We envisage to create a common management committee at the regional level, to coordinate structural funds + FEADER • The national strategy plan will present the possible overlappings, and different criteria to define the separation • The programmes wil fix precisely what is financed by which fund • Since the eveloppes will globally be diminishing compared to 2006, we anticipate domains with no funds rather than risks of double payments.

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