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SAPARD IMPLEMENTATION CROATIA. Slaven Aljinović “Knowledge Power”. SAPARD Preconditions. Candidate Status for full membership
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SAPARD IMPLEMENTATION CROATIA Slaven Aljinović “Knowledge Power”
SAPARD Preconditions • Candidate Status for full membership • opens possibility to use financial support from EU special pre-Accession Program for agriculture and rural development – SAPARD (Special Accession Programme for Agriculture and Rural Development).
SAPARD Framework Article 2. Directive 1268/1999 • PRIORITY 1: STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT OF AGRICULTURE • PRIORITY 2: FOOD INDUSTRY, COMPETITIVENESS, QUALITY, MARKET ENTRY etc. • PRIORITY 3: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
SAPARD Preparatory Steps National Program for Accession to the EU AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT • Defined priorities - Defined measures Financing of SAPARD by Croatia Financing of SAPARD by EU
SAPARD Priorities 1. On-Farm Investments, Cadastre improvement, Farmers Education, Water Resources Mgmt., Reforestation, Private Forest Improvement 2. Processing and marketing of agricultural and fish products, quality control, veterinary service control, Border Inspection/Control, Producers Organizations 3. Development of new income sources in rural areas, improvement of rural infrastructure, handicrafts industry, etc.
Selected SAPARD Measures 1. On-Farm Investments 2. Processing and marketing of agricultural and fish products • Development and improvement of rural infrastructure
SAPARD Finance • SAPARD – 2005/2008 • Total 25.5 mil. Euro - (75% EU/25%) • Measures 1&2 alloted 19 million Euro: Max 330,000 EU/on-farm investor Max 1.3 million EU/food company (50%/50%) • Measure 3 alloted 6 million Eur: Max 5 million EU/Municipality (75/25%)
Measure 1 Milk, dairy products and meat: • Investments in building, reconstruction or farm equipment for buildings/sheds • Investments in equipment for manure handling and transportation Fruits and Vegetables • Investments in construction/reconstruction of greenhouses • Investments in harvesting, handling, packing and storage of fruits & vegetables • Investments in irrigation equipment Cereals • Investments in building, reconstruction and/or equiping of dryers for row crops (cereals, corn, soybeans) up to 1000 t
Measure 2 • Milk and dairy products: • Investments in building or reconstruction&equipment for dairy plants • Meat and meat products: • Investment in building, adaptation of slaughterhouses or equipment to modernize production • Investment in factories for collection and processing of animal waste • Fisheries • investicije u izgradnju i/ili adaptaciju i/ili opremanje i modernizaciju pogona za preradu ribe i hladnjača za skladištenje • Fruits&Vegetables • Investments in building or reconstruction/equipment for fruit and vegetable processing facilities
Measure 3 • Investments in road building or road reconstruction • Investments in forest fire prevention roads • Investments in sewage systems and waste water treatment plants - Investments in termal plants based on use of agriculture and forest biomass
USAID Support • Ministerial trip to Estonia (Summer 2005) • Operational Managers trip to Czech Republic (Autumn 2005) • Slovenian “Training of Trainers” (January2006) • SAPARD Fund Users Support (2007-2008)
SAPARD Implementation Challenges • Government: - slow mobilization/coordination - partnership with investors - level of staff education • Agribusiness investors: - information - legal status - financial indicators - sectoral partnership - new type of requirements
SAPARD Utilization Results • 1 Round (Dec 2006) – 49 applications/5 approved 6% utilization • 2 Round (August 2007) - 46 applications/24 approved End Results 2 rounds – 29 approved projects 87 million HRK financial support 59% utilization • 3 Round (March 2008) – 23 applications/control phase EU complaints 5 million Euro cut inIPA funds
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