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Kees de Ruiter Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality Department of Rural Areas

Kees de Ruiter Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality Department of Rural Areas 30 November 2005. The (man-made) Dutch peri-urban countryside…. Densely populated: 479 inhabitants per km2. More than half of the population lives in urban areas.

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Kees de Ruiter Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality Department of Rural Areas

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  1. Kees de Ruiter Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality Department of Rural Areas 30 November 2005

  2. The (man-made) Dutch peri-urban countryside… • Densely populated: 479 inhabitants per km2. More than half of the population lives in urban areas. • No economic or social need for a specific rural development policy: most rural areas perform economically as well as urban regions. • Problems in rural areas are often related to the (decreasing) quality of the landscape, nature and the environment.

  3. The National Strategy for Rural Development • A balanced set of priorities based on the Dutch situation: • support for transition of agriculture, esp. for innovation, • land consolidation, LFA’s, environmental protection • maintain and enhance values of nature, landscape and cultural heritage • development of a sustainable rural economy, with eye for the social fabric and viability

  4. Synergy of funds • Structural Funds: some specific regions • Leisure areas nearby cities • Agrifood complex • Natura 2000 • Reconstruction of larger rural areas • EAFRD: all rural areas • Focused on the farmer • Local scale • Wide range of measures

  5. EU-cofinancing is merely 10% of the total budget spent on rural policy policy in the Netherlands

  6. Agenda for a living countryside&Choose for agriculture • territorial planning • farmers

  7. Multi-annual program • National program with objectives and euro’s • 12 contracts for 7 years • Yearly registration on output • Yearly monitoring of outcome • Continuous dialogue

  8. New way of implementing rural policy • Decentralisation of responsibilities and money • For all the policy subjects in rural areas • Simpler and more flexible • Space • Time

  9. The role of the provinces • Director • Tailormade solutions • Mediator • Bottom-up approach

  10. Investmentbudget: a new start What can go wrong? - confidence - Brussels? - slow-speed - procedures - confidence

  11. Simple, clear and lots of common sense

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