Transcript 1. Rural development Policy 2014-2020

The rural development policy in
the EU and in France
Christian TOURNADRE
2014/11/12
1. Rural development Policy
2014-2020
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1. Rural development Policy 2014-2020
In line with Europe 2020 and the overall CAP objectives
three long-term strategic objectives for EU rural
development policy in the 2014-2020 period can be
identified :
• fostering the competitiveness of agriculture;
• ensuring the sustainable management of natural
resources, and climate action;
• achieving a balanced territorial development of rural
economies and communities including the creation and
maintenance of employment.
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The 5 targets for the EU in 2020 (for memory)
• 1. Employment
– 75% of the 20-64 year-olds to be employed
• 2. R&D
– 3% of the EU's GDP to be invested in R&D
• 3. Climate change and energy sustainability
– greenhouse gas emissions 20% (or even 30%, if the
conditions are right) lower than 1990
– 20% of energy from renewables
– 20% increase in energy efficiency
• 4. Education
– Reducing the rates of early school leaving below 10%
– at least 40% of 30-34–year-olds completing third level
education
• 5. Fighting poverty and social exclusion
– at least 20 million fewer people in or at risk of poverty and
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social exclusion
1. Rural development Policy 2014-2020
• Rural development policy is declined
through :
- Common Strategic Framework
– which intends to help Member States and
their regions in programming and setting
clear investment priorities for the next
financial planning period from 2014 until
2020.
UE 2020
Common
Strategic
Framework
– Partnership Agreement
– The Partnership Agreement is a document
that defines a common strategic base for
FESI. It is concluded between the Member
State and the European Commission. It
defines the main directions of the 20142020 programming, and determine the
nature of the intervention of European
funds on territories.
Partnership
Agreement
ERFD, ESF,
EAFRD, … 5
1. Main reasons for
implementing a rural
development policy in the EU
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Main reasons for implementing a rural
development policy in the EU
• 28 Member States with
over 56% of the
population living in rural
areas, which cover 91 %
of the territory...
• => Rural development is
a vitally important policy
• => Farming and forestry
remain crucial for land
use and the management
of natural resources
• => An opportunity for
economic diversification
in rural communities
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Main reasons for implementing a rural
development policy in the EU
• EU needs to achieve valuable goals for its countryside
and for the people who live and work there.
• The EU's rural areas is a vital part of its identity.
• Many of the rural areas face significant challenges.
• Some of the farming and forestry businesses still need
to build their competitiveness.
• Average income per head is lower in rural regions than
in our towns and cities.
• Service sector in rural areas is less developed than in
urban areas.
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Main reasons for implementing a rural
development policy in the EU
• European countryside has a great deal to offer :
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raw materials for food consumption,
a place of beauty, rest and recreation,
useful for fighting against climate change,
attractive for living if people have access to adequate services
and infrastructure.
• The EU's Lisbon Strategy for jobs and growth, the
Göteborg Strategy for sustainable development and the
UE 2O2O are just as relevant to our countryside as to
our towns and cities.
• The EU's rural development policy is all about meeting
the challenges faced by our rural areas, and unlocking
their potential.
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2. Organization of rural
development policy :
French case study
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• 1 rural development programme for
France’s mainland
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Organization of rural development policy :
French case study
• Every Member State must set out a rural development
programme, which specifies what funding will be spent
on which measures for the period.
• National Strategy Plans must be based on EU Strategic
Guidelines.
• This approach should help to:
– identify the areas where the use of EU support for rural
development adds the most value at EU level;
– make the link with the main EU priorities (for example, those
set out under the Lisbon and Göteborg agendas);
– ensure consistency with other EU policies, in particular those
for economic cohesion and the environment.
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Organization of rural development policy :
French case study
1. Main challenges for rural areas
highlighted by the RDP include:
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high unemployment rate,
difficulties to export products,
risk of agricultural decay in lessfavoured areas,
Insufficient modernization of the
forestry sector, natural hazards
(fires and storms),
low quality of water and
insufficient protection of
biodiversity,
a number of inequalities between
regions and a risk of social
segregation.
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Organization of rural development policy :
French case study
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2. On the other hand, strengths
of rural areas include :
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an economically important
agricultural and foodstuff sector,
a demographic renewal with a dense
tissue of service enterprises and
numerous candidates to set up as
farmers,
abundant forest and water resources,
an important biodiversity,
a rich and diversified natural and
cultural heritage and a general
attractiveness.
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Organization of rural development policy :
French case study
• French rural development policy main objective is to
assist the rural area’s weaknesses by enhancing their
strengths on an economic, social and environmental
point of view:
1. to develop a competitive economy and create jobs in
the primary sector (agriculture and forestry), secondary
sector (in particular agro-food industries and forest
industries) and tertiary sector (services and tourism);
2. to promote a territorial development by and for the
populations and stakeholders of rural areas, taking into
account their diversity as a whole as an asset, and ensuring a
sustainable management of their cultural heritage;
3. to ensure a sustainable management of natural
resources, in particular with regard to water and
biodiversity.
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2. Organization of rural development
policy: implementation at regional level in
Auvergne region
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Diagnosis of
the area
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SWOT
Understand the
weakness and
analysis
strengths of the
area and share a
common vision of
the area
Photograph the area
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Check for
possible
actions and
define an
action plan to
reach the
goals
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Action plan for
7 years
Individual
projects
endorsed
locally
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Identify the
Definition of issues to tackle
and set-up the
strategic goalsdevelopment
goals for the
area
Beneficiaries (farmers,
companies, local
governments, NGOs) are
eligible to receive funding
(if their projects are
selected).
About our region
• 26 013 km²
• 1 342,000 inhabitants in
2008
• 52 Hab/km² in Auvergne
(114 in France)
• 47 % of the territory has
a density < 15 Hab/km²)
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Lost 5400 Ha/year
(3.6 % of the
Agricultural surface in
10 years)
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2/3 in mountain area
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60% occupy by
agriculture
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About our farming system
• 23 700 Farms
• -2,3 % /an since 2000
• 91 Ha average surfaces (80 Ha in
France)
• ¾ raise cattle
• Represent 8.5% of the employment of
the region (twice more than the
national average)
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About our productions
Crop's
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Wheat (100 000
Ha)
Corn for Seed
Meat produce with grassland :
497 000 Brood cows
Milk : 230 000 Dairy cows
1.1 billion litters
75% transformed in
cheese
And pigs (273 000)
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Our regional Strategy
• Our main goals
– Increase the income of farmers and Agro Food Industry by
modernizing structures and diversify agricultural production
– Means of compensation for disadvantaged areas
– Improve the quality of our products and our environment
– Increase the attractiveness of rural areas by maintaining services,
development of business and tourism
– Involve territory by establishing a LEADER approach
– Evaluation throughout the device to allow reorientation of the
measures if necessary
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install young to ensure the renewal of generations
modernize agriculture in particular in the areas of breeding
diversify production and transform the farm products
market farmer’s products directly to the consumers
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How to? ……. Action Plan
• Establishment of a dialogue between the
different actors of territories
• Sharing strategy and means to implement to
achieve the objectives
• Implementation of an action plan
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Our regional Strategy
• Presentation of examples in
pictures
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