Press Release: A further 18 Rural Development Programmes get green light

On 13 February 2015 the European Commission approved 18 Rural Development Programmes (RDPs) aimed at improving the competitiveness of the EU farming sector, caring for the countryside and climate, and strengthening the economic and social fabric of rural communities in the period until 2020. These 18 programmes would see funding worth 14.3 billion EUR from the EU budget, which was planned to be co-financed by further public funding at national/regional level and/or private funds. Coming after the 9 programmes cleared in December 2015, these adoptions brought the number of approved RDPs up to 27 (out of 118 programmes), meaning that programmes worth more than 35 billion EUR (roughly 36% of the budget) had been approved.

ESO: Background information: First three Rural Development Programmes get green light http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-first-three-rural-development-programmes-get-green-light/

ESO: Background information: Achieving economy: keeping the costs of EU‑financed rural development project grants under control http://www.europeansources.info/record/special-report-no-22-2014-achieving-economy-keeping-the-costs-of-eu-financed-rural-development-project-grants-under-control/

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