Ministero delle Politiche Agricole e Forestali
Direzione Generale dello Sviluppo Rurale
“Future of European Rural
Development”
Italian experience in 2000-2006 programming and
challenges for new generation of RDPs
Krakow, 30th November 2005
Giuseppe Blasi
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Table of contents
Financial management and rural
development
Rural development consistency
and integration with other
policies
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Italian programming architecture
(2000 – 2006 period)
NON OBJECTIVE 1 REGIONS:
- 1 Rural Development Plan for each
Region
OBJECTIVE 1 REGIONS:
- 1 Regional Operational Programme
for each Region
- 1 Rural Development Plan for each
Region (only so called accompanying
measures)
ALL ITALIAN REGIONS:
- 1 “LEADER +” Programme for
each Region
- 1 National Programme (“LEADER +
NETWORK”)
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Financial implementation
(up-dated to October 31st, 2005)
2000 – 2006 programming period
EAGGF
Planned
Expenditures
Programmes
(Meuro)
EAGGF
Incurred
expenditures
%
RDP (Guarantee)
21 plans
4.512,3
4.033,0
89,4%
ROP (Guidance)
7 programmes
3.292,3
1.244,5
37,8%
Leader +
(Guidance)
21+1 programmes
287,9
69,2
24.1%
8.092,5
5.346,7
66,1%
TOTAL
50 programmes
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RDP 2000-2006: expenditure trend
Tot Italy
Veneto
V. d'Aosta
Umbria
Trento
Toscana
Sicilia
Sardegna
Puglia
Piemonte
Molise
Marche
Lombardi
Liguria
Lazio
Friuli V.G.
Emilia R.
Campania
Calabria
Bolzano
Basilicata
Abruzzo
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
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90%
100%
110%
What is happening in 2000-2006
programming ?
Different financial performances
Why ?
1.Different organizational and management
skills of Regions
2.Different financial rules for the two funds
(EAGGF Guarantee allows greater flexibility)
3.Different kinds of operations implemented
(Leader type operations are slower)
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What is happening in 2000-2006
programming ?
Why RDPs experience a better performance ?
1.Close coordination at central level that allowed
financial temporary compensations between Regions
with low expenditure level and Regions with high
expenditure level
2.EAGGF Guarantee expenditure rules are quite
pressing so Regions have to adopt more rigorous
procedures
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What will happen in 2007-2013 programming ?
There will be just one fund with financial rules that do not allow
compensations among programmes
How to save the experience gained in 2000-2006 ?
The only option could be a national RDP: a big challenge in a high
regionalized country as Italy. That will be a political choice
What we are doing now ?
We are thinking about a new programme model (in any case in the
framework of RD regulation), that could ensure regional autonomy
in programming and managing, leaving the role for coordination in
financial matters at a national level
And what more ?
This new role for the national level would be coherent with the new
strategic approach for RD becouse the national RDP would ensure
a greater consistency with both NSP and CSG
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Consistency and integration
with Cohesion Policies
Where to work ?
AT NATIONAL LEVEL
Between NSP and NSF
AT PROGRAMME LEVEL
Between programmes
AT PROJECT LEVEL
Between Stake Holders and measure
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Consistency and integration
with Cohesion Policies
Where to work ?
The next programming period is based on the
following principle: one fund one, programme
For that reason it will be difficult to have
integration among various funds
(different rules can create incompatibility)
The strategic planning will be the most important
instrument to ensure consistency and
integration
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Consistency and integration
with Cohesion Policies
How to work ?
1. Share a common definition of territorial areas
on which concentrating operations
2. Once the areas are defined, it is necessary to
find the integration on the most important
strategic issues
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RD and Cohesion policies
How we are working at national level
Definition of
Rural Areas
by OECD
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RD and Cohesion policies
How we are working at national level
Territorial dimension
NSF
NSP
(ERDF+ESF+State Aid+other
national instruments)
(EARDF+CAP+State Aid+other
national instruments)
1.Cities
2.Clusters industry
1.…………
2.Clusters industry
 Agri-food clusters
3.Other Rural areas
3. Other rural areas
 Periurban
 With environmental value
 Declining and threatened of
abandonment
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RD and Cohesion policies
How we are working at national level
Common issues on which find integration
(not just demarcation)
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Research
Networks, ICT, infrastructures and logistic
Training (farmers and rural population)
Environment
Job policies (employment and entrepreneurship)
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RD and Environmental policies
Common working issues
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Forestry sector
Water sector
Biodiversity
Soil
Landscape
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RD and Cohesion policies
How we are working at programme level
Programmes should detail how demarcation and
integration have to take place
Ensuring arrangements and close cooperation
between managing authorities of different
programmes
A specific coordination structure should be set up
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RD and Cohesion policies
How we are going to work at project level
Integration can be found in:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Business plan
Agri-food commodity system
Joint operations
Territorial operations
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RD and Cohesion policies
How we are going to work at project level
1: Business plan
Grant support to beneficiaries that have
a business plan containing operations
related to more than a measures (not
only funded by EARDF)
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How we are going to work at project level
2: Agri-food chain system
Coordinated operations, made to
support investments from subjects
involved in the same agri-food chain,
aimed to increase the value of a
product or to decrease production
costs
Who is the beneficiary?
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RD and Cohesion policies
How we are going to work at project level
3: Joint operations
Projects made by a community in order
to increase the impact of joint
operations comparing to a sum of
individual operations
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RD and Cohesion policies
How we are going to work at project level
4: Territorial projects
A territorial body, being in charge to
organize a set of coordinated and
consistent operations based on a
defined area
Who is the beneficiary?
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RD and Cohesion policies
How we are going to work at project level
What we learned from 2000-2006
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Integrated projects need:
Training and information for
subjects
Animation actions
Technical support for partnerships
Subjects with a well defined role
Improvement of the governance
Coordination and subsidiarity
regional and local government
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