Translation of "Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Africa " (English → French) :

120. Expresses its anxiety at the delays in setting up paying agencies and the integrated administration and control system, which have to be properly in operation to enable direct payments to be made to farmers; notes, given the complexity of the procedures, that the Commission needs to provide greater technical assistance, to be combined with the efforts of the Polish authorities, which, in accordance with the government decision of 6 November 2003, will significantly raise the number and skill levels of personnel working in this sector; insists that information policy an ...[+++]d the involvement of civil society in rural development measures need to be substantially improved in order to stabilise the rural economy and to avoid further massive unemployment in rural regions; urges the Polish Government to fully implement the agro-environmental measures and to support the Leader-type local action groups in their integrative rural development efforts;

119. Expresses its anxiety at the delays in setting up paying agencies and the Integrated Administration and Control System (IACS), which have to be properly in operation to enable direct payments to be made to farmers; notes, given the complexity of the procedures, that the Commission needs to provide greater technical assistance, to be combined with the efforts of the Polish authorities, which in accordance with the government decision of 6 November 2003, will be significantly raising the number and skill levels of personnel working in this sector; insists that information policy and the involvement of civil society in ...[+++]rural development measures need to be substantially improved in order to stabilise the rural economy and to avoid further massive unemployment in rural regions; urges the Polish Government to fully implement the agro-environmental measures and to support the LEADER-type local action groups in their integrative rural development efforts;

Therefore the measure "management of integrated rural development strategies by local partnerships" introduced in Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 of 17 May 1999 on support for rural development from the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF)(5) is not needed for the new Member States, as it is covered by the LEADER + type measure.

This article includes a series of measures aimed at promoting integrated rural development and diversification of rural economies, which can be of particular interest to rural areas with reconversion problems, including coastal regions.

The second principle is based on the fact that nowadays many of the job opportunities in rural areas are outside the traditional agricultural sector, so that a complete development programme which integrates rural development policies with agricultural sector policies needs to be implemented. In this way rural development is becoming a pillar of the CAP.

Such activities include land reparcelling, setting up farm advisory services, marketing high-quality agricultural products, developing key services in rural areas, renovating villages and protecting heritage, promoting tourism and craft activities and managing integrated rural development strategies by local partnerships.