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| 13 feb 2015 |
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18 further Rural Development Programmes get green light
The European Commission has today approved a further 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.
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Taken together, the RDPs for Belgium (Flanders), Estonia, Finland (Åland), France (National Rural Network Programme, Mayotte), Germany (Bavaria, Hesse, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Nordrhein-Westfalen), Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Portugal (Azores, Madeira), Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain (National Framework) and United Kingdom (England) offer funding worth 14,3 billion EUR from the EU budget, which will be co-financed by further public funding at national/regional level and/or private funds.
Welcoming today's decisions, EU Agriculture and Rural Development Commissioner Phil Hogan said: "Boosting the knowledge base of our farm sector is an important aspect of the RDPs. I am pleased to confirm that the 18 programmes adopted today will, together, provide more than one million places on training courses." A press release and all country factsheets are available online.
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