Are rural regions prioritizing knowledge transfer and innovation? Evidence from Rural Development Policy expenditure across the EU space

2017 ◽  
Vol 53 ◽  
pp. 78-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Bonfiglio ◽  
B. Camaioni ◽  
S. Coderoni ◽  
R. Esposti ◽  
F. Pagliacci ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Transfer ◽  
Rural Development ◽  
Development Policy ◽  
Rural Regions ◽  
Rural Development Policy ◽  
The Eu

scholarly journals Historical-Geographical View of Rural Village Gnjili Potok - Which Road to Renewal and Development

2014 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
pp. 41-54
Author(s):  
Goran Rajović ◽  
Jelisavka Bulatović
Keyword(s):  
Rural Development ◽  
Development Policy ◽  
Rural Economy ◽  
Employment Opportunities ◽  
Rural Village ◽  
Priority Ranking ◽  
Rural Development Policy ◽  
The Village ◽  
The Eu

Through this work, who examines rural village Gnjili Potok points out the importance of the historical and geographical components, as well as essential guidelines to preserve the identity and authenticity of the village? Villages are still the only places where it is possible to agriculture as a life interest, but there are fewer of those who live from it. Agriculture the other activity that is linked to be village and rural area, but there is less activity that ensures the development and future of this area. Experience of the EU shows that designed rural development policy, supported financially, resulting in a successful rural economy, with employment opportunities. In Montenegro, unfortunately, until now there was no consistent and long-term rural development policy. Namely, Montenegro is a big deal to all their strategies complies with international and European principles, and planned actions and activities, with the priority ranking, to enable the realization of the vision of rural development and its competitive participation in the global and European trends.

scholarly journals Importance of social capital in the development of local rural communities

2007 ◽  
pp. 173-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dejan Jankovic
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Rural Communities ◽  
Rural Development ◽  
Development Policy ◽  
Rural Economy ◽  
Rural Regions ◽  
Development Politics ◽  
Development Processes ◽  
Development Concept ◽  
Rural Development Policy

In the paper we analyzed several aspects that are relevant for the development of the local rural communities. According to that, we emphasized the importance of social capital, its role and links with other forms of the capital which in synergy could produce 'competitiveness' of rural communities in complex rural development processes. Territorial rural development, as a relatively new rural development concept, represents some kind of reaction on the top down rural development politics and assumes analysis of different forms of capital and achievement of the rural communities competitiveness. These processes could lead to rural economy development, diversification of the activities in rural regions and achievement of sustainable development. In the paper we presented some EU CAP initiatives that aim to improve rural development policy.

scholarly journals Reviewing Counterfactual Analyses to Assess Impacts of EU Rural Development Programmes: What Lessons Can Be Learned from the 2007–2013 Ex-Post Evaluations?

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 1105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Javier Castaño ◽  
Maria Blanco ◽  
Pilar Martinez
Keyword(s):  
Rural Development ◽  
Development Policy ◽  
Counterfactual Analysis ◽  
Socioeconomic Impacts ◽  
Evaluation Standards ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
Rural Development Policy ◽  
The Eu

Counterfactual analysis has been recommended as a means of assessing the impacts of European Rural Development Programmes (RDP) over recent years, although its application has been scarce to date. This paper examines the use of counterfactual analysis to assess socioeconomic impacts in a set of 2007–2013 ex-post evaluations. The analysis undertaken shows that a wide variety of counterfactual approaches have been applied, although certain barriers still remain to address the estimation of RDP impacts following the EU evaluation standards. Furthermore, we noted that impacts provided by individual RDP evaluations may hardly be aggregated, making it difficult to draw clear conclusions about the effectiveness of rural development policy at the EU level.

scholarly journals Effectiveness, efficiency and sustainability in local rural development partnerships

2012 ◽  
Vol 6 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 31-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Krisztián Kis ◽  
József Gál ◽  
Antal Véha
Keyword(s):  
Rural Development ◽  
Development Policy ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Local Area ◽  
Rural Regions ◽  
Policy Compliance ◽  
Institutional System ◽  
Rural Development Policy ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Action Groups

Due to the ever-increasing role the LEADER approach is playing in realizing rural development policy, Local Action Groups (LAGs) have become key actors in the institutional system of rural development. Through their activity in supporting and improving local development, they represent a spatial organizing force in rural regions. Their operation can effectively contribute to the competitive and sustainable development of their local area, within the framework of European rural development policy. Compliance with this role requires the active and conscientious work of the LAGs, both in the process of programming and implementation. In this paper, we aim to present the impact mechanism of the operation of LAGs and its determinant factors. Based on expert evaluations, we investigate the experiences of the implementation of the LEADER approach for rural development from the viewpoints of effectiveness, efficiency and sustainability.

Agricultural Development in European Union: Drivers, Challenges and Perspectives

2008 ◽  
Vol 47 (4II) ◽  
pp. 565-580
Author(s):  
Laura Giurca Vasilescu
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Rural Development ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Development Policy ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Individual Member ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Member States ◽  
Rural Development Policy ◽  
The Eu

Globalisation of world trade, consumer-led quality requirements and EU enlargement are the new realities and challenges facing European agriculture today. The changes will affect not only agricultural markets, but also local economies in rural areas. The future of the agricultural sector is closely linked to a balanced development of rural areas. The Community dimension in this relationship is therefore clear: agricultural and rural policy have an important role to play in the cohesion of EU territorial, economic and social policy. With over 56 percent of the population in the 27 Member States of the European Union (EU) living in rural areas, which cover 91 percent of the territory, rural development is a vitally important policy area. Farming and forestry remain crucial for land use and the management of natural resources in the EU’s rural areas, and as a platform for economic diversification in rural communities. The strengthening of EU rural development policy is, therefore, an overall EU priority. The European Union has an active rural development policy because this helps to achieve valuable goals for the country sides and for the people who live and work there. The policy is funded partly from the central EU budget and partly from individual Member States' national or regional budgets. Theoretically, individual EU Member States could decide and operate completely independent rural development policies. However, this approach would work poorly in practice. Not all countries in the EU would be able to afford the policy which they needed and many of the issues addressed through rural development policy do not divide up neatly at national or regional boundaries. Also, rural development policy has links to a number of other policies set at EU level. Therefore, the EU has a common rural development policy, which nonetheless places considerable control in the hands of individual Member States and regions. The EU’s rural development policy is all about meeting the challenges faced by our rural areas, and unlocking their potential.

scholarly journals Alternative rating methods of the LEADER programme

2012 ◽  
pp. 175-177
Author(s):  
Szilárd Ágoston Jávor
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Rural Development ◽  
Development Policy ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Member States ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
Rural Development Policy ◽  
The Eu

LEADER was one of the most important and diverse initiations in the rural development policy of the recent years that made it possible in the Member States of the European Union to carry out the needs of the lowest level, directly coming from the citizens. Decentralisation and the assignment of certain authorities furthered this opportunity, whereas it was greatly restricted by the strong centralisation and regulation of the program in Hungary. This was the reason why the Hungarian LEADER program did not achieve any measureable success in terms of the standards in the rest of the EU Member States. There is a need to change this practice that can be done by the complete Hungarian reform of the program.

scholarly journals 25 Years of the Leader Initiative as European Rural Development Policy: The Case of Extremadura (SW Spain)

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 302-316 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Nieto Masot ◽  
Gema Cárdenas Alonso
Keyword(s):  
Rural Development ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Development Policy ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Rural And Urban Areas ◽  
Sw Spain ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
Rural Development Policy ◽  
The Eu ◽  
Spanish Region

Abstract For 25 years the rural development policy has been implemented through the LEADER Approach in the EU to reduce differences between rural and urban areas, as well as to satisfy the basic needs of the population. In this paper, Extremadura is analysed, which is a Spanish region where LEADER has been applied since its inception in 1991. The objective is to assess if the distribution of rural development aids has been influenced by the diverse demographic and socioeconomic realities that Extremadura presents from the analysis of variables that represent these realities on the territory through a GIS. Following this methodology, it has been noticed that the largest investments have been executed in the most developed rural areas of the region.

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