Some projects

Support for the implementation of pre-accession rural development funds in Montenegro
Montenegro - European Neighbourhood Countries
Supporting the creation of the necessary institutional, strategic and legislative system in the Montenegrin Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Economy (MAFWE) to implement a rural development policy compliant with the requirements of the rural development component of the EU pre-accession instrument (IPA).
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Support to the general council for agricultural development for the Green Morocco Plan
Morocco - European Neighbourhood Countries
Contributing to the Moroccan authorities' work in defining the strategic lines for Pillar 2 of the Green Morocco Plan, and the operational procedures for implementing that Plan, via thematic expertise missions overseen by the Moroccan general council for agricultural development.
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Animal Disease Monitoring and Control - Properties and Practice in Egypt
Egypte - Pays du voisinage européen
To strengthen animal  health in Egypt by building capacity within the General Organization of Veterinary Services (GOVS). To support the Services to improve their strategic and enforcement capabilities to work as an efficient Authority according to international standards.
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Renforcement des services de la qualité et de la santé végétales en Tunisie
Tunisie - Pays du voisinage européen
Contribuer au développement du contrôle des productions végétales en matière de qualité et de santé végétales, et à l'adaptation des procédures et de la réglementation tunisiennes aux standards européens et internationaux afin d'améliorer la sécurité alimentaire et de faciliter le commerce des végétaux et des produits végétaux avec l'UE
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Développement du secteur des semences en Turquie et alignement à l'UE
Turquie - Pays du voisinage européen
Améliorer la capacité administrative et l'infrastructure technique afin d'assurer l'alignement sur les règles de l'UE et les pratiques dans le secteur des semences, avec un accent particulier sur l'enregistrement des variétés, la certification des semences, et la mise en oeuvre des droits des producteurs de plantes et des services associés
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Support for the implementation of Leader Measure under IPARD
Turkey - European Neighbourhood Countries
Turkey, as a candidate country to the EU will benefit from the Component V of the Pre-Accession Assistance Instrument (IPARD), to get acquainted with the implementation and management of the European's Common Agricultural Policy.
This component sets out three priority axes:
•    adaptation of the agricultural sector and implementation of EU standards,
•    preparatory actions for agri-environmental measures and Leader approach,
•    sustainable development of rural areas and the development of the rural economy.

In this scope, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs has elaborated an IPARD Programme (2007 to 2013) in close cooperation with other public organizations, by receiving the opinions of local organizations, social, economic and environmental partners, non- governmental organizations and universities and accepted by European Commission on February 25, 2008. In this framework, the implementation of activities relating to LEADER measure is planned to get started in the second implementation phase of the programme subsequent to an intensive prior capacity-building process. Download here the Leaflet presenting the main results of this twinning.
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Twinning Capacity Building for Extension & Advisory Services for IPARD in Turkey
Turquie - Pays du voisinage européen
Since September 2011, Turkey has run its EU-type Rural Development Programme (Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance for Rural Development, so called IPARD), supporting Turkish rural beneficiaries from EU support to the tune of 874 M € (2 billion TL),  in the period till 2016.

 
To succeed in IPARD's implementation, one of the main challenges for Turkey is to train Advisory & Extension workers who are able to provide clear information about IPARD measures.

Thanks to this Twinning project, the European Union continued to provide assistance to Turkey, helping to support preparations for the implementation of the Programme. It is started in November 2011 and run to June 2012.

At the beginning of the twinning project, a diagnosis was established to determine the existing problems and bottlenecks and to focus, during the twinning, on the ways for improvement through the training activities.

The main aspects underlined were the following:
  • lack of participation, coordination and exchange of information between all stakeholders,
  • certain reluctance to promote the inter-services cooperation between MoFAL and ARDSI at national and local levels,
  • cautious attitude of potential beneficiaries.

Download here the Leaflet presenting the main results of this twinning.
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