Europe / CIS

Zur Vorbereitung auf den Zugang zu IPARD-Mitteln der EU, der erst mit dem Kandidatenstatus ermöglicht wird, sieht die EU IPARD-ähnliche („IPARD-like“ oder „IPARD-light“) Fördermittel vor und wird voraussichtlich Anfang 2012 mit der Umsetzung eines an der Vorbeitrittshilfe der EU (IPARD) orientierten Förderprogrammes für die ländliche Entwicklung beginnen. Die EU hat umfangreiche finanzielle Mittel zur Finanzierung von Modernisierungsmaßnahmen sowohl in der Landwirtschaft als auch in der Verarbeitung und Vermarktung von landwirtschaftlichen Produkten in Aussicht gestellt.  

The Ukraine MSME Technical Co-operation Programme s in support of the USD 100 million Ukraine MSME Financing Framework and relevant stand-alone transactions which will provide senior debt to eligible EBRD private and state commercial banks in Ukraine for on lending to Ukrainian MSMEs. The Programme will support EBRDs efforts to encourage the resumption and mass-scale roll-out of the MSE and SME lending in Ukraine by EBRD partner financial institutions. The Programme will comprise two components:

Targeted technical assistance to the Government of Moldova (GoM) in the implementation of the 'Sector policysupport' programme (SPSP): economic stimulation in rural areas. Its main objective is to contribute to a morebalanced economic development in the Republic of Moldova with special focus on rural areas through moreefficient economic policies at country and sector levels, better coordination mechanisms and more transparentand efficient financing mechanisms.

The role of the Farm Survey Expert will be to oversee the smooth introduction and development of the FADN field operations, including training of field staff, farm selection, farmer recruitment, farmer training and completion of the Farm Return. This is an important role as farmer reluctance to participate has been identified as a possible weakness and risk to the successful establishment of the FADN.

The purposes of this project is to establish a Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) in Serbia according to EU standards and the Serbian Law on Agriculture and Rural Development and to improve the administrative capacities in relation to the FADN.