With the new 2014-2020 programme for the CAP, France has decided to review the governance of the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD). In the same way as occurs more or less with the other structural funds, EAFRD has been decentralised. It is now up to the Regions to take on the role of managing authority (MA) previously held by the State. More...

In the Member States, the European Union supports rural development policies that also inspire those proposed to candidate countries*. Those policies are funded respectively by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance in Rural Development (IPARD). More...

En Roumanie, pays membre de l’Union Européenne depuis 2007, l'existence d'une agriculture duale, où coexistent de très petites exploitations et des structures de production céréalières de plus en plus importantes, constitue à la fois un héritage de la collectivisation et le résultat des politiques appliquées depuis la chute du régime communiste. Plus...

Au cours de la période 2007-2013, la politique de développement rural de l’Union Européenne est régie par le Règlement de Développement Rural (RDR) et financée par le FEADER, autrement dit le deuxième pilier de la PAC. Cette politique européenne est structurée en 4 axes dont les deux premiers sont davantage tournés vers la régulation sectorielle agricole tandis que les deux derniers (axe 3 et axe 4 transversal) sont particulièrement destinés au développement rural. Plus...

One of the roles of FUEN’s annual Congress is to present the local reality to the participants and this is the reason why it travels each year to a new minority region. It was not any different in Leeuwarden/Ljouwert: for Friday the local organisers prepared a whole day of programmes about Fryslân for the 230 delegates and guests coming from more than 30 countries. More...

The FUEN Congress 2018 started in good spirits in Leeuwarden/Ljouwert, the capital of Fryslân and of culture on 21 June 2018. Ferd Crone, the mayor of Leeuwarden/Ljouwert welcomed the Congress in behalf of the Frisian people, talked about Fryslân’s cultural significance. More...

We sit together, and we discuss about ourselves and we also present ourselves to the general public as we want the world to know about us. The Minority Market is a great possibility for cultural exchange, as we present our traditions and gastronomy. And from tomorrow on we will exchange ideas, as it is important that we fight for our rights with ideas. More...