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FAO LAND TENURE POLICY SERIES
Opportunities to
mainstream land consolidation in rural development programmes of the European Union Download full pdf version 594 Kb |
This FAO Land Tenure Policy paper was prepared by Steffen Noleppa,
Richard Eberlin, Morten Hartvigsen, Adri van den Brink, Frank van Holst,
Nicolai Meier Andersen and David Palmer.
The paper was reviewed by Attila Blenesi-Dima, Willemine Brinkman,
Ana Budanko Penavić, Mehmed Cero, Libor Cihal, Hamid Custović,
Vilma Daugaliene, David Egiashvili, Zsuzsanna Flachner, Afrim Frrokaj, Idriz Gashi, Kiril
Georgievski, Vahagn Grigoryan, Niels Otto Haldrup, Jiri Hladik, Oleg Horjan, Tetyana
Kalna-Dubinyuk, Zoran Knezević, Jerzy Kozłowski, Siim Maasikamäe, Stevan Marosan,
Ashot Muradyan, Jana Pivcova, Maja Pupacić, Fatbardh Sallaku, Roman Shmidt, Tomáš
Števlík, Kiril Stoyanov, Joachim Thomas, Mati Tõnismäe, Odeta Tota, Maja Trajković
and Andrzej Zadura.
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Summary
1. Introduction
2. Land consolidation as an instrument to strengthen rural development: the European perspective
3. Rural development policies of the European Union
Support for member states before 2007
Support for accession before 2007
Support for neighbouring countries before 2007
Funding principles
4. Support measures for European Union member states
European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development
Other EU policies with an impact in rural areas
5. Support measures for candidate and potential candidate countriesCandidate countries: particular support through IPARD
Potential candidate countries: some support through IPA
6. Support measures for European Neighbourhood countries
7. Implementing a Rural Development Programme: recommendations with respect to land consolidation
Appendix A
EU rural development measures relevant to land consolidation for use by member states
Appendix B
EU support measures relevant to land consolidation for use by candidate countries
Appendix C
EU support measures relevant to land consolidation for use by potential candidate countries
Appendix D
References
Legislation
Bibliography
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