Small Region The local development and th EU Population: 1.15 - PDF document

Local Local Development Development And EU policies And EU policies Small Region The local development and th EU � Population: 1.15 Million Politicies Some data � Territory: 7.845 Kmq 20 12 2003 about our region � GdP per head: 115% EU15 Pietro Sbuelz Average Friuli Venezia Giulia Region Office for European Affairs (see chart) 34100 Triest, via Trento n. 2 Email pietro.sbuelz@regione.fvg.it � Capital Town Triest Phone n. 0039 0432 555896 Fax n. 0039 0432 229735 � 42,6% montain area Activities: planning and managing regional development programs � Border region: marginal financed by European Union position in the national and present european contest Friuli Venezia Giulia Friuli Venezia Giulia Region Region Office for European Affairs Office for European Affairs 1 2 Local Local Development Development The The enlargement enlargement process process And EU policies And EU policies changes the changes the European European scenario scenario: : Canarias (E) FVG region FVG region becomes becomes a a door door GuadeloupeMartinique R éunion to and and for for the the central central and and eastern eastern countries countries to Guyane (F) New European GDP per head by region (PPS), 2000 scenario Açores (P) Index, EU-25 = 100 Madeira < Core Regions < 30 30 - 50 Peripheral Regions 50 - 75 Other Regions 75 - 100 100 - 125 >= 125 MT: 1999 Source: Eurostat Friuli Venezia Giulia Friuli Venezia Giulia Kypros Region Region R R e e g i g i G o o I I G S S Office for European Affairs Office for European Affairs 3 4 Local Local Financial Framework, 2000-2006 The EU expenditures are concentrated on 2 Development Development principal policies: And EU policies And EU policies Million EURO • Common Agricultural Policy CAP 1999 prices 120000 Structural actions Structural actions (about 45% of the EU balance) 2000 - 2000 - 2006 2006 EAGGF European Agricultural 100000 Guidance and Guarantee Fund 80000 • Cohesion Policy Agriculture (Heading 1) Structural Operations (2) 60000 (about 30% of the budget) Internal Policies (3) Structural funds 40000 ERDF European Regional Development Fund External Action (4) ESF European Social Fund Administration (5) 20000 EAGGF European Agricultural Guidance and Reserves (6) Guarantee Fund - Sec. Guidance 0 Pre-Accession Aid (7) FIFG Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Enlargement (8) Cohesion Fund it is applied on the member states Friuli Venezia Giulia with a GDP per head less than 90% Friuli Venezia Giulia of the European average. Region Region Office for European Affairs Office for European Affairs 5 6

Common Agricultural Policy CAP is divided in Local Local EU Budget, 2000-2006 2parts : Development Development Ave. Annual Expenditure:100.4 billion EURO • Market subsidies (90%CAP resources) And EU policies And EU policies EAGGF Section Guarantee (Italy 2002: 5.670 Meuro FVG 100 Meuro ) CAP All that money comes directly from European Structural actions Structural actions Commission on the bases of the agriculture 2000 2000 - - 2006 2006 market regulations. Our region does not 0.6% participate on the distribution of that money. Common Agricultural Policy (Heading 1) 8.3% 3.1% Structural Funds and Cohesion Fund 4.8% 42.4% • Rural development policy Interventions (2) 4.6% (10% CAP resources) Internal Policies (3) 6.0% External Action (4) EAGGF European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund Administration (5) Section Guidance Reserves (6) Which is finalised to the investments in Pre-Accession Aid (7) agriculture sector and to develop the rural Enlargement (8) 30.3% areas. In FVG region this policy is applied Friuli Venezia Giulia Friuli Venezia Giulia from 2000 to 2006 with a program named Region Region Rural Development Plan. Office for European Affairs Office for European Affairs 7 8 Support for rural development Rural Development Plan (220 Meuro) Local Local programming and managing autority: FVG region from the EAGGF Development Development There are 3 different groups of measures. And EU policies And EU policies 1) There is a group of measures for the Mission: “support CAP and improvement of development of agricultural production structure agricultural structures” CAP (ex. premium for young people (under 40) who want manage a Fields of intervention: CAP new farm, aids for farmers to finance the investments in their • ‘Accompanying’ measures Rural farms for example to build new orchard of apples or a new –early retirement development industry to transform the agricultural products in consumer –agri-environment products ) policy –forestry –less-favoured areas 2000 - 2006 2) The second type of measures is used to orient • Other measures the agricultural production towards a sustainable –restructuring of farms economy reducing intensive cultures and using production –setting up of young farmers procedures which takes more to account the value of the –training environment and the human health. –processing and marketing 3) The third group of measures are specific • Rural development measures actions for the rural areas like promoting the quality of local productions, developing other activities which could offer a Friuli Venezia Giulia Friuli Venezia Giulia second (integrative) income for the rural families (for example Region Region rural tourism, handcraft , local culture). Office for European Affairs Office for European Affairs 9 10 CAP in the future Local Local 2000 - 2006 Programming period: In FVG region will have Development Development Financial plans of regional programs • less money to Market subsidies And EU policies And EU policies • the same money for the Rural Development Regional Program Public Funding Total 2000 - 2006 policy. CAP Common Rural Development 15.440.000 Agricultural Regional Gov. The amount of CAP money spent in our region Plan Policy will be less in the next future because of the EU Conclusions Conclusions enlargement process (a important amount of 98.091.000 National Gov. money will be spent in the Central and Eastern E. Countries) and because the agriculture has a 99.740.000 UE low weight in the total GdP. From one side this is negative but on the other hand we have seen Total 213.271.000 that more the production is subsidised, less the production will be efficient (ex: fragmentation of land property). Friuli Venezia Giulia Friuli Venezia Giulia Region Region Office for European Affairs Office for European Affairs 11 12