Report Urges Greater Emphasis on Enterprise in Delivering Rural Development Programme

Report Urges Greater Emphasis on Enterprise in Delivering Rural Development Programme ---- The report’s author is Dr Pat Bogue of the NRN.

A greater focus on rural enterprise and entrepreneurship in the delivery of the Rural Development Programme is recommended in a report published this week.

It addresses the dramatic changes in off-farm and rural employment in recent years and makes wide-ranging recommendations on the development of an enterprise culture that will enable rural areas to play a role in economic recovery.

The report recommends greater collaboration between state bodies and local agencies providing services to farmers and rural dwellers as well as building shared services by Local Action Groups in the delivery of the LEADER programme.

It proposes that Government departments and Local Action Groups should work together to minimise and simplify application procedures for LEADER funding, within permitted EU guidelines.

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