„New Hungary” Rural Development Programme Völgy Vidék LEADER Region 2008 AaAa Völgy Vidék Local Action Group Völgy Vidék Rural Development Community Public Association

CAP financing until 2006 in the EU EAGGF Guarantee SectionGuidance Section Inside market measures Outside market measures Intervention Direct supports Supplementary aids (National Rural Development Plan) ARDOP LEADER + Rural development measures

CAP financing from 2007 EAGF Inside market measures Outside market measures Intervention Direct supports: SPS (Single Payment Scheme) from 2009 Community contributions for rural development programmes EAFRD Separating CAP pillars New Hungary Rural Development Programme

New Hungary Rural Development Programme (NHRDP) NHRDP contains 4 axes and their 28 measures (3,8 billions of Euro):  Axis I. – Improving the competitiveness of the agricultural and forestry sector (47% of total costs; 10 measures)  Axis II. – Improving the environment and the contryside (32%; 10 measures)  Axis III. – Quality of life in rural areas and diversification of the rural economy (14%; 8 measures)  Axis IV. – Implementation of the LEADER-approach (5%; and more 2% for technical assistance) To get Axis III and IV supports rural areas needed to work out their Local Rural Development Strategies (LRDS) and found public associations or non-profit limited companies

Founded in 20/09/2008; Joining 45 local actors: NGOs, enterprises and 17 municipalities (Völgy Vidék LEADER region); A year planning period comes before foundation, when 67 local actors worked out a Local Rural Development Strategy (Völgy Vidék LRDS) managed by the Coordinating Group for Planning (15 members); Völgy Vidék LRDS contains 5 priorities to develop this area, its people and their organizations; About 3,7 millions of Euro help the implementation of our LRDS between ; Invitation-to-tender procedures; 4 calling for application is ongoing at the moment supported by the NHRDP 3rd axis. Völgy Vidék Community Rural Development Public Association

Objective and priorities of Valley-Land LRDS and ongoing call for applications Main objective of Völgy Vidék LRDS Well-known cultural landscape, attractive residental and service environment, a developped region in social and economical senses Priorities of Völgy vidék LRDS 1) Increase the local economy of Völgy Vidék 2) Develop the tourism of Völgy Vidék 3) Improving the quality of life in Völgy Vidék 4) Preserve the local heritage and values of Völgy Vidék 5) Protect the natural and physical environment in Völgy Vidék Ongoing call for appliacations (ending 10th january 2009) 1) Support for business creation and development 2) Encouragement of tourism activities 3) Village renewal and development 4) Conservation and sustainable development of the rural heritage

Includes 17 settlements (2 towns and 15 villages) Which comes 3 different micro-regions of Fejér County (10 micro-regions) Where inhabitants live Völgy Vidék LEADER region

NUTS 2 regions of Hungary (7 planning and statistical regions)

NUTS 3 regions of Hungary (19 counties and Budapest)

Local Area Units 2 of Hungary (174 micro-regions)

Some pictures about typical local heritages of Völgy Vidék LEADER region

Thank you for paying attention ! Valley-Land LEADER Community 2473 Vál, Vajda J. str. 2 Phone, Fax: Contact:Tóth Ferencné, President of Valley-Land Community Szendrői Júlia, Head of Management Group Molnár Balázs, PhD., project manager