About the Programme Leader +

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Pilot Programme Leader + (PPL+) is put into operation as the Measure 2.7 within the framework of Sectoral Operating Programme ‘Restructuring and Modernization of Food Sector and Rural Development 2004-2006’. The duration time of the Measure covers the years 2004-2006 (the time for accounting terminates by the end of 2008 according to the rule n+2). The institution managing the programme is the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development / The Department of Rural Development; while the institution responsible for the introduction of the programme is the Foundation of Assistance Programmes for Agriculture (FAPA).

 

The total financial support for PPL+ equals 18,75mln Euro where 80% of the contribution is provided by the UE (15mln Euro), and the 20% is contributed from the national budged (3,75mln Euro). The maximal payment covers 100% of the qualified costs. The final beneficiaries of the Pilot Programme Leader+ are the residents of the rural areas.

 

The implementation of the PPL+ was divided into two Schemes:

 

Scheme I was put into operation from the end of 2004 until the end of 2006 and covered the following activities:

1.the support for the preparation of the strategy for rural

   development

2.the support for the forming process of LGD

3.the promotion of the rural areas and mobilization of the

  inhabitants to an active participation in the process of the

  rural development

 

Scheme II has been put into operation since March 2006 and will be completed by the end of 2008; it covers the following activities:

1.the support of the LGD activities aimed at realization of

   the strategy  

2.the promotion of the rural areas

3.the mobilization of the inhabitants to an active

   participation in the process of the rural development

4.the publication and exchange of information concerning

   the initiative connected with the activation of the rural

   areas’ inhabitants.