The future rural development policy focuses on three key areas:

• The agrifood economy
• The environment
• Thee economy and rural population

The new generation of strategies and rural development programs will be structured around four axes:

1. Improving the competitiveness of agriculture and forestry
2. Improving the environment and the countryside
3. Life quality in rural areas and diversification of the rural economy
4. Leader.

The Community provisional funding available for the programme is:

• 15.800,20 Million EUR (Orientation of the budget)