More and more countries have started realizing that managing the rural environment is a strong way to help them to grow their economy in a better way. The rural sector is important for the society because it generates the growth and development of the civilizations to sustain and achieve human...

Displeasure is a concept in emotion research, and has been studied over a long time. But this concept is not significantly addressed in planning and development except very few. In reality, displeasure leads to conflict, which in turn outbursts into violence, terrorism and so on. In this...

The purpose of the report is to address the following main issues: Are the development needs of rural areas being properly covered and addressed by EU cohesion policy? Does the EU really have an effective rural development policy? How effective has the EU been in ensuring co-operation and...

The EU LEADER initiative has been running for 20 years and plays an important role in the development of European rural areas, however, in countries joining to the EU after 2004 it is still a relatively new phenomenon. In Hungary, for example, the LEADER+ programme was launched in 2005 with an...

Im Oktober 2011 hat die Europäische Kommission ihre Legislativvorschläge für die Gemeinsame Agrarpolitik (GAP) und die Strukturpolitik für die Finanzperiode 2014 bis 2020 veröffentlicht. Der vorliegende Arbeitsbericht gibt einen Überblick über die relevanten Verordnungsentwürfe und eine...

Für die Förderperiode 2007-2013 wurden Netze für den Ländlichen Raum als Politikinstrument zur Aufwertung der EU Politik zur ländlichen Entwicklung aufgebaut. Unzulänglichkeiten in den EU Programmdokumenten im Hinblick auf die Zweckbestimmung und die Evaluierung der Netze gaben Anlass, im...

The current discussion regarding the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is challenging due to the varying needs and interests of the old and new member states (NMS) of the European Union (EU). The NMS still display tremendous disparities in most structural and socio-economic...