Implementation of Regional Competitiveness Operational Programme in Croatia 25 March 2014
SAPARD IMPLEMENTATION CROATIA
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SAPARD IMPLEMENTATION CROATIA
Slaven Aljinović“Knowledge Power”
SAPARD Preconditions
• Candidate Status for full membership
• opens possibility to use financial support from EU special pre-Accession Program for agriculture and rural development – SAPARD (Special Accession Programme for Agriculture and Rural Development).
SAPARD Framework
Article 2. Directive 1268/1999
• PRIORITY 1: STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
• PRIORITY 2: FOOD INDUSTRY, COMPETITIVENESS, QUALITY, MARKET ENTRY etc.
• PRIORITY 3: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
National Program for Accession to the EUNational Program for Accession to the EU
AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENTAGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
- Defined priorities
- Defined measures
Financing of SAPARDSAPARD by EU by EUFinancing of SAPARDSAPARD by Croatia by Croatia
SAPARD Preparatory Steps
SAPARD Priorities
1. On-Farm Investments, Cadastre improvement, Farmers Education, Water Resources Mgmt., Reforestation, Private Forest Improvement
2. Processing and marketing of agricultural and fish products, quality control, veterinary service control, Border Inspection/Control, Producers Organizations
3. Development of new income sources in rural areas, improvement of rural infrastructure, handicrafts industry, etc.
Selected SAPARD Measures
1. On-Farm Investments
2. Processing and marketing of agricultural and fish products
3. Development and improvement of rural
infrastructure
SAPARD Finance
• SAPARD – 2005/2008
• Total 25.5 mil. Euro - (75% EU/25%)
• Measures 1&2 alloted 19 million Euro:
Max 330,000 EU/on-farm investorMax 1.3 million EU/food company(50%/50%)
• Measure 3 alloted 6 million Eur: Max 5 million EU/Municipality
(75/25%)
Milk, dairy products and meat:
• Investments in building, reconstruction or farm equipment for buildings/sheds
• Investments in equipment for manure handling and transportation
Fruits and Vegetables
• Investments in construction/reconstruction of greenhouses
• Investments in harvesting, handling, packing and storage of fruits & vegetables
• Investments in irrigation equipment Cereals
• Investments in building, reconstruction and/or equiping of dryers for row crops (cereals, corn, soybeans) up to 1000 t
Measure 1
– Milk and dairy products:
• Investments in building or reconstruction&equipment for dairy plants
– Meat and meat products:
• Investment in building, adaptation of slaughterhouses or equipment to modernize production
• Investment in factories for collection and processing of animal waste
– Fisheries
• investicije u izgradnju i/ili adaptaciju i/ili opremanje i modernizaciju pogona za preradu ribe i hladnjača za skladištenje
– Fruits&Vegetables
• Investments in building or reconstruction/equipment for fruit and vegetable processing facilities
Measure 2
- Investments in road building or road
reconstruction
- Investments in forest fire prevention roads
- Investments in sewage systems and waste water treatment plants
- Investments in termal plants based on use of agriculture and forest biomass
Measure 3
USAID Support
• Ministerial trip to Estonia (Summer 2005)
• Operational Managers trip to Czech Republic (Autumn 2005)
• Slovenian “Training of Trainers” (January2006)
• SAPARD Fund Users Support (2007-2008)
SAPARD Implementation Challenges
• Government:- slow mobilization/coordination- partnership with investors- level of staff education
• Agribusiness investors:
- information- legal status -
financial indicators- sectoral partnership- new type of requirements
SAPARD Utilization Results
• 1 Round (Dec 2006) – 49 applications/5 approved 6% utilization
• 2 Round (August 2007) - 46 applications/24 approved
End Results 2 rounds – 29 approved projects 87 million HRK financial support 59% utilization
• 3 Round (March 2008) – 23 applications/control phase EU complaints 5 million Euro cut in IPA
funds
QUESTIONSQUESTIONS
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