Download or read book The EU Priority of Promoting a Knowledge based Rural Economy Has Been Affected by Poor Management of Knowledge transfer and Advisory Measures written by and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Court examined whether the high priority of lifelong learning and knowledge transfer within the EU's rural-development policy was matched by the Commission's and Member States' efforts to deliver high-quality knowledge-transfer and advisory activities. The audit found that this was not the case. Too often Member States relied on the proposals coming from the training providers and any type of training was seen as 'good' and eligible to receive public support. Only infrequently was there proper analysis made of whether such activities could make a real impact. Member States did not always ensure fair and transparent competition when selecting the training activities and paid too much for certain services. In terms of follow-up, the audit found a lack of detailed evaluation of what was actually achieved with the public funds. In its recommendations, the Court particularly encourages the Member States to adapt the knowledge-transfer and advisory activities they choose to the evolving needs of the rural operators through recurrent procedures of analysis and evaluation."--Publisher's description.

Download or read book OECD Food and Agricultural Reviews Innovation Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability in Sweden written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2018-06-08 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Agricultural innovation in Sweden has sought to improve the competitiveness and sustainability of the agri-food sector by ensuring a high level of environmental and animal welfare standards, while raising the productivity and financial viability of farms.

Download or read book Evaluation of Agricultural Policy Reforms in the European Union The Common Agricultural Policy 2014 20 written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2017-07-27 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is the primary agricultural policy instrument of the European Union. This report focuses on the new features and institutional context of the current CAP 2014-20, adopted by the European Parliament and the European Council in December 2013.

Download or read book Evaluation Support Study on the CAP s Impact on Knowledge Exchange and Advisory Activities written by and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The objective of the evaluation is to assess the impact of the 2014-2020 CAP Instruments and Measures on knowledge exchange, advisory activities, and innovation in the agricultural and forestry sectors and in rural areas. All four CAP regulations are relevant to the topic of this evaluation: in particular the Rural Development regulation (CAP Pillar 2) "Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013"; the financing, management and monitoring regulation "Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013" covering cross-compliance and the Farm Advisory System (FAS); and the Common Market Organisation (CMO) regulation "Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013", including measures with direct and indirect effects on the studied topics. "Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013" of direct payments establishes notably the greening practices, fostering knowledge exchange on these topics. The Rural Development Regulation includes the cross-cutting objective of fostering knowledge transfer and innovation in agriculture, forestry and in rural areas. Three Rural Development measures directly support this objective, namely knowledge transfer (Measure 1 (M1)), advisory services (Measure 2 (M2)), and cooperation (Measure 16 (M16), notably supporting Operational Groups and their pilot projects). In addition, the EIP-AGRI Network at EU level together with the National Rural Networks have a fostering role on knowledge exchange and innovation. All Member States have the obligation to set up a FAS, advising CAP beneficiaries and non-beneficiary farmers on EU legal standards. These include notably cross-compliance, greening, requirements of the Water Framework Directive and principles of integrated pest management. The FAS does not provide funding. In the CMO and the wine sector, national support programmes may include an innovation measure. 16 Evaluation Questions (ESQ) cover themes of causal analysis, effectiveness, efficiency, relevance, coherence and EU added value. The geographical coverage is EU-28 with case studies performed in eight Member States. The study covers CAP instruments and measures from 2014 onwards (2019). The situation in the previous programming period (2007-2013) has been taken as a reference period.

Download or read book Improving Knowledge Transfer Between Research Institutions and Industry Across Europe written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The need for effective knowledge transfer among public and private research has never been greater than it is today. Companies, universities and research and technology organisations understand that leadership in their respective fields depends upon collaborating productively with each other, in ways that support and reinforce their distinct yet complementary missions. By now, the working practices and professional skills required for effective knowledge transfer are widely known and well documented. Unfortunately, many difficulties still remain, often relating to a need to better understand respective partners' interests and motives, to improve the management of intellectual property rights and deal with unrealistic expectations. At present, we are simply not capitalising adequately on the knowledge that is at our disposal. It is much easier to overcome these difficulties when sound conditions are established that provide a basis for long-term trust and lead to simple and effective rules of engagement at grass roots level. When we published the Handbook of Responsible Partnering, which contains guidelines based on good practices, we called on governments to give greater priority to establishing these conditions, and to work towards greater consistency across national boundaries. We have been promoting these guidelines widely within the business and public research communities during the past two years. We are grateful to the European Commission for now highlighting this priority also and for documenting important lessons learnt. We ask all governments to take notice of these lessons, and to continue the processes of reform and improvement necessary to secure European leadership in the knowledge economy.

Download or read book Communication from the Commission written by European Commission and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The need for effective knowledge transfer among public and private research has never been greater than it is today. Companies, universities and research and technology organisations understand that leadership in their respective fields depends upon collaborating productively with each other, in ways that support and reinforce their distinct yet complementary missions. By now, the working practices and professional skills required for effective knowledge transfer are widely known and well documented. Unfortunately, many difficulties still remain, often relating to a need to better understand respective partners' interests and motives, to improve the management of intellectual property rights and deal with unrealistic expectations. At present, we are simply not capitalising adequately on the knowledge that is at our disposal. It is much easier to overcome these difficulties when sound conditions are established that provide a basis for long-term trust and lead to simple and effective rules of engagement at grass roots level. When we published the Handbook of Responsible Partnering, which contains guidelines based on good practices, we called on governments to give greater priority to establishing these conditions, and to work towards greater consistency across national boundaries. We have been promoting these guidelines widely within the business and public research communities during the past two years. We are grateful to the European Commission for now highlighting this priority also and for documenting important lessons learnt. We ask all governments to take notice of these lessons, and to continue the processes of reform and improvement necessary to secure European leadership in the knowledge economy." -- Editor.

Download or read book Agricultural Policy Monitoring and Evaluation 2023 Adapting Agriculture to Climate Change written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2023-10-30 with total page 689 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This annual report monitors and evaluates agricultural policies in 54 countries, including the 38 OECD countries, the five non-OECD EU Member States, and 11 emerging economies.

Download or read book OECD Food and Agricultural Reviews Innovation Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability in Latvia written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2019-04-11 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Latvia, a member of the European Union since 2004, is a small, dynamic and open economy that has successfully transitioned from central planning to a market economy. The reforms undertaken have driven progress, although from generally low levels and at a slower pace in agriculture than for the ...

Download or read book House of Commons Environment Food and Rural Affairs Committee Implementation of the Common Agricultural Policy in England 2014 2020 HC 745 written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2013-12-03 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Against a background where farm incomes are falling, the Government needs to recognise that cutting payments to England's farmers will reduce their ability to compete in the marketplace, will leave farmers less able to invest in vital infrastructure and may make them more vulnerable to shocks such as poor weather, higher input costs and price variations. The Committee also warns against plans to transfer more money away from direct payments to farmers by shifting it towards environmental schemes. It recommends that the Government maintains the current 9% rate of transfer away from the direct payment budget. This rate of transfer should rise to 15% in 2017 only if it can demonstrate that additional funds are required and that this change will deliver a clear benefit. Money should also only go to people who actually farm the land and meet an 'active farmer test'. From 2015, 30% of the direct payment will be conditional on farmers achieving basic environmental measures. A National Certification Scheme approach to 'greening' does not offer the flexibility to avoid the Commission's impractical crop diversification rule so the Government is right to dismiss this approach. A new, single IT system is being developed, and the Government want access to CAP funding to be 'digital by default', meaning farmers will have to apply online. A lot went wrong in the last round of changes, and these problems gave rise to £580 million in penalties. Does it make sense to introduce a new computer system at the same time as complex new payment rules?

Download or read book 2019 Global food policy report written by International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2019-03-27 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: IFPRI’s flagship report reviews the major food policy issues, developments, and decisions of 2018, and considers challenges and opportunities for 2019. This year’s Global Food Policy Report highlights the urgency of rural revitalization to address a growing crisis in rural areas. Rural people around the world continue to struggle with food insecurity, persistent poverty and inequality, and environmental degradation. Policies, institutions, and investments that take advantage of new opportunities and technologies, increase access to basic services, create more and better rural jobs, foster gender equality, and restore the environment can make rural areas vibrant and healthy places to live and work. Drawing on recent findings, IFPRI researchers and other distinguished food policy experts consider critical aspects of rural revitalization.

Download or read book European Union Political Economy written by Konstantinos Hazakis and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2018-09-15 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The European political economy: policy and theory, provides students, researchers and policy makers with a profound understanding of the theory and policy of the EU. The book covers in a comprehensive way the key issue areas of the European Union activity and it includes an analysis of all the important current developments in Europe such as the Brexit, the European Union sovereign debt crisis, the European economic governance problems and the macroeconomic adjustment challenges within Eurozone. The book also includes critical resources for readers and students such as review questions, appendixes, references and further reading lists. More specifically, the textbook explains thoroughly the institutional, economic and policy characteristics of the fundamental issue areas of European economy. It outlines the institutions and mechanisms of European union/Eurozone, the common agricultural, regional and trade policies, the impact of the single market and the single currency on European economy, the enlargement process and the key questions on the European macroeconomic adjustment process. In each chapter the book explains not only what is taking place in European economy but also which the feasible options of the European policy agenda are. The textbook enables readers to apply conceptual and theoretical knowledge to economic and political processes of European integration.

Download or read book Communities in Action written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2017-04-27 with total page 583 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the United States, some populations suffer from far greater disparities in health than others. Those disparities are caused not only by fundamental differences in health status across segments of the population, but also because of inequities in factors that impact health status, so-called determinants of health. Only part of an individual's health status depends on his or her behavior and choice; community-wide problems like poverty, unemployment, poor education, inadequate housing, poor public transportation, interpersonal violence, and decaying neighborhoods also contribute to health inequities, as well as the historic and ongoing interplay of structures, policies, and norms that shape lives. When these factors are not optimal in a community, it does not mean they are intractable: such inequities can be mitigated by social policies that can shape health in powerful ways. Communities in Action: Pathways to Health Equity seeks to delineate the causes of and the solutions to health inequities in the United States. This report focuses on what communities can do to promote health equity, what actions are needed by the many and varied stakeholders that are part of communities or support them, as well as the root causes and structural barriers that need to be overcome.

Download or read book OECD Food and Agricultural Reviews Innovation Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability in the Netherlands written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2015-11-26 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Dutch food, agriculture and horticulture sector is innovative and export oriented, with high value-added along the food chain and significant world export shares for many products.

Download or read book Social Capital and Local Development written by Elena Pisani and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-10-27 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses the role of social capital in promoting rural and local development. The recent financial and economic crises have exposed the European Union (EU) to an increased risk of social exclusion and poverty, which are now at the heart of its economic, employment and social agenda with explicit reference to rural and marginal areas (Europe 2020). The authors' work from the notion that rural development is not imposed from the ‘outside’, but depends also on endogenous factors, namely local cultural and ecological amenities, eco-system services, and economic links with urban areas which expand rural opportunities for innovation, competitiveness, employment and sustainable development. Social capital is of paramount importance because it helps build networks and trusting relations among local stakeholders in the public and private spheres, and supporting the enhancement of governance of natural resources in rural areas

Download or read book A Guide to EU Funding written by European Commission and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In response to the evolution of the world economy and its impact on Europe, the European Commission proposed a set of programmes to boost jobs, growth and investment across the European Union. The programmes are part of the multiannual financial framework 2014-2020. This publication guides you through these programmes and the funding opportunities they offer are briefly described here in this booklet. Detailed information is available on the European Commission's website. EU funding opportunities prove the added value of the EU budget in a number of fields, from research, employment, regional development and cooperation to education, culture, environment, humanitarian aid and energy, among many others. Significant support is available to small and medium-sized businesses, non-governmental and civil society non-profit organisations, young people, researchers, farmers and public bodies, to name a few.

Download or read book Achieving Sustainable Development and Promoting Development Cooperation written by Department of Economic & Social Affairs and published by United Nations Publications. This book was released on 2008 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents an overview of the key debates that took place during the Economic and Social Council meetings at the 2007 High-level Segment, at which ECOSOC organized its first biennial Development Cooperation Forum. The discussions also revolved around the theme of the second Annual Ministerial Review, "Implementing the internationally agreed goals and commitments in regard to sustainable development."--P. 4 of cover.

Download or read book Sustainable healthy diets written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2019-10-15 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considering the detrimental environmental impact of current food systems, and the concerns raised about their sustainability, there is an urgent need to promote diets that are healthy and have low environmental impacts. These diets also need to be socio-culturally acceptable and economically accessible for all. Acknowledging the existence of diverging views on the concepts of sustainable diets and healthy diets, countries have requested guidance from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) on what constitutes sustainable healthy diets. These guiding principles take a holistic approach to diets; they consider international nutrition recommendations; the environmental cost of food production and consumption; and the adaptability to local social, cultural and economic contexts. This publication aims to support the efforts of countries as they work to transform food systems to deliver on sustainable healthy diets, contributing to the achievement of the SDGs at country level, especially Goals 1 (No Poverty), 2 (Zero Hunger), 3 (Good Health and Well-Being), 4 (Quality Education), 5 (Gender Equality) and 12 (Responsible Consumption and Production) and 13 (Climate Action).