Challenges of Using the IPARD Program in Financing Agriculture and Rural Development

Đurić, Katarina and Puškarić, Anton (2018) Challenges of Using the IPARD Program in Financing Agriculture and Rural Development. In: Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development in Terms of the Republic of Serbia Strategic Goals Realization within the Danube Region : support programs for the improvement of agricultural and rural development. Institute of Agricultural Economics, Belgrade, pp. 318-333. ISBN 978-86-6269-061-6

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Abstract

Aimed to more successful integration into the Common Agricultural Policy, the European Union provides funds to candidate countries for membership in the form of pre-accession funds. One of these forms of financial support is the IPARD program. The aim of the paper is to review the limitations, which can occur in the process of financing the agriculture and rural development from the pre-accession funds of the European Union. By method of descriptive and historical analysis in this paper, the experiences of countries are analyzed, which were users of resources from this fund in the period 2007-2013, as well as the dispersion of IPARD funds for the period from 2014-2024. With aim of as much as possible utilization of funds from the IPARD program, above all, establishing the adequate institutional capacity needed for this form of financing is recommended. Also, it is necessary to provide informing and training the potential users of IPARD funds through appropriate advisory services. Relying on experiences of other countries, it can be concluded that the best way for efficient use of this pre-accession fund is to identify a small number of real priorities in financing the agriculture and rural development.

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