Agriculture and Rural Development Priority (Sub-Programme)

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6.13 Co-operation with Northern Ireland

Under the Good Friday Agreement, agriculture was identified as one of the six areas for North/South co-operation. Arising from this, the role of the existing Steering Group on Cross-Border Rural Development will examine the scope for a common approach to the feasibility of developing cross-Border area-based strategies and rural development research.

On the Southern side, the National Rural Development Forum, which meets twice yearly, will be helpful in identifying suitable themes to be examined.

Accordingly, funding will be set aside from within the overall allocation for the Sub-measures on the Area Based Rural Development Initiative and the Rural Development Fund, under Measure 3 – General Rural Development, with some EAGGF co-financing in the case of the former Sub-measure, to advance this process. In relation to that Sub-measure, only eligible projects with a cross border dimension and coming within the scope of Council Regulations 1257/1999 will be co-financed by the EAGGF Fund.

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