The Department for Small and Medium Enterprises, Business Enviroment and Turism has published on 28 July 2015 the documents of three programmes for 2015.
The Financing Agency for Rural Investments and the Ministry of Agriculture published the final Applicants' Guides for sub-measures 4.3 "Investments in developing, modernising or adapting agricultural and forest infrastructure", 6.2 "Support for creating non-agricultural activities in rural areas" and 6.4 "Investments in creating and developing non-agricultural activities".
The management authority for the Operational Regional Programme 2014-2020 for Romania republished the second version of the Applicants' Guide for debate. This version contains all the observations received after the first public debate.
Observations and commentaries can be sent until July 27th, 2:30 pm, at [email protected].
ADR Centre published the Catalogue of financing sources - July 2015 for Romania. The publication includes active, non-refundable financing programmes supported by the European Union and the Romanian Government.
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The European Commission approved the Operational Programme for Big Infrastructure 2014-2020 for Romania. The programme offers a major investment package from the regional EU funds for projects on environment, energy and transport. The programme is to receive almost half of the 23 million euros allocated for Romania through the cohesion policy of the EU.
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The government approved, on July 8th, a Memorandum which proposed Romania's participation in a guaranteeing financial instrument for small and medium enterprises. This combines the national allocations of member states within structural European funds and investment funds with the bugetary resources of the EU managed on a central level through Horizon 2020 and COSME programmes, as well as with the European Investment Fund and the European Investment Bank.
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The deadline until which projects financed through the National Programme for Rural Development 2007-2013 could be finalised and have money reinbursed was about to expire on September 30th, but was prolonged until the end of the year. The Financing Agency for Rural Investments (AFIR) is to decide, on a case-by-case basis, which projects qualify for the extension.
For details click here.
Terra Nostra Consulting’s general manager, Constantin Leonte, will make an appearance on Agro TV’s show “Jurnal de Agricultura” (i.e. Agriculture Journal) today, July 8th, at 8 pm. He will talk about the financing opportunities through the newly launched measures of the National Programme for Rural Development (NPRD) 2014-2020, which have also became available today. Watch the show on live stream here.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development will still allow usage of the data from the Agriculture Registry 2014 for projects from the National Programme for Rural Development 2014-2020, while the 10-year lease will only be compulsory for the terrain on which the construction will be made. Also, young farmers will be able to establish their farms in maximum two years since they register in the Commerce Registry, not at the Payment and Intervention Agency for Agriculture. These changes will be included in the revised versions of the Applicants' Guides which the Financing Agency for Rural Investments will publish on July 8th, once the new measures from the NPRD are also launched.
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The secretary of state from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, George Turtoi, said that, since the end of March, when the first measures of the new National Programme for Rural Development (NPRD) were launched, the Financing Agency for Rural Investments received 180 financing requests, while for the measure involving the Local Action Groups 164 projects were submitted.
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The Financing Agency for Rural Investments (AFIR) launched four new submeasures from the National Programme for Rural Development (NPRD) 2014-2020 on July 8th, during the annual continuous financing request submission session which last until October 30th. The submeasures are 4.1a "Investments in fruit farms", 4.2 "Support for investments in processing/marketing agricultural products", 4.2a "Support for investments in processing/marketing fruit products", 6.3 "Support for developing small farms".
The Financing Agency for Rural Investments (AFIR) announced, through a press release, that beneficiaries of the National Programme for Rural Development (NPRD) 2014-2020 may sign financing or guaranting agreements with non-banking financial institutions even if the latters are not registered in a association. For details, download the press release.
The president of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Junker, named Dacian Ciolos - former European commissioner for agriculture - as his special adviser on international food security. For details click here.
The Regional Operational Programme (ROP) 2014-2020 for Romania, managed by the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Administration as management authority, was approved by the European Commission. The budget for the programme is 8,25 billion euros. For details click here.
George Turtoi, secretary of state in the Ministry of Agriculture of Romania, said representatives of the ministry will meet with members of the Association of Leasing Services to establish a common procedure of verification and approving leasing loans for projects requiring European financing in agriculure. For details click here.
Once the new Fiscal Code was approved by the Romanian Parliament, it turned out farmers and professionals in the agricultural field will have extra taxes to pay. The new law requires them to also pay taxes for money received from selling live animals, milk or eggs, which was not the case until now. For details click here.
All the operational programmes for 2014-2020 in Romania will be approved by the end of July, according to Marius Nica, minister of European funds, who added there is no reason why our country shouldn't have an absorption rate of 100% by 2020. For details click here.
Although the six-month extension of the deadline for farmers to get their discounts back from the National Programme for Rural Development (NPRD) 2007-2013 was rejected by the European Commission at Luxembourg, farmers will still be able to access that miney thorugh NPRD 2014-2020. For details click here.
Negotiations regarding the Operational Programme Big Infrastructure were finalised last week and the document was sent to the European Commission for approval. Beginning July, Romania will benefit from over 9 billion euros for transport, environment and energy instrastructure. For details click here.
The minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Daniel Constantin, announced earlier this week, during the National Conference „The Development of the Romanian Village Continues”, that starting on 1st July solicitants will be able to submit project proposals for a series of newly launched submeasures. They are the Fruit-growing Subprogramme, which benefits from 75 million euros, Submeasure 4.2 - Support for Investments in Processing/Marketing Agricultural Products (143 million euros), Submeasure 4.3 - Investments in Developing, Modernising, or Adapting Agricultural and Forest Infrastructure (435 million euros), Submeasure 6.2 - Support for Establishing Non-agricultural Activities in Rural Areas (44 million euros), Submeasure 6.3 - Support for Developing Small Farms (over 72 million euros) and Submeasure 6.4 - Investments in Creating and Developing Non-agricultural Activities (57 million euros).
Around 49 million euros from the European Neighbourhood Instrument and the Pre-accession Assistance Instrument will be allocated to those interested in developing cooperation projects in the Black Sea area during 2014-2020. For details click here.
Romania was not able to obtain a six-month extension of the deadline regarding the absorption of European funds through the National Plan for Rural Development 2007-2013. Alongside other 11 member states, our country asked the European Commission to allow it to access funds until summer 2016, but the request was denied. For details click here.
ADR Central is editing a monthly newsletter presenting the active non-refundable financing programmes which are financed by the EU and the Romanian Government. The catalogue is divided in four sections targeting firms, public authorities, NGOs and universities. For details click here.
Between 1st May and 20th July, 2015, the Reference Prices Database of the Financing Agency for Rural Investments will not be updated or receive new entries.
Also, the deadline for sending additions according to the technical cards was pushed back from 15th June to 26th June.
Anca-Laura Ionescu, secretary of state in the Ministry of Small and Medium Enterprises, told www.finantare.ro that through Law 186 of 2014 regarding the state budget for 2015, over 96 million lei were allocated for starting new enterprises and supporting the development of small and medium enterprises. For details click here.
The general director of the Payment Agency for Interventions in Agriculture (APIA), Mihai Putintei, told Agrointeligenta reporters that some calculations have been made regarding the subsidies which farmers are to receive in 2015. According to early estimates, the number of beneficiaries will not be a lot different from the previous year. For details click here.
The government's bill establishing eligibility rules for expenses made within the European Fund for Rural Development, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund 2014-2020 was published, on Thursday, in the Official Monitor. Read the document here.
Starting on 6th of July, applicants for European funds who will request funds through the National Plan for Rural Development 2014-2020 will only be able to do so using the online system established by the Financing Agency for Rural Investments. Download the agency's press release here.
The Financing Agency for Rural Investments updated its list of questions and answers referring to the National Plan for Rural Development (NPRD) 2014-2020, which is available on its website. Download the list here.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development announced that, beginning May 26th, the Payment and Intervention in Agriculture Agency will receive all Payment Request Forms from farmers, including those on paper. For details click here.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Financing Agency for Rural Investments launched for public debate four draft Applicants' Guides for sub-measures 4.3 (Developing, modernising or adapting agricultural infrastructures), 6.3 (Support for developing small farms), 7.2 (Creating and modernising basic infrastructure on a large scale) and 7.6 (Protecting cultural heritage). The deadline for the public debate for sub-meadure 6.3 is June 8th, while the rest are due for June 9th.
Applicant's Guide for sub-measure 4.3
Applicant's Guide for sub-measure 6.3
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Financing Agency for Rural Investments launched, on Wednesday, on their respective websites, the draft Applicants' Guides for submeasures 4.1a (Investments in fruit-growing farms), 6.2 (Establishing non-agricultural activities in rural areas) and 6.4 (Creating and developing non-agricultural activities).
Draft Guide for sub-measure 4.1a.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Financing Agency for Rural Investments launched, on Wednesday, on their respective websites, the draft Applicants' Guides for submeasures 4.2 (proccesing/marketing agricultural products) and 4.2a (processing/marketing of products from the fruit sector) of the National Plan for Rural Development 2014-2020, and they are now up for public debate. You can see the guides here and here.
The European Commission (EC) has today approved a further 24 Rural Development Programmes (including Romania's National Programme for Rural Development 2014-2020) aimed at improving the competitiveness of the EU farming sector, caring for the countryside and climate, and strengthening the economic and social fabric of rural communities in the period until 2020. The programmes adopted today are expected to create over 40 000 jobs in rural areas and about 700 000 training places to foster innovation, knowledge transfer, more sustainable farming practices and stronger rural businesses.
The National Authority for Scientific Research and Innovation announced that it will launch the first project competitions for sections A-G of the Applicant's Guide of the Competitiveness Operational Programme 2014-2020, Axis 1 "Research-Development-Innovation in support of economic competitivity and business development", on May 27th. For details click here.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development received a conformity letter from the General Directorate for Agriculture and Rural Development of the European Comission for the National Plan for Rural Development (NPRD) 2014-2020. The EC also explained that the ministry may begin the global implementing of NPRD. For details click here.
ADR North-West published "Regional Operational Programme 2014-2020 Negotiation document with representatives of the European Commission, version april 2015". For details click here.
The General Guide for the Regional Operational Programme 2014-2020 was launched for public debate Tuesday, May 5th, at the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Administration in the presence of minister Liviu Dragnea. The programme is estimated to be approved in June 2015, while the submission of projects should start in September. For details click here. (for details in English, stay tuned to this page)
Liviu Dragnea, the minister of Regional Development and Public Administration, announced last week that the first applicants' guides for Regio - Operational Regional Programme 2014-2020 are to be launched in May. For details click here.
The management authority published the first official version of the Operational Programme for Fishing and Marine Affairs 2014-2020 on April 21st. For details click here.
The minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Daniel Constantin, met Phil Hogan, European commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, on April 20th at Luxembourg. The Romanian official informed Phil Hogan about Romania's interest in prologing the reimbursement deadline for payments through the National Plan for Rural Development (NPRD) 2007-2013 with six months, until after December 31st, 2015. For details click here.
The National Council for Small and Medium Entreprises in Romania is organising, until September 2015, the AVATAR project, alongside national partner Luna Commune Hall and transnational partner Sistemi Formativi Confindustria Umbria from Italy. For details click here.
The National Council of Small and Medium Entreprises in Romania is implementing COMPERUR project, co-financed by the European Social Fund through the Operational Sectorial Programme Developing Human Resources 2007-2013. Within the project, free training courses will be organised for those living in rural areas in the regions Bucharest-Ilfov, North-East, South-West and Centre. For details click here.
The Ministry of European Funds, through the Management Authority of the Operational Programme Technical Assistance 2014-2020 (POAT 2014-2020), launched for public debate the draft Applicant's Guide for 2014-2020. For details click here.
The Ministry of European Funds, through the Management Authority of the Competitiveness Operational Programme (POC) 2014-2020 and the Ministry for the Information Society, through the Intermediary Body for Promoting the Information Society, annouced the launch for public debate of the draft Applicants' Guide for private beneficiaries - Action 2.2.1. For details click here.​
Daniel Constantin, the minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, along with Prime Minister Victor Ponta, participated on March 25th in the conference announcing the launch of the applications session for the first National Rural Development Programme (NRDP, i.e. PNDR 2014-2020) measures: 4.1 Investments in farming, 6.1 Support for start-up young farmers, 19.1 Support for creating rural development strategies (LEADER).
source: MADR
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development published, on March 19th, on its website, the final versions of Annex II to the National Rural Development Programme (NRDP), which includes the zoning of fruit farming, the methodology for the study and the values for the standard costs and contribution in nature applicable to submeasure 4.1a. For details click here.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development invited all interested parties on March 25th, at its headquarters, starting at 10.00 am, to participate in the conference for launching the first applications session for financing opportunities through the National Rural Development Programme (PNDR) 2014-2020: 4.1 - Investments in farming, 6.1 - Support for young, start-up farmers and 19.1 - Support for creating rural development strategies (LEADER).
For details click here.
Zanda Kalnina-Lukasevica, parliamentary secretary at the Latvian ministry of foreign affairs, presented the Latvian EU presidency's agenda during the 504th plenary session of CESE. The digital era and climate change are among the priorities of the new leadership. For details click here.
Summaries for the measures of the National Rural Development Programme (PNDR) 2014-2020 were published on the website of the Ministry of Agriculture in Romania in March. Download the documents here.
The Ministry of Agriculture published, on March 12th, the final version of the methodology for the agricultural potential study and the list of areas with vegetable and animal production potential. Download the documents here.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development published a study regarding the update of the list of areas in Romania which are naturally constrained of suffer from other specific constraints, as well as a list of communes which fit the category. For details click here.
Romania will launch, by assuming responsibility, the first sessions for NRDP 2014-2020 projects on March 25th, on the measures regarding investments in farms (4.1) and investments for young farmers (6.1), since the negotiations with the European Commission on these two measures came to an end. For details click here.
Daniel Constnatin, minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, visited on March 12th, along with European commissioner for Regional Development Corina Cretu and Phil Hogan, European commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, as well as Eugen Teodorovici, minister of European Funds, a swine enhancement farm and a unit for producing combined forage, both owned by SC Suinprod Radic SRL - financed through the national rural development programme (NRDP) 2007-2013. For details click here.
DG Agriculture and Rural Development within the European Commission published a presentation on the stages of approval or implementation of rural development programmes in the member states of the European Union. For details click here.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development published, on March 5th, the draft versions of the Applicant's Guides for submeasure 4.1 (investments in farming), 6.1 (support for young farmers) and 19.1 (support for creating local development strategies), which set the conditions and criteria for accessing European funds through the National Rural Development Programme (PNDR) 2014-2020. For details click here and here.
The Ministry of European Funds organised the first reunion of the Monitoring Committee of the Operational Programme Technical Assistance 2014-2020 on Feburary 26th. During the meeting, it approved the members and the list of rules for the organising and functioning of the Committee, as well as the mechanism of approving the projects to be financed by this programme.
For details click here.
The Ministry of European Funds organised the Monitoring Committee for the Operational Programme Competitivity (POC) 2014-2020 on February 25th, and it was the first such reunion for discussing the implementation of European funds during 2014-2020. Minister Eugen Teodorovici said during the meeting that calls for projects will be launched in March.
For details in Romanian click here.
The European Commission adopted, on February 25th, the operational programmes Administrative Capacity and Human Capital, which are financed from the Social European Fund 2014-2020.
For details on the operational programme Administrative Capacity click here.
For details on the operational programme Human Capital click here.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development published on its website the draft of the Operational Programme for Fishing and Marine Affairs (POPAM) 2014-2020.
For details in Romanian click here.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MADR) published a new draft order on its website referring to the approval of the state support scheme "Stimulating regional development through investments, including in the fruit sector, for processing and marketing agricultural products in order to obtain non-agricultural products".
For details in Romanian click here.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development published the draft descriprion, metodology and study concerning agricultural and processing potential, which will be used in the NDRP 2014-2020. This study will be used to establish the agricultural, depository and processing potential of primary agricultural products in every administrative territorial unit in Romania. For details in Romanian click here.
The Agency for Financing Rural Investments (AFIR) clarified a series of issues regarding the Database of Reference Prices. Read the full translation of the press release below.
"The beneficiaries of the National Rural Development Programme (PNDR) who use the Database of Reference Prices of AFIR which applies to PNDR, and who do so for buying directly machinery and equipment, must pay special attention to the following aspects:
For reimbursments, the individual beneficiary will present the selling-buying contract along with the conformity certificate of the product, in which the BRAND AND MODEL must be IDENTICAL TO THOSE REGISTERED IN THE DATABASE of Reference Prices, as well as an Annex in which the equipment standard of the product must be detailed and must contain the minimal endowments mentioned in the Database.
If the BRAND AND MODEL are not identical to those registered in the Database and the EQUIPMENT STANDARD does not fulfill at least the minimal endowments mentioned in the Database, THE BENEFICIARY WILL NOT BE REIMBURSED FOR THE PRODUCT AND WILL COVER THE FULL COST OF THE PRODUCT."
The European Commission (EC) approved 18 Rural Development Programmes (RDPs) covering 13 member states, on February 13th.
For details, click here.
The draft project for the National Framework of Implementing the National Rural Development Program (PNDR) 2014-2020 was published on the Ministry of Agriculture's website.
For details, click here.
