CONT-AGRI Joint Public Hearing on LEADER experiences, Brussel - Hoofdinhoud

On 22.11.2018, the Committees on Budgetary Control and on Rural Development will hold a joint public hearing on "Leader experiences - lessons learned and effectiveness of EU funds for rural development". The meeting is organised in an AGRI committee slot.

During CONT-AGRI joint public hearing, CONT Members will have the opportunity, in the presence of the Court of Auditors, the Commission and of experts, to discuss the following dimensions of the European rural development policy:

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  What indicators for rural development for monitoring and evaluation? The specific achievements of Leader.

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  Tracking overall inputs and outputs in rural development. How can we measure the added value of the Leader programme in the future?

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  The global impact of rural development programmes in rural areas

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  Local partnerships for rural development and innovation

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  Lessons from the past - how to improve LEADER in the future

Co-Rapporteurs: Ingebourg Gräßle (EPP) and Paolo de Catro (S&D)

Location: Brussels, meeting room: PHS 1A002 - 22/11/2018 from: 10.00 to 12.30

Last updated: 15-11-2018

European Parliament

2014 - 2019

Committee on Budgetary Control (CONT)

Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI)

DRAFT PROGRAMME

Joint hearing on

"Leader experiences- lessons learned and effectiveness of EU funds for rural development"

Thursday 22 November 2018, from 10.00 to 12.30

Brussels, Room PHS P1A002

10.00 - 10.10

10 min

Opening remarks and introduction:

Dr. Inge Gräßle, Chair of the Committee on Budgetary Control,

Paolo De Castro, Vice-Chair of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development

10.10 - 10.20

10 min

First part: Institutional and government perspective

What indicators for rural development for monitoring and evaluation?

The specific achievements of Leader.

Josefine Loriz-Hoffmann, Director, European Commission, DG AGRI

10.20 - 10.30

10 min

Tracking overall inputs and outputs in rural development. How can we measure the added value of the Leader programme in the future?

João Figueiredo, Member of the European Court of Auditors

10.30 - 10.40

10 min

The global impact of rural development programmes in rural areas

Alistair Prior, Head of Rural Network Support Unit, Rural Economy and Communities, Scottish Government

10.40 - 11.10

30 min

Questions, replies, debate

11.10 - 11.30

2 x 10 min

Second part: Stakeholder perspective

Local partnerships for rural development and innovation

Maria João Botelho, President of the European LEADER Association for Rural Development (ELARD)

Riccardo Fargione, Copa-Cogeca

11.30 - 11.50

2 x 10 minutes

Lessons from the past - how to improve LEADER in the future

Robert Lukesch, LEADER Evaluator

Paul Soto, Senior Policy Expert at the Contact Point of the European Network for Rural Development

11.50 - 12.20

30 min

Questions, replies, debate

12.20 - 12.30

10 min

Conclusion by Dr. Inge Gräßle, Chair of the Committee on Budgetary Control, and by Clara Eugenia Aguilera García, Vice-Chair of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development

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