TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO SUPPORT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RURAL DEVELOPMENT SECTOR PROGRAMME - NORTHERN PART OF CYPRUS

Beneficiary: Turkish Cypriot Community
Project Start Date: 09/2008
Duration: 75.5 Months
Project Objectives and Results:
The overall objective of the programme is to establish a Programme Management Unit (PMU), responsible for the monitoring of the implementation of all Rural Development Support Programme grant schemes in the Northern part of Cyprus, working closely with the European Union Task Force for the Turkish Cypriot community.
The achieved results of the project are as follows:
Result 1: Assessment of all rural development grant scheme proposals submitted by applicants
Result 2: Assisting for the smooth and effective implementation of grant scheme projects (rural development and community development), including the pilot rural development grant scheme
Result 3: Design and implementation of a training programme to improve the knowledge of administrators and grant beneficiaries with attention to the rules governing the implementation of grant scheme projects financed by the EU
Result 4: Assisting the management of the other RDSP components for the preparation of supply tender dossiers, their contracting and subsequent monitoring and reporting; the supply tenders will be in the fields of crop and animal husbandry (e.g. irrigation and laboratory equipment)
Result 5: Assisting the Contracting Authority in the monitoring of service, supply and works contracts of the RDSP components
Result 6: Contribution to the easy access of all stakeholders and the interested public to information regarding the implementation of the RDSP
Target Groups:
- Turkish Cypriot stakeholders and experts in the field of rural development and target groups in the rural community inter alia community groups
- Individual households
- Farmers
- Representative organisations, cooperatives
- Agri-food processors
- SMEs
- Companies
- Local action groups, cooperatives
- Non-governmental organisations, etc.
Reference Number: EuropeAid/125242/C/SER/CY