Sp. Libanos: The yields recorded by the Rural Development Program are exceptional

Particularly satisfactory were the results recorded by the Rural Development Program (RDP) 2014-2020 as it was recorded at the completion of 2021, with the effort made to accelerate and improve its key implementation indicators and in fact in a very difficult economic and social situation due to the coronavirus pandemic.

As the Minister of Rural Development and Food, Spilios Libanos, stated to the Athenian-Macedonian News Agency, “the Rural Development Program with its significant resources and its multidimensional character is the main financial instrument we have at the Ministry of Regional Development and Development to support our development. in a particularly difficult economic and social situation due to the pandemic “.

According to him, “with its excellent performance, the systematic, methodical and intensive effort made by all those involved in its implementation, political leadership, general secretariat of Union Resources and Infrastructure, services of the ministry and the regions, is confirmed once again. managing authorities and OPEKEPE, proving our firm commitment to the goals we have set from the first moment for the productive reconstruction of Greek Georgia through the promotion of the necessary reforms, the encouragement of investments and the improvement of its competitiveness and sustainability “.

On his part, the Deputy Minister of Rural Development and Food, George Stylios, pointed out to APE-MPE that “our main priority at the Ministry of Rural Development and Food is to complete the financial programs on schedule. With simple and fast procedures. Our goal is the Greeks. “Primary and secondary sector entrepreneurs should receive funding in a timely and transparent manner” and added: “The performance of the Rural Development Program for 2021 has shown that we model of Greek agriculture, in the digital transformation and in the protection of the environment “.

The inclusion of projects in the RDP in 2021 is over 117%

Characteristic is the progress made for the implementation of the RDP as the inclusions of projects exceeded 117% and the legal commitments 106% of its total resources, in terms of public expenditure, with all the new calls for measures and actions of the RDP within the year to reach 900 million.

The absorption of the resources of the Rural Development Program was also high, which reached 77%, before the integration of the additional resources of the transitional period 2021-22, with annual public expenditure payments of the order of 735 million euros, a performance that is included in the better over time and of course at the highest in relation to the overall progress of the implementation of the NSRF Operational Programs.

Particularly important in achieving the payment target was the contribution of the Improvement Plan investment measure, in which the highest payments were made from any other year and program period, reaching 168 million euros.

As the officials of the Ministry of Regional Development and Infrastructure pointed out to APE-MPE “with these performances, the RDP exceeded the target of the NSRF for the year 2021, contributing one of the largest amounts of payments to the Public Investment Program and consequently inflow of community funds in the country”.

Finally, they added, “it also exceeded the obligations of the n + 3 rule, the payment target set by the EU for the year 2021, while a significant percentage of the payment target for the year 2022 has been met”.

Source: AMPE

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Source From: Capital

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