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Identification details
Official title of the project	Strengthening the capacities of the Republic of Serbia for the absorption of EU Rural Development funds in pre-accession period
Website	https://moss.mvh.gov.hu/twinning/ /
Region/City	South_Backa, Macva
Sector(s)	Agriculture
Budget / EC contribution	1,999,999.00 €
Implementation period	01 January 2010 - 01 January 2012
Expected results	IPARD Agency (IA) established in line with EU requirements. Managing Authority (MA) established in line with EU requirements. Training Plan elaborated and implemented for the IPARD Agency and Managing Authority.
Beneficiary	Republic of Serbia – Ministry of Agriculture, Trade, Forestry and Water Management
Partners	Hungary - Hungarian Agricultural and Rural Development Agency, Austria - Austrian Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management, Agrarmarkt Austria, Germany - German Federal Ministry for Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection, who delegates its part to the Bavarian Ministry for Food, Agriculture and Forestry
Contact details	Rainer Freund Project manager rainer.freund@ec.europa.eu +381 11 3083 200 Agnes Dobrotka Project administrator dobrotka.agnes@mvh.gov.hu +381 15 367 517 Katalin Langer Project administrator langer.katalin@mvh.gov.hu +36 1 219 6248 Katalin Juhasz Project administrator juhasz.katalin2@mvh.gov.hu +36 70 655 6862
Summary
Summary of the project (up to 1500 characters)	The purpose of the project is to support the sustainable adaptation/harmonization of the Ministry of Agriculture, Trade, Forestry and Water Management to the acquis communautaires related to the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) in order to prepare the Republic of Serbia for the accession to the EU.
Main goal of the project (up to 800 characters)	The main goal of the project is to strengthen the institutional capacities of competent bodies within the Serbian Ministry of Agriculture, Trade, Forestry and water Management in order to implement the Rural Development component of the Instrument for Pre-Accession (IPARD)(Council Regulation No 1085/2006 and No 718/2007).
Specific objectives (up to 800 characters)	This project will contribute to the: Setting-up of the Paying Agency (PA) and the Managing Authority (MA) within the MAFWM, in line with EU requirements; Improvement of the IT system; Elaboration and implementation of a training plan focusing on the CAP, IPA, IPARD, etc.; The harmonization of by-laws with EU regulations.