Scenarios for rural Europe, results of the Sub Rosa initiative

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Scenarios for rural Europe, results of the Sub
Rosa initiative

• Andrew Moxey
• www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Government/
• International-Relations/Europe/15181/18474

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Overview

• Sub Rosa background
• CAP reform background
• Scenarios
• Summary Questions

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Sub Rosa Initiative

• Two-day workshop Brussels, March 2007
• Highlands Islands Enterprise
• Scottish Enterprise
• Scottish Government
• Officials experts from across EU27
• Background paper, Sub Rosa discussions

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CAP reform background

• Pillar I decoupled single farm payment
  c.43bn/yr
• Pillar II rural development c.12bn/yr
• European Model of Agriculture multifunctionality
• 2008 CAP health-check
• 2009 EU budget review, 2013 end of financial
  perspective
• Competitiveness and Cohesion agendas
• Globalisation, climate change, societal
  demands...

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Two (of Three) Scenarios

• Pillar II four axes, many measures
• Maybe focus on environmental issues
  (externalities)?
• Maybe focus on rural development issues
  (cohesion)?
• What about Heterogeneity? Funding? Subsidiarity?

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Summary

• European Model of Agriculture
• Multifunctionality, complexity, heterogeneity
• Legacy effects of past CAP
• Evolving context agriculture does not exist in
  isolation
• Change is inevitable
• Need for clarity of objectives, synergies
  trade-offs
• Need for dialogue choices consequences

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Some questions

• What are the objectives for rural Europe?
• Sectoral vs. Territorial approaches?
• Pillar I vs. Pillar II vs. other policy funding?
• What is common? (renationalisation of measures
  funding?)