Brussels, 04/02/2014 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has called on member states to prioritise simplicity when drawing up their rural development programmes (RDPs) for 2014-2020.
At a seminar organised by the European Rural Development Network on 29 January, European Commissioner for Agriculture Dacian Ciolos warned RDP authorities to avoid any temptations to design intricate programmes that addressed specific needs of many individual stakeholders and encouraged member states to...