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The National roundtable was organized following the nation-wide consultation process with the Drini, Arbëri, Egnatia and Vjosa regional forums, which took place in November 2018. Eight consultative meetings brought together around 250 participants representing farmers, civil society organizations, local authorities, including county councils and counties, agriculture directorates, universities and entrepreneurs in agro – tourism, agriculture, medicinal plants, livestock, beekeeping, etc.

The regional meetings followed the local forums organized in 12 Qarks of the country, and brought together about 120 participants.

The preparation of this position paper was triggered from concerns of farmers and rural entrepreneurs vis-à-vis the many challenges they face in ensuring complementary public support and assistance for their economic activities.
This position paper represents an effort to address some of the main challenges and provides recommendations to tackle the barriers that hinder the public support programs and instruments from being effective and produce tangible and sustainable results.

Civil society, business and local government representatives plea the Parliamentary Committee on Productive Activities, Trade and Environment, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, and other public institutions to BUILD a continuous DIALOGUE...

The Commentary “The LEADER approach and the 100-villages program – A Complementary and Synergetic Approach to Integrated Development of Rural Areas”.