The new look at CRAFT (Ceredigion Recycling and Furniture Team) in Aberystwyth - May 2006 who have renovated the disused railway platform for their new premises. CRAFT received £1.4m in Objective 1 Funds.

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Sir Mansel Lewis at the Teifi Valley Railway Launch in June 06. The project received £11k in Wales Tourist Board Grants an Objective 1 Grants for Tourism Businesses.

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Rural Development Plan

EU Funds 2007-13 || Convergence Funding || Rural Development Plan ||

European Territorial Cooperation Programmes || European Fisheries Fund

      Ceredigion RDP Strategy

Commission Regulation 1698/2005 provides Member States with a framework on support for rural development through the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development for the next programming period 2007-2013.

The commission has developed four main objectives (axis) for rural development policy for the period 2007-13 to ensure the sustainable development of rural areas:

• Increasing the competitiveness of the agricultural sector through support for restructuring (Axis 1);
• Enhancing the environment and countryside through support for land management (including rural development actions related to Natura 2000 sites) (Axis 2);
• Enhancing the quality of life in rural areas and promoting diversification of economic activities through measures targeting the farm sector and other rural actors (Axis 3);
• Enhancing the use of the Leader approach which provides a bottom- up, community driven approach using local partnerships to inform the implementation of the other three axes (Axis 4).

Axis 1 and 2 will be managed and coordinated by the Welsh Assembly Government, Axis 3 will be coordinated by the Ceredigion Economic Regeneration Partnership, and Axis 4 will be coordinated by the Stronger Communities Partnership. There is uncertainty surrounding the start date of the convergence programmes but it is likely to be in the Winter of 2007.

For further information on Axis 3 and 4 visit WAG website - Rural Development Plan

For further information via telephone ring 01545 572 063.

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