New Concepts for Rural Development in the Strategies and Policies of the European Union

Abstract

Subject and purpose of work: The subject of the analysis is the concept of rural development in the European Union countries and its connection with the evolution of the common agricultural policy and the transformation of the cohesion policy. The aim of the study is to discover and assess the scale and method of supporting the rural development in the European Union countries through common agricultural policy and to present the underlying theoretical-cognitive and political-practical premises for shaping rural development strategies.

Keywords

• common agricultural policy
• cohesion policy
• multifunctional development
• smart village
• partnership
• o13
• q18
• r11