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The Common Monitoring and Evaluation Framework
According to the European Commission:
The Common Monitoring and Evaluation Framework (CMEF) provides a single framework for monitoring and evaluation of all rural development interventions for the programming period 2007-2013. The CMEF establishes means for improving programme performance, ensuring the accountability of programmes and allowing an assessment on the achievement of established objectives.
At a European level, [...]
Ethics of Modern Development in Agricultural Technologies
On the 21st of January, 2009, the European Group on Ethics (EGE) met with Mariann Fischer Boel, the Commissioner responsible for Agriculture and Rural Development to present the main recommendations of the Group’s opinion on the ethical implications of modern developments in agriculture technologies.
Following a request from President Barroso, the EGE adopted in December an [...]
RDSU web site launched
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