RURAL RURAL REGENERATIONREGENERATION

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Andrea FugaroResponsible for Development Policies

WHO IS COLDIRETTI ?WHO IS COLDIRETTI ?Coldiretti is the most important Italian

agricultural organization.It was created in 1944 and represents

54% of all Italian farmers.

SOME FIGURES:SOME FIGURES:• 1.4 million members• 19 regional federations• 90 subregional federations• 724 local offices• 5,668 sections

REGENERATING AGRICULTURE:REGENERATING AGRICULTURE:THE PROJECT OF COLDIRETTITHE PROJECT OF COLDIRETTI

“To regenerate agriculture” means to discover once again and to underline the core function of

agriculture in a new society, where the relationship between consumer and farmer

becomes more and more important, above all concerning the food quality and the integration of

the farms in the territory.

The borders of our project move from the agricultural sector to the whole society

MULTIFUNCTIONNALITYMULTIFUNCTIONNALITY

REGENERATING RURAL REGENERATING RURAL TERRITORIESTERRITORIES

Stronger local economies• Tourism, handicraft, …• Infrastructures• Good governance (PPP, bottom-up

approach) at the economy’s serviceBetter quality of life• Basic Services• Resources Management

IS THAT ENOUGH TO IS THAT ENOUGH TO REGENERATE RURAL REGENERATE RURAL

TERRITORIES?TERRITORIES?

SYNERGIESSYNERGIESDiversification means no regeneration if there

are no SYNERGIES between:

• Different sectors (Agriculture, Handicraft, Industry, Tourism, Services, …)

• All the actors of rural territories (Public Administration, Economic and Social

organizations, NGOs,…)

• All the policies operating on a specific territory (Rural development, Cohesion, CAP,

Environmental policy, other EU, national and local initiatives)

THE WAY TO GO to THE WAY TO GO to REALISE a RURAL REALISE a RURAL REGENERATIONREGENERATION

• Strategic approach for ALL the policies

operating in rural areas;

• Integrated implementation INSIDE the

rural development policy (between

different axes) and WITH the OTHER

policies (cohesion, CAP…);

THE WAY TO GO to THE WAY TO GO to REALISE a RURAL REALISE a RURAL REGENERATIONREGENERATION

• To valorize the agricultural element in

the rural territory;

• To avoid any risk of isolation from

both the agricultural and the other

stakeholders’ point of view;

• To exploit every kind of synergy.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR

KIND ATTENTION!

Andrea FugaroResponsible for

Development Policies

a.fugaro@coldiretti.it