Description
On 2 December 2022, Italy’s CAP Strategic Plan 2023–2027 (PSP) was approved by a European Commission Implementing Decision (C(2022) 8645 final). The approval of the PSP comes at the end of a complex process of negotiation and consultation with the European Commission, which began with the notification of the first draft strategy on 31 December 2021.
Italy’s PSP, approved on 2 December 2022, has been amended by subsequent versions approved by decisions of the European Commission.
With regard to the EU’s rural development objectives supported by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD), funding is implemented at provincial level through specific measures, for which the Autonomous Province of Trento has drawn up the document entitled “Programming Supplement for Rural Development of the CAP Strategic Plan 2023–2027” (CSR), the first version of which was adopted by Provincial Executive Resolution No. 262 of 17 February 2023. For rural development in Trentino, 17 measures have been launched, with a total of €198,960,232 in available funding, comprising a co-financing rate of 40.70% from EU funds, 41.51 per cent from national funds and 17.79 per cent from provincial funds.
The strategic choices that shaped the rural development policies for the Trentino region for the 2023–2027 programming period were decided during 2022, by Provincial Executive Resolution No. 1543 of 26 August 2022. In summary, the measures to be implemented range from biodiversity to support for mountain areas, from the competitiveness of agricultural holdings to the development of rural areas, from specific investments in the processing and marketing of agricultural products to diversification into non-agricultural activities, from support for organic production areas to the management of meadows and pastures, right through to support for young farmers and training.