Competitiveness for meat sector, the milestone for the food industry in Romania.

1. Competitiveness for meat sector, the milestone for the food industry in Romania. The EU financing impact

2. The Paying Agency for Rural Development and Fisheries (P.A.R.D.F.), under the subordination of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development was set up from February 27th, 2006, by re-organizing the SAPARD Agency. The Paying Agency for Rural Development and Fisheries provides for the technical and financial implementation of the European Agriculture Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and has entirely taken over the unrolling and monitoring of the SAPARD Programme.

3. Funds available through for Romania 2000 – 2013 Agriculture & Rural Development 2000 – 2006 – SAPARD Programme: 1,521,449,565 Euro Effective absorption: 1.34 billion Euro – 88.60% 2007 – 2013 – EAFRD and NPRD: 10 billion Euro Up to date absorption: 5.2 billion Euro – over 50%

4. The EU financing in the meat sector • SAPARD Programme • “Investments in agricultural holdings” – 259 million Euro; • “Improvement of the transformation and marketing of the agricultural and fishery products” – 379 million Euro;

5. The EU financing in the meat sector - SAPARD “Investments in agricultural holdings” (Animal farming)

6. The EU financing in the meat sector • “Investments in agricultural holdings” (Animal farming) • 77% of holdings had an increase of the gross income, after the SAPARD financing. • at national level, the investments increased in food and beverages industry between 2002 - 2008 almost by 300%. • 22% of the beneficiaries commercialize products with quality labels, these labels insuring also the fulfillment of EU quality standards.

7. The EU financing in the meat sector - SAPARD “Improvement of the transformation and marketing of the agricultural and fishery products” (Meat and eggs processing)

8. The EU financing in the meat sector - SAPARD • “Improvement of the transformation and marketing of the agricultural and fishery products” (Meat and eggs processing) • - The investments done with this Measure had positive effects on maintaining and creating new jobs. More detailed, the investment determined the employment of personnel (67%) and contributed to maintaining jobs in better conditions (23%). • 70% of the beneficiaries - increase of productivity. • - 60% of the beneficiaries could create scale economies in their companies.

9. The EU financing in the meat sector - SAPARD • SAPARD lessons: • A special attention should be paid to communication with the public and stakeholders. • The need to provide the beneficiaries with co-financing facilities. • The need of structuring the information and the existence of a coherent approach at the country level. • Taking over the risk through financial engineering operations. • Better regulations on tenders.

10. The EU financing in the meat sector • EAFRD & NPDR (meat sector) • “Young farmers” – 331 million Euro (9,414 contracted projects – 208 million Euros); • “Modernization of agricultural holdings” – 1.04 billion Euro (2,024 contracted projects – 774 million Euro) ; • “Increasing the added value of agricultural and forestry products” – 1.08 billion Euro (1,026 contracted projects – 796 million Euro).

11. The EU financing in the meat sector – EAFRD & NPDR • “Modernization of agricultural holdings” – 1.04 billion Euro (2,023 contracted projects – 774 million Euro) ;

12. The EU financing in the meat sector – EAFRD & NPDR • “Increasing the added value of agricultural and forestry products” – 1.08 billion Euro (1,026 contracted projects – 796 million Euro).

13. The EU financing in the meat sector – EAFRD & NPDR • EAFRD & NPDR – mid-term lessons: • Close surveillance of the project execution; • Encouraging the associations and producers’ groups; • Facilitate the access of land; • Tenders surveillance.

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