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RDPE background and budgetRural Development Programme for England (RDPE) 2007 – 2013
Solutions for Business
Solutions for Business is a suite of highly targeted, publicly funded products and services offering solutions to real business needs and tackling market failure. Designed to drive qualifying businesses forward, it helps them to grow and succeed by providing help in a number of areas. These include starting up, understanding finance, developing people, environment and efficiency, exploiting ideas, international sales and marketing and growing your business. Solutions for Business helps you make the most of business opportunities and challenges. By targeting public money at real business needs, it helps businesses create sustainable success.
Introduction
emda is delivering the socio-economic elements of the Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE) 2007 – 2013.
Funded by Defra and the European Union, emda has approximately £60m available for projects in the East Midlands until 2013.
RDPE will mainly target land-based businesses in the East Midlands including farmers, foresters, horticulturists.
The criteria for projects to be eligible for grant funding includes:
- Adding value to agricultural, horticultural or forestry products – including the development of new products, processes and technologies
- Improving co-operation and collaboration between businesses to improve efficiency – including infrastructure and equipment investments
- Promoting diversification in the rural economy.
Use the links on the left to find out more about RDPE, including:
- Background and budget
- Eligible activity for the Core programme
- Livestock industry allocation
- Skills development and vocational training.
- £12m LEADER Approach
Follow the links below for further information on RDPE from the Defra and the European Commission.
Defra
http://www.defra.gov.uk/rural/rdpe/index.htm
European Commission
http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/rurdev/index_en.htm
For a general overview of RDPE and to read about projects we have funded, take a look at the 'Funding to help your land based business grow' document or alternatively, you can also view a short video of projects that have received RDPE grants below.
