Grants will be provided for the EU Aid Programme for Rural Development in North Cyprus.
Speaking during yesterday’s information meeting, Prime Minister Soyer explained that the government continues its determined works towards harmonization with the EU legislation.
An information meeting on the EU Aid Programme for Rural Development in North Cyprus was held yesterday.
The EU Rural Development Grant Scheme - will provide grants of between 15-thousand and 100-thousand euros for equipment such as milking machines, bulk storage tanks, tractors, cultivation and harvesting implements.
The aid programme is again being funded under the EU Financial Assistance Regulation for Turkish Cypriots.
The information meeting took place at the EU Programme Support Office last night.
Delivering the first speech, the Head of the EU Programme Support Office Alain Bothorel said the project gained its shape with close cooperation established between the EU Commission officials for rural development and Turkish Cypriot experts.
Mr Bothorel said applications for the implementation of the project should be delivered until 6 pm, the 17th of February.
Also speaking, Prime Minister Ferdi Sabit Soyer described the wide participation to the information meeting as a reflection of the strong Turkish Cypriot desire to get prepared for the EU process and become part of the EU itself.
Stating that there had been ups and downs in the realization of the EU Financial Assistance Regulation for Turkish Cypriots when the regulation was first approved by the EU institutions, Mr Soyer noted that new opportunities for the implementation of the Regulation appeared with the opening of the EU Programme Support Office in the north.
Soyer also stressed the importance of providing assistance to agricultural production in the TRNC in terms of raising food standards.
He added that the government has agreed on works necessary to be carried out for harmonization with the EU legislation.