Rural Development Policies in European Union Membership Process: Evaluation in case of Turkey and Albania

This study examines situation of Turkey and Albanian rural areas and problems areasin the context of EU integration. The new policy instruments and their using to adoptCAP reforms in these countries were discussed in the study. Furthermore, Instrumentfor Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) funds was review for both countries. As a resultthese funds will be carried out just four sector, milk, meat, chicken, and fruitvegetableand aqua products for 2007-2013 period (290 million Euro) in Turkey.Albania look like as a potential member of EU, the limited efficiency of Albanianagriculture, the output and income generated from agriculture is low, as compared toEU standards. To promote EU standards, 1323 million Euro (the share of IPA is 4.6 % oftotal amount) will be used for 2008-2010 for integration to EU by Albania