The Rural Development Programme for 2014–2020

The aim of the article is to present the Rural Development Program 2014–2020 as a new fund to support rural development in Poland. The Rural Development Programme for the period of 2014 until 2020 constitutes yet another, following the Rural Development Plan for 2004–2006 and the Rural Development Programme 2007–2013, fund financed by the EU, which has been established after Polish accession to the European Union. According to the assumptions, the RDP 2014–2020 will constitute a continuation and development of such directions of support as have been followed since Poland’s accession to the European Union, and will be particularly focused on issues related to the advancement of the competitiveness of agriculture, which issues are of particular importance from the point of view of the development of rural areas; moreover, due to structural problems and development challenges, the very advancement requires substantial and well–targeted support. The purpose of the Rural Development Programme for 2014–2020 is to improve the competitiveness of agriculture, and also to facilitate sustainable management of natural resources and climate action and balanced territorial development of rural areas.Uniwersytet Warszawsk