Comparative analysis of EU Rural Development Policy in Central and Eastern European Countries and the Netherlands

In this study a comparative analysis of the implementation of EU Rural Development Policy (second pillar of the CAP) in the Central and Eastern European Countries (CEECs) and the Netherlands is made. The aim is to identify themes where cooperation between the Netherlands and CEECs could be established. As a first step, the rural development situation in the countries is analysed and compared, mainly by means of data analysis and literature study. Then, the Rural Development Plans are compared, and finally the study touches upon the supervision and implementation of rural development policy. Cooperation between the Netherlands and the CEECs in the field of EU Rural Development Policy seems to be most likely in the field of agri-environmental measure