EXPERTISE > Rural Development
The ultimate goal of rural development is to improve the standard of living of the rural population which includes:
- creation of employment opportunities and an increase of household income
- improvement of the infrastructure, i.e. housing and housing opportunities, traffic and transport facilities, public transportation, shopping facilities, water supply and energy supply, medical care, the educational system and training programmes, social & cultural events
- sound socio-cultural and environmental conditions
- strengthening of the identification of local people with their village and region
Rural development is only successful if the elaboration of the regional concepts and their implementation is based on the responsible participation of the targeted rural community, and can only function within the complex context of nation-wide, regional and community development. Based on many years of experience, ABG applied broad-based approaches to ensure sustainable implementation of the rural development strategies.
The key qualifications of ABG which refer to the above-mentioned project are as follows:
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Policy advice to administrations on national, regional and local level in development and implementation of Regional Development strategies. Extensive experience of collaboration with governments and local administrations.
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Integration of rural development strategies in the broader actions aimed at Rural Development on the national and regional level (specialised credit lines, national Rural Development Plans, etc)
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International experience of rural advisory services development systems, including elaboration of strategies, policy advise, support to nation-wide associations, SMEDA networks, etc
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Capacity building in local consulting services, including service package development, specific training, branches network development, dissemination strategies, etc
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Development of specialised services and farmers self-help groups, including business planning units, veterinary service, machinery rings
- Rural tourism promotion