Scottish Government

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Contents

Chapter 1: Title

Chapter 2: Member State and Administrative Region
2.1. Geographical area covered by the Programme
2.2. Regions classified as 'Convergence' objective

Chapter 3: Scotland - Analysis of the current situation
3.1. Analysis of the current situation including strengths and weaknesses
3.1.1. General socio-economic context of rural Scotland
3.1.2. Performance of the agricultural, forestry and food sectors
3.1.3. Environment and land management
3.1.4. Rural economy and quality of life
3.1.5. LEADER
3.2. Strategic approach to Scotland's Strengths and Weaknesses
3.3. The ex ante evaluation
3.4. Impact from the previous programming period
3.4.1. Description of the 2000-06 SRDP and the resources allocated
3.4.2. Key findings from the evaluations of the 2000-06 Programme
3.4.3. Supplementary measures associated with the 2000-06 SRDP
3.5. Key lessons learned from the 2000-06 programming period

Chapter 4: Priorities and Objectives of the Programme
4.1. Justification of the priorities chosen having regard to the Community Strategic Guidelines and the National Strategy Plan
4.1.1. Scotland's approach
4.1.2. Principles of support
4.2. Expected impacts deriving from the ex ante evaluation with regard to the priorities chosen
4.2.1. Summary of the ex ante evaluation
4.2.2. How the results of the ex ante evaluation were taken into account
4.2.3. Expected impacts and synergies between Axes

Chapter 5: Axes and measures
5.1. General requirements
5.2. Requirements concerning all or several measures
5.3. Information required for Axes and measures
Appendix. Development of Land Managers Options and Packages

Chapter 6: Finance
6.1. Annual contribution from the EAFRD (in EUR)
6.2. Financial plan by Axis (in EUR total period)
6.3. On-going expenditure under the 2000-06 Programme

Chapter 7: Indicative Financial Breakdown by Rural Development Measure

Chapter 8: Additional National Financing

Chapter 9: State Aids

Chapter 10: Complementarity with other EU-funded Programmes and with domestic funding
10.1. Managing complementarity with funding through other Community instruments
10.2. Complementarity and demarcation lines within Axes 1, 2 and 3
10.3. Demarcation criteria for Axis 4 ( LEADER)
10.4. Complementarity with other Community instruments
10.5. EU Fruit and Vegetable Aid Scheme

Chapter 11: Competent Authorities and Responsible Bodies
11.1. Managing Authority
11.2. Accredited Paying Agency
11.3. UK Co-ordinating Body
11.4. Certification Body
11.5. Summary of Management and Control Structure
11.6. Accounting, X Tables and Annual Certification of Accounts
11.7. Management and Controls

Chapter 12: Monitoring and Evaluation
12.1. Monitoring and evaluation systems
12.2. Monitoring Committee

Chapter 13: Communications
13.1. Communication Plan and target groups
13.2. Actions to facilitate communication

Chapter 14: Consultation
14.1. Designation of the partners consulted
14.2. Results of the consultation

Chapter 15: Equality

Chapter 16: Technical assistance
16.1 The UK National Rural Network
16.2 The National Rural Network in Scotland

ANNEXES:

Annex 1: Ex ante evaluation of the 2007-13 SRDP
Annex 2: Strategic Environmental Assessment of the 2007-13 SRDP
Annex 3: Description of measures
Annex 4: Payment Calculations
Annex 5: State Aid provisions
Annex 6: Key organisations consulted on the design and implementation of the 2007-13 SRDP
Annex 7: Summary of the results of the consultation and the response of the Scottish Executive