AT-National Rural Development Program - AT - 2014-2020

Instrument/Program level: 
National
Program level area: 
AUSTRIA
Name of the instrument/Program: 
National Rural Development Program - AT
Instrument/Program eligible areas: 
AUSTRIA
Managing authority: 

Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management, Division II 2 - Coordination of Rural Development and Fisheries Fund

Objectives: 

Preservation of natural resources and cultural landscapes, building on the success of previous schemes;
To improve biodiversity, water and soil management with environmentally friendly management practices, by land use change to more climate-friendly practices;
To support the balanced territorial development of rural economies and communities.

Eligible thematics in line with ERC sectors: 
Applied life Sciences and Non-Medical Biotechnology
Earth System Science
Environment, Space and Population
Eligible thematics in line with S3: 
Climate Change Mitigation
Environmental Governance & Information
Environmental technologies, renewable energies & resource efficiency
Food & nutrition (ingredients and modification of food, materials, smart packaging, food quality, quality assurance, food production technologies)
Beneficiaries: 
Local public authority
Regional public authority
National public authority
Sectorial agency
Infrastructure and (public) service provider
Higher education and research
SME
Status of the eligible institutions: 
Public
Private
Public equivalent body
Field: 
Innovation
Program contribution minimum: 
50%
Program contribution maximum: 
80%
Program Budget: 
7 800 000 000,00 €