The RDPE will focus on a number of priorities which have been agreed in partnership with a range of industry representatives and private businesses:
• Food and Drink
o Skills, training and knowledge transfer
o Supply chain development
o Competitiveness
o Trade and consumer awareness
• Tourism
o Sustainable tourism
o Environmental improvements
o Food tourism
o e-tourism
• Environmental technologies
o Environmentals goods and services
o Support innovation
o New markets
o Networking
o Training and skills
o Sites and premises
• Support for the livestock industry
o Knowledge transfer
o Efficient production
o Improve livestock quality
o Promote best practice
o Promote understanding of Environmental Legislation
o Animal health and welfare
• Community infrastructure, cohesion and development
o Places to meet, ‘recreate’ and communicate
o Inclusive and participative governance
o Develop and maintain voluntary groups and activities
o Positive culture of enterprise and economic purpose
o Access to ‘fit for purpose’ housing
• Environmental Stewardship; the new Energy Crops Scheme and the English Woodland Grant Scheme
o Conserve wildlife (biodiversity)
o Maintain and enhance landscape
o Protect the historic environment
o Natural resource protection and promote public access & understanding of the countryside
o Mitigate climate change
o Create and manage woodlands
For more information on the priorities, select the individual sections via the left hand menu. An explanation of how the Programme will be implemented in the region is explained in the Regional Implementation Plan. This is available to download from the 'Related Documents'.
Rural Development Programme for England Business Support is part of Solutions for Business, the Government's package of publicity funded business support delivered to help companies start and grow. More information on Solutions for Business is available here.
