Activities of Kent JOHANSSON related to 2013/2098(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on regional branding: towards best practice in rural economies PDF (219 KB) DOC (125 KB)
Amendments (11)
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas European rural development policy, which is part of the second pillar of the CAP, was officially recognised in the context of the Agenda 2000 reform, whereas that reform gave rural development policy a status beyond that of a social and structural policy implemented merely as an adjunct to policy on agricultural markets, and whereas that rural development policy, which is seen as being closely bound up with regional policy, is now increasingly geared towards territorial approaches;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the rural development instruments available to the Member States under the current rural development regulation offer them and their regions many different ways of promoting a territorial approach, in particular through the LEADER instrument, and whereas existing rural development programmes do not make sufficient use of these possibilitiesshould be encouraged to use these instruments in an even more efficient and comprehensible way in the future;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas successful and comprehensive rural development programmes can have a concrete positive impact on employment rates and the competitiveness of businesses in rural areas, and thus reduce the risk of unemployment or that as a result of low rural incomes inhabitants live in abject poverty;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas regional quality branding can contribute to the development of territorial economies by broadening the concept of quality through the use of schemes for the delivery of sets of high-quality goods and services which are inextricably interlinked and which embody the specific characteristics of each territory, and in particular its heritage (historical, cultural, geographical, etc.); whereas, as a result, these sets of goods and services come to be seen as unique, generating revenue at territorial level and opening up new opportunities on local and international markets;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas regional quality branding can contribute to the development of territorial economies by broadening the concept of quality through the use of schemes for the delivery of sets of high-quality goods and services which are inextricably interlinked and which embody the specific characteristics of each territory, and in particular its heritage (historical, cultural, geographical, etc.); whereas, as a result, these sets of goods and services come to be seen as unique, generating revenue at territorial level and opening up new opportunities on local and international markets;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas official European quality labels already exist (Protected Designation of Origin, Protected Geographical Indictation, Traditional Specialty Guaranteed) and the number of both European and Third country products carrying them continues to increase;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the concept of ‘community- led local development’, on the basis of which the Member States are encouraged to employ the LEADER approach in their management of measures to be taken under the Structural Funds and the Social Fund; calls on the Member States to implement this concept and to ensure that its implementation is not thwarted by a lack of cooperation among the ministries and other administrative bodies involved in managing this innovative new approach;.
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Member States and their regional authorities to promote more dynamic forms of participatory governance as a way of implementing collective territorial development projects which are not confined to the farming sector, on the basis of the gradual recognition of the identity of each territory, as defined and informed by its heritage; notes that these forms of governance are based on complex partnerships between actors and bodies, whose work must be coordinated and therefore, calls on the Member States to create a platform for sharing best practice;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Points out that the measures taken to coordinate that governance are of decisive importance for the future of territories, in particular the most vulnerable among them; emphasises that they make it possible, by promoting a collective sense of ownershiplocal actors like producer's organisations, associations and chambers of commerce to collaborate with the public sector, not only to define the extent and the nature of each territory, but also to organise territories more effectively with a view to identifying the full potential their resources (including latent resources) offer, in the interests of all the actors involved, who are linked by a relationship of interdependence and solidarity; notes that the purpose of this strategic coordination is to tap resources which cannot be exploited by means of a sectoral or single-industry approach and instead call for the employment of territorial approaches which generate new revenue at territorial level through the marketing of sets of complementary goods and services which reflect the specific characteristics of each territory;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Urges the CommissionMember States to ensure that future rural development programmes earmark sufficient resources to facilitate these forms of territorial governance by drawing on and strengthening the measures concerning cooperation, coordination, exchanges, networks, innovation and training provided for in the new rural development regulations;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to develop an approach tocontinue to develop its three official recoquality labels (Protected Designiation of regOrigin, Protected Geographical Indication, Traditional quSpeciality branding based on an objective assessment of the governanGuaranteed) which are already established and increasingly recognised by consumers, and to concentrate resources ofn the territorial development process, focusing in particular on the steps taken to incorporate the social, economic and environmental dimensions,se clearly defined labels rather than creating new ones, to enable them to contribute to both the dieversity of thelopment of rural areas economic andally, social actors involved in promoting regional quality branding and the quality of the set of specific goods and services which they can offerly and environmentally, and the development of quality EU products to the greatest extent possible;