TIRANA, Sept 10 /ATA/ – Experts from the National Paying Agency and the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Lithuania will provide a one-week training for the staff of Albania’s Agricultural and Rural Development Agency (ARDA) on managing irregularities, risk and fraud in the IPARD II program.
The training programme hosted by the Technical Assistance and Information Exchange instrument of the European Commission (TAIEX)) is designed to build mechanism on planning a vigilant strategy, which will seek to address problems and irregularities arising from documentation fraud.
The Agricultural and Rural Development Agency is the institution tasked with supporting Albania’s agricultural and rural development through support and assistance to food sector entrepreneurs, preparing the institution to benefit from EU budget funding, restructuring, modernization and specialization in products and markets. specific to the country’s competitive advantages.
ARDA is an accredited institution managing EU funds and it is focused on promoting sustainable development of agriculture and diversifying rural economy through grants provided by the state budget, the European Union, the World Bank and the Government of Sweden.
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