Launching EU funded project on “Mainstreaming of the National Land Consolidation Programme”

The European Union recently allocated financial assistance to help agricultural land owners and rural communities address the problem of land fragmentation in The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

The “Mainstreaming of the National Land Consolidation Programme” – or MAINLAND – project will be implemented by FAO in cooperation with the country’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Economy. With a value of EUR 2.5 million, it will run for 3.5 years. An official launch event took place on 8 May in Skopje. Some 50 people attended the launch event, including representatives of project partners and other involved groups: the Delegation of the European Union in Skopje, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Economy, the Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning, the Agency for Real Estate Cadastre, the National Extension Agency, the Agency for Financial Support to Agriculture and Rural Development, the Chamber of Certified Engineers, the Association of the Units of Local Self-government of the Country, the Federation of Farmers, the Faculty of Agriculture Sciences and Food, the Agriculture Institute, and representatives of civil society and the media.