Contribution of EU funds to the development of human capital in rural areas

Gabriela Tigu (), Laura Marinas () and Ileana Valimareanu Mircioi ()
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Gabriela Tigu: Bucharest University of Economic Studies
Laura Marinas: Bucharest University of Economic Studies
Ileana Valimareanu Mircioi: Bucharest University of Economic Studies

International Conference on Competitiveness of Agro-food and Environmental Economy Proceedings, 2015, vol. 4, 356-367

Abstract: The paper aims to explore at which extent the investments in human capital in rural areas could contribute to rural development and competitiveness. European Union is investing substantial resources for faster growth and competitiveness, addressing the faster development needs of the regions lagging development under cohesion policy. The EU cohesion policy emphasizes the role of the urban areas to reduce disparities in economic development, employment and opportunities between the most advanced and the most disadvantaged areas of the Union, while the rural development pillar under Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) focuses on promoting competitiveness and developed 1ment of rural areas. Since the economic and social patterns, as well as the development indicators of the rural areas deviate very much from the average EU values (European Commission, 2014a), the goal of reducing the regional development disparities cannot be achieved unless urban and rural development needs are considered together with the cohesion policy. The paper is based on the assumptions that: (a) investments in human capital are considered drivers underpinning competitiveness and development in both urban and rural areas (Marinas L., 2015) and (b) under scarcity of available local resources, the effective EU funds under cohesion and rural development policies could significantly complement local investments to human capital development in rural areas. The paper also aims to assess at which extent the EU funds within 2007- 2013 programming period have contributed to rural human capital development.

Keywords: human capital; European Social Fund; rural development European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development; Romanian rural development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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