On 1^st July, 2019, (Saturday), at the International Slavic University “G. R. Derzhavin” in Sveti Nikole, the second part of the trainings for Europian funding through Europian programs was held.

The lecture was about the European funds and programs for financial support of agriculture and rural development in the Republic of North Macedonia.

The lecture was divided into four parts, i.e. the following topics:

• Overview of the main EuropeanGrantsPrograms to support agriculture and rural areas. Horizon 2020, LIFE and other programs directly managed by the Europian Commission and the EU, applied directly in Brussels. Objectives, measures, open-ended calls for proposals in the field of agriculture and rural development.
• IPARD II program 2014-2020 -overview.

Measure “Investments in tangible assets of agricultural holdings”.

Measure “Investments in tangible assets for processing agricultural and fish products”.

• IPARD II program, for the period 2014-2020 – measure “Diversification on farms and business development”- How to prepare a successful project -basic rules and guidelines.
•  IPARD II program, for the period 2014-2020 – measure “Investments in rural, public infrastructure” – How to prepare a successful project – basic rules and guidelines.

Lecturers were Veselin Halachev – Chairman of United Business Clubs, chairman of the Board of Directors of the European Small Business Association (ESBA) – Brussels, with the portfolio “European Programs and European Funds”

and Kremena Dimitrova – member of the Board of directors of the United Business Clubs and Director of European funds department of the United Business Club.