IPARD is an integral part of the broader EU pre-accession strategy under the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA).
This will be done, for example, through:
- improving manure and waste
management,
- modernisation of assets,
- renewable energy production
and increasing energy efficiency,
- organic production,
- transfer of innovative and
environmentally friendly
technologies, and
- climate-sound farming
production methods.
The programme provides also a significant contribution to the implementation of the Economic and Investment Plan for the Western Balkans Six; hence to the long-term economic recovery of the region and convergence with the European Union.
Furthermore, IPARD programmes support investments to align with EU standards, including upgrading
buildings, machinery, and equipment. They also help establishing short supply chains, increasing rural areas growth potential and their attractiveness to prevent depopulation via better infrastructure, diversifying income-generating economic activities and fostering rural employment, in particular among women and youth.