Through the meeting the businesses will get an insight into the new rules of EU funding.

UniCredit Bulbank organizes a training seminar for stock-breeders, vegetable-growers and fruit-growers. On February 18 there will be a meeting with the local business in the town of Blagoevgrad at Ezerets Hotel. The aim of the project is the sector representatives in the relevant regions to get prepared for the new rules and requirements of the Common Agricultural Policy – Direct Payments and the Rural Development Programme about the stock-breeding, fruit-growing and vegetable-growing business.

The Institute for Agrostrategies and Innovation (IAI) will have a special role in the meeting with the agricultural producers. In this way the sector will get an insight into the possibilities for funding, farm innovation, for building up a more efficient and ecological production process and better marketing of their produce.

The two main topics of the seminars, organized by UniCredit Bulbank, cover direct payments and market support as well as the main EU measures to be applied in Bulgaria in the period 2014 – 2020.

For the new programme period until 2020, Bulgaria will receive slightly more than 7.7 billion euro for the sectors of Agriculture and Fisheries. Under EU's Common Agricultural Policy – the planned amount of direct payments to our country is 5.3 billion euro and under the Rural Development Programme their amount is 2.3 billion euro. Under the Maritime and Fisheries programme 88 million euro may be utilized in the next five years.

Since the beginning of the year, more than 2000 agricultural producers have learned about the possibilities for funding under EU programmes thanks to the meetings organized by UniCredit Bulbank. It is because of the great interest in those meetings that the bank keeps organizing seminars with the local business across the country.

UniCredit Bulbank offers a full package of products and services for agricultural producers, farmers and tradesmen. Besides specialized consulting services, clients of the bank may also avail themselves of funding for purchasing farmland, machines, loans against pledge of subsidies, funding for consulting expenses related to drawing up projects and other.

More information for media:

UniCredit Bulbank, Identity & Communications Department

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Magdalena Ivanova, Phone: + 359 2 9232 528, nbhebmfob/jwbopwbAvojdsfejuhspvq/ch