KEP Austria approves AMA project for Moldova

93 proposals were submitted under the KEP AUSTRIA Call for Proposals 2013 of which only three projects were approved on 4 March 2013.
One of it is AMA’S project “Support to the Agency of Interventions and Payment for Agriculture (AIPA) of Moldova”
AMA will transfer know-how and Austrian best-practice to the Moldovan Agency AIPA in the field of EU-like financial support schemes and methodology in Agricultural and Rural Development administration .
The main technical challenges which AIPA faces today and which should be further aligned with EU principles of administration are the following:

• Financial administration
• Rural Development investment project administration
• On-the-spot control of agricultural support schemes
• Internal Audit
• Registers (farm register, LPIS, I&R)

When running this project, the Austrian and Moldavian partners are convinced to establish a long lasting relationship which includes regular know how exchange and cooperation with the aim of further development, improvement and simplification of processes in the Agricultural Payment Administration.