Summary of newsmakers of the previous day - 10.7.2007

Lesy CR announces part of contractual proceedings for 2008-2010 (TZ LCR)

After negotiations between the Ministry of Agriculture and the Confederation of Forestry and Wood-processing Association the state enterprise Lesy of the Czech Republic announces 98 commissions for security of forestry activities in form of supply of services in growing activity and wood production to a pick-up place. It is dealt with a part of commissions where trade with wood will be realized at the expense of the state enterprise. The commissions will be published for capacity reasons in two days. In the 9.7.2007 the firm CPS consulting, s.r.o., securing ordering public commissions for forestry works for LCR will send the first part (49) commissions to be published on the central address http://www.centralniadresa.cz/cadr .The second part of commissions (49) will be send to the central address on the 10.7.2007.

EU will give for promotion of bio-foods in the CR over 12 million crowns

The European Union will contribute with a sum of about 430 000 Euro (roughly 12,4 million CZK) to a promotion of Czech bio-products and to eco-agriculture in next three years. The sum has been approved by the European Commission today. It will contribute to a propagation of agricultural products in 11 EU countries with 38,9 million Euro i n total (about 1,1 billion CZK). The Commission has passed a program of State Agricultural Intervention Fund (SZIF in the Czech Republic to propagate bio-products and ecological agriculture which does not use artificial fertilizers and pesticides. A three-year program will cost 865 511 Euro and a half of costs will be covered by the EU.

Rural Development Program – opportunity for small municipalities

In other article dedicated to actual call appeals for submission of applications for support from European funds we would like you, the representatives of municipalities, confederations of municipalities, non-profit organizations and interests groups of legal entities, to acquaint with other actual possibilities of drawing financial subsidies from European funds. This time we will concentrate on by European Commission already passed Rural Development Program finaced from the separated European Agricultural Rural Development Fund which is determined for security of realization of the Common Agricultural Policy in period 2007 – 2013, especially of its II pillar which is rural development.

News in providing information on waters for public

During June a new unified internet address www.voda.gov.cz