Northern Ireland Rural Development Programme 2001 - 2006

During the funding period, 2000-2006, DARD offered support to the agriculture, food, forestry and broader rural economic sectors under a range of European Union funded programmes such as the Rural Development Regulation Plan, the Programme for Building Sustainable Prosperity, the LEADER+ programme, the EU Programme for Peace and Reconciliation and Interreg III programme

The Rural Development Programme 2000 - 2006 focussed on support for community-led projects that stimulate the ecomomic and social regeneration of the most disadvantaged rural areas in Northern Ireland and the Southern border counties.

The Rural Development Programme 2000 - 2006 was administered in Northern Ireland, by the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Rural Development Council and in the Republic of Ireland by the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs.