Council Decision 2006/144/EC on Community strategic guidelines for rural development (programming period 2007 to 2013). Country/Territory European Union Document type Legislation Date 2006 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Agricultural & rural development, Forestry Keyword Agricultural development Agro-forestry Capacity building Gender and natural resources Rural youth Rural employment Climate change Geographical area Eastern Europe, Europe, European Union Countries, Northern Europe Abstract The present Decision sets out the strategic guidelines to be applied within the European Community to promote rural development. The guidelines shall help to: (a) identify and agree the areas where the use of European Community support for rural development creates the most value added at European Community level; (b) make the link with the main European Community priorities and translate them into rural development policy; (c) ensure consistency with other European Community policies, in partic Full text English Website europa.eu