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 Original source Official Journal of the European Union L 55, 25 February 2006, pp. 20-29. Subject Agricultural & rural development, Forestry Keyword Agricultural development Agro-forestry Capacity building Gender Youth Rural employment Climate change Cultural heritage Forest management/forest conservation Geographical area European Union Countries 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 particular in the fields of cohesion and environment. The rural development policy shall focus on agricultural food economy and environmental protection. Full text English Website europa.eu References - Legislation Implemented by Rural Development Programme for Latvia 2007-2013 Legislation | Latvia | 2007 Keyword: Rural employment, Rural youth, Cultural heritage, Business/industry/corporations, Capacity building, Education, Financial agricultural measures, Agricultural commodities, Agricultural development, Processing/handling, Ecological production/organic production, Smallholders/peasants, Poverty, Tourism, Energy conservation/energy production, Biofuel, Renewable energy, Sustainable development, Biodiversity, Farming, Disasters, Forest fires, Desertification Source: FAO, FAOLEX