Regional Act No. 24 setting up the Regional Agency for Rural Development (ERSA) Country/Territory Italy Territorial subdivision Friuli-Venezia Giulia Document type Legislation Date 2002 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Bollettino Ufficiale della Regione No. 12, 22 March 2003 Subject Agricultural & rural development Keyword Agricultural development Institution Capacity building Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Mediterranean, Southern Europe Abstract The present Regional Act, which consists of 3 Chapters, provides for the establishment of the Regional Agency for Rural Development (ERSA), which shall operate at the regional level to prompt the development of research, experimentation, technological modernization, training and information in the field of agriculture. Chapter I of the Act defines the powers and duties which shall belong to the ERSA. Chapter II deals with its financial management. Full text Italian Website www.gazzettaufficiale.it References - Legislation Repealed by Regional Act No. 8 setting up the Regional Agency for Rural Development (ERSA). Legislation | Italy | 2004 Keyword: Agricultural development, Institution, Capacity building Source: FAO, FAOLEX