Listening response
Local Action Groups (LAG) 2014-2020
Development program for Danish rural areas should also consider the role of ports as hubs for development LAG funds have previously been a good and democratic tool for development projects in landing places and ports in rural areas. Danish Ports has no comments on the content of the draft executive order on grants for the establishment and operation of local action groups under the rural development program for the period 2014-2020. The Danish Ports Association has a comment on the design of the development program, which should also allow for grants for the development of ports and conversion in relation to, for example, maritime tourism or new businesses in abandoned business areas in rural ports. Danske Havne recommends that the development program EHFF 2014-2020 should first and foremost focus on ports that help develop, maintain and ensure significant competitiveness for the Danish fisheries sector. But funds in the EMFF should - when funding for the program is available - go to the LAG program. Ports are hubs for the industry in Danish rural areas. Ports are also engines of growth in rural areas, which is why the possibility of subsidies should be ensured. Danske Havne's comments appear in the consultation response regarding the Danish program 2014-2020. The consultation response can be read here in its full length. Read the consultation material from the Danish AgriFish Agency