Community initiative for rural development 2000-2006, LEADER + http://europa.eu.int/comm/agriculture/rur/leaderplus/index_en.htm

European Policy to Support Rural Development: Policy Orientation Document. 2000 http://europa.eu.int/comm/development/development_old/rurpol/outputs/policy/rurpolpop.pdf

Commission Regulation February 2002 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 on support for rural development from the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/pri/en/oj/dat/2002/l_074/l_07420020315en00010034.pdf

The Cork declaration: "A living countryside"  1996 http://europa.eu.int/comm/agriculture/rur/cork_en.htm

Support for rural development. 2003 http://europa.eu.int/scadplus/printversion/en/lvb/l60026.htm

"Leader+ Steering Committee reviews progress" Newsletter N° 50 December 2002 http://europa.eu.int/comm/agriculture/publi/newsletter/50/50_en.pdf

Guidelines for the mid term evaluation of rural development programmes 2000-2006  http://www.europa.eu.int/comm/agriculture/rur/leaderplus/guidelines/eval2_en.pdf

Rural Development Policy Conference.    OECD July 2002 http://www.oecd.org/EN/document/0,,EN-document-587-9-no-20-32848-587,00.html

Cultivating Rural Amenities: An Economic Development Perspective
1999 http://www1.oecd.org/scripts/publications/bookshop/redirect.asp?041999051P1

 OECD Proceedings Valuing Rural Amenities  2001 http://www1.oecd.org/scripts/publications/bookshop/redirect.asp?042001011P1

Information and Communication Technologies & Rural Development
2001 http://www1.oecd.org/scripts/publications/bookshop/redirect.asp?042001081E1

Connecting the Unconnected: the Role of ICTs for Development in Rural & Remote Regions
Mario Zappacosta, IPTS  http://www.jrc.es/pages/f-report.en.html

Framework for indicators for the economic and social dimensions of sustainable agriculture & rural development. 2001 http://europa.eu.int/comm/agriculture/publi/reports/sustain/index_en.pdf

"Mountainous areas and rural development" (10/2001) http://www.europa.eu.int/comm/agriculture/rur/publi/info_en.pdf

Common indicators for monitoring rural development programming for the period 2000-2006 http://www.europa.eu.int/comm/agriculture/rur/eval/index_en.htm

"Mountainous areas & rural development"  Info-press: 2001 http://europa.eu.int/comm/agriculture/rur/publi/info_en.pdf

Common Indicatiors for Monitoring Rural Development Programming. 2000-2006. http://europa.eu.int/comm/agriculture/rur/eval/guide_en.pdf  

A Framework for Indicators for the Economic & Social Dimensions of Sustainable Agriculture & Rural Development . http://europa.eu.int/comm/agriculture/publi/reports/sustain/index_en.pdf  

Agriculture & Rural Development Policy in Developing Countries. 2003    http://europa.eu.int/comm/development/development_old/rurpol/outputs/policy/rurpolpop19990810.pdf 

The EU approach to Rural Development. December 2002 http://europa.eu.int/comm/regional_policy/funds/ispa/enlarge/pdf/rurdev.pdf

Spatial cohesion within the EU:which acknowledgement & which tools for rural areas ?   May 2003 http://europa.eu.int/comm/regional_policy/debate/document/futur/organ/mer_15mars02_en.pdf 

Regions: Statistical yearbook  2001. ISBN 92-894-1040-X  Cat. No: KS-AF-01-001-EN-C
 http://publications.eu.int/flash/nfarch/200110_en.htm

Agriculture & Rural Development Policy in Developing Countries. 2003  http://www.europa.eu.int/comm/development/development_old/rurpol/outputs/policy/rurpolpop19990810.pdf#xml=http://europa.eu.int/search/s97.vts?action=View&VdkVgwKey=http%3A%2F%2F158%2E167%2E39%2E79%3A8080%2Fcomm%2Fdevelopment%2Fdevelopment%5Fold%2Frurpol%2Foutputs%2Fpolicy%2Frurpolpop19990810%2Epdf&doctype=xml&Collection=EUROPAfiles&QueryZip=%22rural+development%22&

Guidelines for Designing a Rural Development Profile & Strategic Framework. 2000 http://europa.eu.int/comm/development/development_old/rurpol/outputs/guidelines/guidelines.pdf

Agriculture forestry rural development 2000 http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/agro/fair/en/index.html 

Agriculture and Rural Development. Department of the World Bank www.worldbank.org/rural

Report of Conference on Rural development, Washington DC November  2000.
 http://www.europa.eu.int/comm/agriculture/rur/conference.htm

The Role of Agriculture in Rural Development"   2000 http://europa.eu.int/comm/agriculture/rur/conference.htm

Seminar on "EU policies & the Mountain" 2002: International Year of Mountains
 http://www.europa.eu.int/comm/agriculture/events/mountains/index_en.htm