REGIONALISATION - A RURAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY

One of key objectives in rural development policy of European Union as is known and defined nowadays was overcoming of regional disparities in development of individual regions on the European Union territory. Since rural development policy is oriented towards an area despite sectoral orientation, so is closer identification of countries rural potential, only possible by taking into account socio/economic differences in each part of the country. This research will try to present importance of regionalization within new paradigm of rural development and need for defining new regional typology, taking into account region specific indicators.