Organisationens mål er at løse problemer, der skyldes landdistrikternes isolation, at hjælpe indbyggerne i landdistrikterne med at udnytte den støtte, der er ydet gennem partnerskabsprojekter til udvikling af landdistrikter, og at give dem de nødvendige kvalifikationer til at gennemføre sådanne lokale projekter.Nogle eksempler:• Partnerskabsprojektet »Preparation for the community initiative programmes and increasing the absorption capacity for Structural Funds in Lithuania« (Phare-SPP III) vedrørte videreudvikling af eksisterende institutionelle netværk, bl.a. med henblik på gennemførelse af fællesskabsinitiativprogrammer.• Erfaringer fra det bilaterale projekt »Rural partnerships programme« har i høj grad øget deltagernes kvali ka-tioner og viden på forskellige niveauer.
The aims of this organisation are to tackle the problems of isolation associated with rural areas, to help rural people to make best use of the support provided through rural development partnership projects and to prepare them for the implementation of local initiative projects.Such examples are described below.• ‘Preparation for the community initiative programmes and increasing the absorption capacity for Structural Funds in Lithuania’ (Phare-SPP III), a twinning project, was concerned with developing existing institutional networks including implementing the community initiative programmes.• Experience gained from the ‘Rural partnerships’ programme bilateral project made a significant contribution to expanding capacity and knowledge at various levels.