Rural development and regional development: Common agricultural policy and regional policy on one fi eld

Rural development became in last decades independent development sphere. From the point of view of development relationships logic it is the process realized in context of regional development. Rural development as theme won and wins permanently better signifi cation in common agricultural policy EU, however it is stressed also in the majority regional development documents. Cooperation between common agricultural policy and regional policy are important for maximal effi ciency of rural development policy. Position of rural development and its standings among other policies is not completely clear. Competences of subjects engaged in rural development are quite complicated, not only in the Czech Republic but also in whole EU. Rural areas are specifi c