Supporting Sustainable and Inclusive Development in Rural Areas (SIDRA) Ensuring sustainable and inclusive development of rural areas by promoting fair policies, providing qualified and innovative services and strengthening the capacity of the organisation. The project aims to contribute to the improvement of livelihoods of rural population, women empowerment and foresees targeted support for young farmers. Assisting the farmers in benefiting from emerging opportunities and increase their resilience through adopting good practices, access to finance, value chain integration, better and fair policies. Expected results are - To become leading organisation in rural development through ascending development of capacities, resources and provided services; - Enhancing the competitiveness of agricultural producers through cooperation, promotion of sustainable technologies, access to finance and sales markets; - Empowerment of women and young farmers through integration into value chains and specialized services/activities, and - Aligning to EU democratic values through regional cooperation and promotion of European practices in rural development. "• The annual general meeting of the AGROinform and the Board meeting were held. Among the other things, the rebranding process of the organization was initiated after a comprehensive consultation process held inside the organization. the new name of the organisation will be ""National Federation of Agricultural Producers from Moldova - FARM"". The official registration of the organisation under the new name is in process.
• Most of the efforts of the Partner AGROinform in the beginning of the implementation of the project were directed to the strategic planning of the projects activities. The inception phase was focused on defining the concepts of project interventions that were discussed with regional organisations through a participatory process. The target groups were selected for each output. The monitoring and evaluation system was elaborated and forms for reporting were developed. 
• AGROinform facilitated the access to financial services for its members through elaboration of applications for subsidies, development of business plans (detailed numbers on annual level will be reported in the annual report).  
• Promotion of good agricultural practices is continuously conducted within the frame of the farmers' field schools through organisation of field days and round tables. 
• The women regional networks are constantly involved in all networking events organised by the regional organisations, training courses for young farmers and women in order to obtain subsidies in advance for start-ups. 
• AGROinform successfully established the Network of Young Farmers. 
• AGROinform is one of the founders of the National Rural Network of Moldova (NRNM). NRNM has started its advocacy activities and conducted 3 meetings with duty-bearers for the promotion of the NRNM Position Paper. 
• AGROinform has developed an action plan for Organisational Development, based on the external evaluation of the Organisational Capacities Development, that was conducted at the end of 2017 by We Effect and an external consultant. The implementation of the Action Plan is followed up by We Effect and AGROinform."