The main objective of the project is to identify and formulate one or several integrated rural development projects at cross border level in or around Albania, Kosovo and Macedonia taking on-going activities into consideration, emphasizing regional collaboration and cross-border activities as main factors to contribute to local economic development and confidence building in the Region as well as a holistic approach to Rural Regional Development. Furthermore, the objective of this project is a coherent technical assistance approach for the countries within the EU-Integration process and the support of this process at grass-roots level.