Specific objectives:
- To research the EU experience in rural economic and social development especially in Thrace region and to develop a scientific pilot model for rural economic and social development in the EU negotiation process of Turkey.
- To increase the rural economic and social development capacity of mountain villages in Turkey with a pilot model in Thrace,
- To increase the cooperation between universities from EU in development issues and implementation of rural economic and social development policies in local level,
- To provide an innovative, scientific and cooperative approach to the rural economic and social development process of mountain villages with support of EU member states universities,
- To increase the cooperation between local and regional institutions in Thrace.
