With a view to transparency, the managing authorities shall disseminate the most comprehensive information possible on the financing opportunities offered by joint assistance from the Community and the Member States in the rural development programme.
To that end, the managing authority shall ensure that the rural development programme is published widely, with details of the financial contributions from the EAFRD, and that it is supplied to all interested applicants.
The managing authority shall provide the potential beneficiaries with clear, detailed and updated information on the following:
the administrative procedures to be followed in order to qualify for financing under an rural development programme;
a description of the procedures for examining applications for financing;
the eligibility conditions and/or criteria for selecting and evaluating the projects to be financed;
the names of persons or contacts at national, regional or local level who can explain the way rural development programmes work and the criteria for selecting and evaluating the operations.
The managing authority shall ensure that bodies that can act as relays are involved in the information measures for potential beneficiaries, and in particular:
local and regional authorities;
professional organisations;
economic and social partners;
non-governmental organisations, especially bodies promoting equality between men and women and bodies working to protect the environment;
information centres on Europe;
Commission representations in the Members States.
The managing authority shall inform potential beneficiaries of the publication provided for in point 2.1.