The Food and Agriculture Organization of United Nations (FAO) in close cooperation with the Regional Rural Development Standing Working Group (SWG) to implement the project "Streamlining of agriculture and rural development of SEE countries for EU accession" to facilitate the establishment of such network and mechanisms. The purpose of the project is to strengthen cooperation among policy makers and the reserach community in order to create an effective policy making environment and to assist the integration process. This book consitutes one of the main results of the project; it is devoted to the analysis of agricultural and rural development policy of the SEE countries in view of their chosen future EU accession.