Community-Led Local Development at OPEN DAYS 2012

Brief Summary

In the context of the ‘10th European Week of Regions and Cities - OPEN DAYS’, the Committee of the Regions (CoR) aimed at bringing together projects and experts from all over Europe to discuss Community-Led Local Development (CLLD). Twenty CLLD workshops were held between 8-11 October. Project representatives, experts, associations and EU, national, regional and local level officials participated in the workshops to exchange and network on issues surrounding the proposals made by the European Commission in October 2011 on funding of Community-Led Local Development in urban, rural and fisheries areas post-2013.

Four CLLD workshops out of the 20 were organised by DG AGRI in partnership with the ENRD Contact Point. The aim was to generate discussions on the preparation, design, implementation and management of Local Development Strategies (LDS), to create an understanding of how networking can be used as a tool to mobilise actors, and to publicise widely the added value of transnational cooperation between local territories.

Each workshop was followed by a networking session where workshop organisers and participants could continue the discussions in a more informal context.

Background material:

Community-Led Local Development:

• Community-Led Local Development

Networking:

• What do we know about Networking as a Rural Development Policy Tool (2007-2013)? [PDF ]
  A Discussion Paper from the ENRD (May 2012)
• Findings of the 2011 National Rural Network (NRN) Mapping Exercise [PDF ]

Cooperation:

• LEADER Focus Group 3 on Implementation of the cooperation measure in LEADER
• Rural Review- Issue 11 LEADER and Cooperation [PDF ] (April 2012)

Design and Implementation of Local Development Strategies:

• LEADER Focus Group 1 on Implementation of the bottom-up approach of LEADER
• LEADER Focus Group 4 results on Better Local Development Strategies

Workshop overview

To see the review of the four DG AGRI workshops, please click here [PDF ]

Transnational cooperation: A key tool for Community-Led Local Development (CLLD)

• Programme of the Workshop [PDF ]
  Presentations:
  • Jean-Michel Courades (European Commission DG AGRI, G3), and Marina Brakalova (ENRD Contact Point): The added value of the TNC in LEADER [PDF ]
  • Kristiina Liimand (Tartu Rural Development Association- Estonia): The role of the Leader-Inspired-Network-Community project (LINC) [PDF ]
  • José Ángel Garcia Lucas (LAG Adri Jiloca Gallocanta- Spain): The European Network for Ornithological Tourism (RETO) [PDF ]
  • Juha-Matti Markkola (Finnish National Rural Network) [PDF ]
  • Dorothée Duguet (French National Rural Network) [PDF ]

For photographs of the session see here (courtesy of the Committee of the Regions)

 

Networking as a tool for successful Community-Led Local Development (CLLD)

• Programme of the Workshop [PDF ]
  Presentations:
  • Jean-Michel Courades (European Commission DG AGRI G3): Networking as a LEADER feature [PDF ]
  • Donald Aquilina – (ENRD Contact Point): The Role of Networks in supporting CLLD [Prezi ZIP ]
  • Ave Bremse (Estonian National Rural Network): Experience of the Estonian National Rural Network [PDF ]
  • Riccardo Passero and Raffaella di Napoli (Italian National Rural Network) ): Experience of the Italian National Rural Network [PDF ]

For photographs of the session see here (courtesy of the Committee of the Regions)

 

Management of CLLD: Division of tasks between authorities and Local Action Groups

• Programme of the Workshop [PDF ]
  Presentations:
  • Pedro Brosei (European Commission DG AGRI-G1): Multi-level governance in LEADER and lessons learned from the implementation [PDF ]
  • Sanna Sihvola (Ministry of Agriculture, Finland): The Finnish LEADER model and reflections on the future [PDF ]
  • Joanna Gierulska (Ministry of Agriculture, Poland): Expectations and reality of the LEADER delivery in Poland; the challenges ahead [PDF ]
  • John Grieve (ENRD Contact Point, Expert in local development): Which will be the needs as regards capacity-building on all in order to make CLLD/LEADER a success in rural areas? [PDF ]

For photographs of the session see here (courtesy of the Committee of the Regions)

 

Ingredients for a successful Local Development Strategy (CLLD)

• Programme of the Workshop [PDF ]
  Presentations:
  • Sanna Sihvola (Ministry of Agriculture, Finland): Local Development Strategy as a development process [PDF ]
  • Sabine Weizenegger (LAG Regionalentwicklung Oberallgäu, Germany) Successful example from Germany [PDF ]
  • Anastasios M. Perimenis (Lesvos Local Development Company S.A., Greece) Successful example from Greece [PDF ]
  • John Grieve (ENRD Contact Point, Expert in local development): LDS as a key element of LEADER – analysis of the Focus Group on Better Local Development Strategies [PDF ]

For photographs of the session see here (courtesy of the Committee of the Regions)

 

For further information please contact info@enrd.eu.