Assessment of the institutional and administrative background of the Local Development Strategy

1. Assessment of the institutional and administrative background of the Local Development Strategy Jela Tvrdoňová 2009

2. Implementation background of the strategy • Institutional and administrative • Professional • Financial

3. 7 features of Leader The assessment of institutional backgound of the local development strategy must be connected with 7 important features of the Leader approach

4. 7 features of the Leader approach • Territorial development strategies • „Bottom up“ • Public-private partnerships • Innovations • Integrated and multi-sector activities • Networking • Cooperation

5. Institutional background • Organizational structure of LAG and its functioning • Management • Decision making procedures on strategy and projects • Project implementation background • Monitoring and evaluation background

6. Organizational structure of LAG Partnership is composed of representatives of public, private and civil sector and membership is well balanced Partnership reflects equal representation of all parts of the territory (territorial balance), social and gender balance Structure of decisive bodies (presidium) enables effective implementation of the strategy (project cycle) Decision making bodies are representing membership of LAG well Selection committee is professionally well covered Structure of LAG enables effective monitoring and evaluation of the strategy

7. Management Decisions are effectively divided among LAG and its management (Flexibility of decisions versus rules and procedures) Management has enough human capacities for the strategy implementation Management has (or has access to) sufficient professional capacities fto help potential beneficiaries in project design and implementation Management is well technically an financially equipped for the strategy implementation Management is recognized in the territory and is well accessible for all Management has ability to create contacts and networks among stakeholders within LAG and outside of it

8. Decisions on the strategy and projects Strategy and its priorities is designed using the „bottom up“ approach Strategy and its priorities is approved using the „bottom up“ approach Projects are selected and approved in line with the strategy and its priorities Approved projects are equaly distributed in the territory Approved projects are innovative Approved projects have high added value for the territory

9. Background of the strategy and project implementation The high independence of the LAG in the area of financial decisions exists LAG has sufficient capacities for the identification, selection, and control of project implementation The clear rules for implementation exist Public is informed sufficiently with the implementation rules The sufficient amount of eligible beneficiaries exist in the LAG territory for selected measures Eligible beneficiaries have the capacity to co-finance and implement projects

10. Monitoring and evaluation system LAG has sufficient human capacities for monitoring of the project implementation LAG Management has enough experiences in monitoring of the project implementation LAG has human capacities for the self-evaluation of the strategy implementation LAG has the system of on-going strategy implementation evaluation

11. Thank you for your attention! jelatvrdonova@gmail.com