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Empowering European Rural Development: ELARD's Role and Impact in LEADER Approach

Explore ELARD's journey from inception to its representation of over 1,000 Local Action Groups in 22 countries. Learn about its key activities like networking, policy influence, and training organization. Discover the Finnish Presidency's aims to strengthen and spread LEADER methodology and improve implementation environment. Find out why LEADER is crucial for involving, mobilizing, and empowering rural communities, promoting cost-effectiveness, and changing traditional development mindsets.

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Empowering European Rural Development: ELARD's Role and Impact in LEADER Approach

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  1. ELARD Network Petri Rinne ELARD President http://www.elard.eu ACoRD Project Training ToT1 Mostar, 23rd October 2013 LEADER approach today and after 2013 – new challenges Petri Rinne ELARD Viimsi Spa, Estonia 15th September, 2011

  2. ELARD before and today • International non-profit organization founded in 1999 by 5 European national informal LEADER networks: • French LEADER Network - LEADER France • Greek LEADER Network - Eλληνικό Δίκτυο LEADER •  Irish LEADER Network - Comhar LEADER na hEireann • Italian LEADER Network - AssoLEADER • Spanish LEADER Network – REDR • Today, ELARD is representing 1 070 LAGs (from some 2 300 in total) through voluntary networks in 22 countries: • Belgium, Czech Republic, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, North Ireland, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Scotland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden + Macedonia

  3. Members • 1. Wallonian LAG Network, Belgium • 2. Croatian Rural Development Network - HMRR LEADER Network Croatia 3. Czech LAG Network Association 4. Coordination Council for LAGs in Denmark 5. Estonian LAGs Forum 6. Finnish Village Movement Association 7. LEADER FRANCE 8. Greek LEADER Network 9. Hungarian NRN LEADER Section 10. Irish LEADER Network 11. Toscana LAGs’ Association 12. Latvian Rural Forum

  4. Members • 13. Lithuanian Rural Communities Union • 14. Rural Development Network of the Republic of Macedonia • 15. Polish LAG Network • 16. Minha Terra – Federation of the Portuguese LAGs • 17. LAG Medgidia, Romania • 18. Slovakian LAG Network • 19. Slovenian Rural Development Network • 20. Spanish Rural Development Network REDR • 21. Swedish LAGs’ Cooperation Group • 22. Rural Network Northern Ireland • Rural Tayside • Scottish Borders Council • Rural Aberdeenshire LAG Cairngorms LAG PLANED LAG, Wales Northumberland Uplands LAG, England

  5. Key Activities • - Networking • - Influencing policy making • - LEADER dissemination • - Exchange of good practices • - Organising trainings, seminars, study tours, events (e.g. Rural Parliaments) • - Publishing magazines, websites etc. media tools • - Support to weaker LAGs or LAGs facing problems (e.g. lawyer services) • - Promote TNC • - Animate rural stakeholders and target groups • - Running projects (membership fees 0 - 500 €/LAG)

  6. The Finnish Presidency aims • 1. Strengthen and spread the LEADER methodology • - CLLD working groups, FARNET, Balkan area candidate countries, LEADER Dissemination seminar in Finland in June 2011, Africa, Russia, Latin America, consultancy process with the DG Development and Cooperation 2. Improve the LEADER implementation environment - EN RD LEADER Sub-Committee and Coordination Committee, DG Agri Advisory Group for Agriculture and Rural Development, EN RD Focus Group on Improving the Quality of Local Development Plans, one-to-one meetings with Mr Ciolos, his cabinet members, MEPs, DG Agri officials 3.Extend ELARD membership - 7 new member countries: Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Macedonia, Slovakia, Sweden, UK 4.Support Transnational Cooperation - annual ELARD gatherings launched in cooperation with member networks, EN RD and other key partners - LAG staff exchange program introduced - website renewal and TNC partner search promotion (www.elard.eu) 5. Produce good quality Report on the Presidency Activities - on the way!

  7. LEADER – a growing European rural network of public-private partnerships

  8. Why LEADER? To involve everyone! LEADER is able to mobilise, empower and involve the whole rural economy: from a traditional farm to a high-tech processing company, from the old to the young. In rural context, where human and other resources are scarce, this is particularly important. LEADER is a non-political, transparent and open for everyone tool to re-shape the rural future.

  9. Why LEADER? To be cost-effective! 2. LEADER is a cost-effective way of renewing, diversifying and developing the rural economy. In my own LAG territory in South-West part of Finland, with the population of 45 000, we have been supporting the generation of 200 new jobs during the current programming period, most of which are in the services sector where we have been lagging behind. The 150 business and community development projects launched are funded 60% by the EU, state and local municipalities public funds and 40% by the private stakeholders’ own funds. In addition there is an extensive amount of local enthusiasm and voluntary work powering LEADER free of charge.

  10. Why LEADER? To change the mind-set! 3. LEADER is able to change the traditional top-down local development mindset to bottom-up. People on the ground start doing those things themselves that they were earlier blaming public civil servants and politicians not to do. LEADER also brings in the long-term strategic thinking through the Local Development Strategies that collect the individual projects under an umbrella and bigger territorial vision.

  11. Leader 2007-2013: • Planned expenditure for Leader by MS ( EAFRD funding: Ø 6,1 % )

  12. Leader LAGs – the state of play 12

  13. Nombre de GAL axe LEADERpar Etat Membre(total: 2.303 – septembre 2012)

  14. Type de béneficiaires (publiques/privés)(Données cumulées sur la base des rapports d'activité annuels 2011, total sans UK)

  15. Fostering knowledge transfer and Innovation in agriculture, forestry and rural areas Restoring, preserving and enhancing ecosystems dependent on agriculture and forestry Promoting resource efficiency and supporting the shift towards a low carbon and climate resilient economy in agriculture, food and forestry sectors Promoting social inclusion, poverty reduction and economic development in rural areas Enhancing competitiveness of all types of agriculture and farm viability Promoting food chain organisation and risk management in agriculture Europe 2020 strategy Common Strategic Framework (CSF) – covering the EAFRD, ERDF, ESF, Cohesion Fund and EMFF, and reflecting EU2020 through common thematic objectives to be addressed by key actions for each of the funds Partnership Contract – national document outlining the intended use of the funds in the pursuit of EU2020 objectives Rural development policy: EAFRD Other CSF funds (ERDF, ESF, CF, EMFF) Innovation, Environment and Climate Change as cross-cutting objectives Priorities Rural Development Programme(s) 17 17

  16. EU 2020 needs us! Source: OECD- 2/3 of the EU’s GDP growth takes place outside of the metropole areas- In more than one out of three OECD countries, the region with the highest rate of employment creation during 1995-2005 was a rural region

  17. Together we are stronger! petri.rinne@elard.eu http://www.elard.eu European LEADER Association for Rural Development (ELARD) Square de Meeus 1 B-1000 Brussels

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