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NEW LEADER IN FINLAND. Doing well and in good time but?. Finland: 1200 km long Population 5 mil. Population density 17 / sqkm In Lappland less than 2 Over 50.000 lakes Average unemployment 9% Minimum salary 900 € / month. From LEADER + to the new. End of 2005, 58 strategies (”drafts”)
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NEW LEADER IN FINLAND Doing well and in good time but?
Finland: 1200 km long • Population 5 mil. • Population density 17 / sqkm • In Lappland less than 2 • Over 50.000 lakes • Average unemployment 9% • Minimum salary 900 € / month
From LEADER + to the new • End of 2005, 58 strategies (”drafts”) • Evaluation and feedback by a working group in May 2006 • Deadline for full applications September 29.2006 • Some LAGs have to improve their strategies, the methods or both • A lot better quality than before (no competition - real needs)
The state level • The national LEADER strategy is as much as possible based on the LAG strategies - bottom up • New rural development network unit directly under Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry - big but stiff?
NEW? • The LAGs and village committees are more and more capable of using other financing tools • LEADER is beginning to have own image - still a bit vague • Results are good but sometimes even the LAGs don’t know about each other’s achievments
NOW • All 55 new LEADER groups were selected and started September 2007. • Active villages with active regional associations and coordinators working together with LAGs. • A bit less money but more skills, better advisory, visibility and results? • LEADER is a good advisory unit with some money and a lot of capacity buiding.