The local development strategy content

1. Thelocaldevelopmentstrategycontent Jela Tvrdonova, 2011

2. Local development strategy structure • Vision – an idea about the future of the village or micro-region • Resource Audit, situationanalysis • SWOT analysis • Problem analysis • Strategic and specific development objectives • Action and Financialplanning • Settingup monitoring and evaluationframework • Settinguptheimplementationframework

3. Partnership Territory Vision Strategic objective I n t e r v e n t i o n Resource audit, situation description Analysis (SWOT and problem a.) Priorities for development Specific objectives Measures, activities, fin. The strategy framework - completed

4. New approach to participatory developed SWOT analysis (open) • Resource Audit is the base of the SWOT analysis of the territory development • The SWOT is open and reflect the open system of the rural territory – versus relatively closed environment of the single business • SWOT comes out of identification of development patterns instead just technical listing strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats • The reason is to identify in interaction with local people these patterns and its meaning for further development of the area • Therefore the analysis is divided into two parts: - Analysis of strengths and weaknesses from the point of actual situation - Analysis of opportunities and threats from the point of the future development

5. Participatory Problem Analysis The necessary bridge between SWOT and the strategic framework Enables to identify participants key areas/priorities for intervention of the strategy The logical framework of the problem analysis • Setting up major problems/development challanges of the area • Select key problems /development challanges of the area with the question: what shall be solved first in order to reach the whished change on effective, efficient and sustainable manner? • Find alternative solutions • Conduct the cost/benefit analysis and select best solutions • Identify the development priorities The successful problem analysis is very important for setting up right strategic and specific objectives which address key problems of the development

6. Strategic framework

7. Setting up objectives and development priorities • Based on the identification of key problems, the most effective, efficient and sustainable solutions – setting up the main development priorities for the given period of time • Focus on the setting up specific objectives – defining the desired change in the given development priority (Results) • Setting up general overall objectives – defining the change for the territory in broader sense (Impact) in another words what the proposed development priorities can change in long run

8. Strategic framework

9. Action framework

10. Action/operational plan • Is the elaboration of the development programme into concrete steps/project proposals: • It should be: • Realistic • Concrete • Flexible • Expression of the common development priorities of the partnership • Transparent • Monitored and evaluated

11. Action Plan • Strategic Goal • Priority • Specific objective • Measure • Activities • Projects

12. The structure of the measure • Rationale • Objective • Eligible activities • Eligible costs • Eligible beneficiaries • Size and number of projects • Co-financing by beneficiary • Monitoring indicators

13. Financial framework

14. Action and financial plan

15. From actions and money to the monitoring and evaluation • It is important that local people participate in strategic and action planning so they can follow also monitoring and evaluation process. • It is important to recognize in time what our proposed actions can do in favor of our objectives, desired change and the overall wel being of the people and the area • The enhancement of the monitoring and evaluation skills of the LAG starts in participative development of the strategy and action and financial plans

16. Monitoring and evaluation framework • To set up proper monitoring mechanism – indicators – input and output indicators (reflecting the activities and projects level) • To set up proper evaluation system – result (reflecting specific objectives) and impact indicators (reflecting strategic goals) • To design the system together with the setting up objectives, goals, priorities, measures and activities

17. Partnership Territory Vision Strategic objective Impact Evaluation and monitoring I n t e r v e n t i o n Resource audit, situation description Analysis (SWOT and problem a.) Priorities for development Specific objectives Result Measures, activities, fin. Output The local development strategy framework - completed

18. Thank you for attention!!! jelatvrdonova@yahoo.co.uk