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The European Union LEADER experience and its relevance to North African countries

The European Union LEADER experience and its relevance to North African countries. Ivo Morawski. OUTLINE OF THE PRESENTATION. The LEADER experience LEADER highlights Description of a LEADER case study Lessons learnt The relevance to North Africa

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The European Union LEADER experience and its relevance to North African countries

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  1. The EuropeanUnion LEADER experience and itsrelevanceto North Africancountries Ivo Morawski

  2. OUTLINE OF THE PRESENTATION • The LEADER experience • LEADER highlights • Descriptionof a LEADER case study • Lessonslearnt • The relevanceto North Africa • The ruraldevelopmentchallenges • The Euro-Medopportunities

  3. Whatis LEADER? LEADER : Liaison entre actions de développement de l'économie rurale The LEADER Programmebecamesince 1990 a pillar of the EU agriculture and ruraldevelopment policy Objectives: Promote and implementintegratedruraldevelopmentstrategies in territoriescharacterized by sharedecological and socio-economicfeatures.

  4. LEADER BasicPrinciples • Public / Private Partnerships → The LocalActionGroups (LAG). • Multi-stakeholders participation to localstrategydevelopment & implementation • Valorizationoflocalheritage and developmentassets & potentialities • Balancedeconomic, social and environmentaldevelopment. • Cooperationwithin and between EU ruralterritories … progressivelyopenedtocooperationwithextra-EUterritories

  5. The “RICA” case study RICA : Rete Integrata di Cooperazione nell’Agribusiness • InstitutionalPartners: LAG Oglio Po (Mantova & Cremona provinces) and AgricultureMinistriesof Bosnia Herzegovina • Associatedpartners: farmersassociations and private operators in partner territories + IFAD (financial and organizationalsupport) • Duration: 10 months (2005-2006) • Budget: Euro 186,000

  6. RICA ImplementationApproach • Identified Common interests in the dairysector (traditionalproductive base) • Facilitating the meeting between the Demandfromemerging/transitioneconomies and the Offerofwelldevelopedmarketsthrough : • Adoptionofvalue-chainapproach: farming, animalhusbandry, milk production/processing, istribution. • Joint needsassessmentbyconcernedstakeholders (Peer to peercooperation) • Promotion ofdemand-driven and commerciallyviabletechnology transfer, • Access tomarkets and developmentofservices • Supporttoassociationmechanismsamongsectoroperators and the territories

  7. RICA achievements and outcomes • Modernised production assets & technology • Improved management practices in targetfarms (60 Bosnianoperatorstrained in technical & management aspects of milk production). • Start-up of privatesectorled agri-businesses • Improvedfoodsecurity and safety standards • Enhancedaccess to markets (local & national) • Increasedcompetitiveness of farmers groups. • Improved dialogue between public and privatestakeholders

  8. LessonsLearntfrom RICA: Success factors • Enabling private sectorSMEstodevelopself-sustainable business opportunities. • Facilitate dialoguewith public authoritiestofavourintegrationof private businesseswithLocal/regionaldevelopmentstrategies. • Mobilizeresourceswhereavailable and forspecifictargetstostimulatecommitment and ownership.

  9. 2. North Africa Context – The Challenges: • Reduce the regionaldisparities; • Create employment; • Enhanceentrepreneurship; • Diversifyruraleconomies; • Facilitate territorialassociations, value-chainintegration and accesstomarkets; • Developnewmodelsofgovernanceforintegratedregionaldevelopment and social cohesion

  10. The Opportunitiesfrom the NA evolvingcontext • EU AssociationAgreementslinkingeconomic, trade, social, governance and environmentalobjectives. • Multi-sectoralperspective in localdevelopment (education, employment, environmentalprotection, risk management and preventionmeasures). • Ongoingdecentralizationprocesses in NA. • New decentralizedcooperationmechanisms (i.e. cross-bordercooperation, supporttocivil society, etc.).

  11. Is LEADER approachapplicable in North Africa? Preliminaryrequirementsfor: • Multi-stakeholders dialogue; • Bottom-up and participatorystrategydevelopment • Access totechnical and financialservices • Social cohesionforterritorial planning

  12. For more information about LEADER: http://enrd.ec.europa.eu/rural-development-policy/leader/en/leader_en.cfm • GAL contacts • Policy papers • Project Database • Best practices • Partnership requests and proposals • Knowledge sharing opportunities

  13. Thankyou for yourattention

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