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LEADER+ Austria

LEADER+ Austria Role of the national network in supporting the implementation of the Leader approach Network Unit LEADER+ Austria Luis Fidlschuster ÖAR-Regionalberatung GmbH OAR Regional Consultants ltd. Surface and population. 56 Leader areas

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LEADER+ Austria

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  1. LEADER+ Austria Role of the national network in supporting the implementation of the Leader approach Network Unit LEADER+ Austria Luis Fidlschuster ÖAR-Regionalberatung GmbH OAR Regional Consultants ltd.

  2. Surface and population 56 Leader areas Population: 2,2 MioSurfce: 47.000 km2 (> 50% of national territory)Average population/LAG: 39.0001.119 Municipalities in LEADER areas 12 LEADER areas: Boarder region to new member states: Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia

  3. Network Unit Leader Austria • Consortium of 3 ogranisations specialising in different fields of rural development • ÖAR ltd (Lead partner) • gfa ltd • Agricultural project association • 2 main experts: 80 working days and 40 working days • Experts for: economy, tourism, agriculture, renewable energy, gender mainstreaming, organisational and systemic development • Networking budget 2002 - 2008 1,27 Mio € • Budget per year: 180.000 €

  4. Networking Process: Initial Situation • Networking = Top-down idea (Leader guidelines) • LAGs: No clear or common imagination and expectations (what is the benefit of networking?) • Different Main Target Groups: LAGs, regional and national administration, European Leader Observatory (Contact Point) • Target Group LAGs: Not homogeneous (in terms of experience, know-how) • LAGs (Network Partners) don‘t know each other • Main interest of LAGs: To raise money and to implement projects • Networking is an addtional time-consuming task or obligation for LAGs

  5. Networking: Marketing Approach • Objectives: • To convince LAGs: Participation in Networking creates benefits • To create an atmosphere of mutual trust • To create constructive working relations with LAG managers • To become accepted as experts who deliver useful support services • To create transparency in the network (who is who? Who does what?) • Strategy: • To become personally acquainted with LAG managers immediately • Close cooperation with most experienced LAG managers (most reliable supporters for the networking idea - role models for other LAG managers) • Development of support services for different needs (more and less advanced LAGs) • To offer support services which create immediate benefits

  6. Support Services Immediate benefits - not time-consuming • Service Hotline: to answer inquiries (search for experts, innovative project examples, gender mainstreaming, partners for cooperation) • Innovation, Co-operation, Networking • Thematic and methodic workshops, study trips: Infotainment • (cooperation, SME, youth, gender, agriculture, project management etc.) • Innovation, co-operation, exchange of experience, bottom-up approach, Networking • Coaching & Conflict Management for LAGs • Bottom-up approach, multisectoral strategy, innovation

  7. Support Services: Long-term benefits - time-consuming • Thematic Working Groups: • The Development Department of LEADER Austria New - systemic - instruments for rural development Gender mainstreaming Youth Local Agenda 21 • Innovation, bottom-up approach, multisectoral strategy, networking

  8. Support Services: Cooperation and Networking • Moderation of Start-up Workshops for national and transnational cooperation: • To find common objectives • To elaborate a project proposal • Animation of cooperation projects: • Some examples: Cooperation of Nature Parks, handicraft businesses, study trip areas (specialised package offers for study trips) • Parnter Search on national and transnational level • Network of Networks • Exchange of experience with other network and coordination units Technology Centres, LA 21, Nature Parks, Interreg, Regional Managements, Gender Mainstreaming etc

  9. Support Services: Publications • LEADER Magazine Austria • Focussing on specifice issues (co-operation, qualification, gender, SME, youth, culture etc) • Innovation, exchange of experience, co-operation, networking • LEADER Website & Project Database: www.leader-austria.at • Open Source Technology - interactive, access for all LAGs • Innovation, exchange of experience, co-operation, networking • Electronic Newsletter • Up-to-date information on LAG and network activities, national and European workshops & conferences, new publications and websites, European funding programmes • Innovation, co-operation

  10. Results: High and Low Networkers • 18 LAGs: High involvement in networking activities • 30 LAGs: Moderate or advanced involvement • 8 LAGs: Almost no involvement in networking activities • About 20 LAGs are involved in transnational co-operation projects • About 35 - 40 LAGs are involved in national co-operation projects

  11. Contact Austrian Network Unit LEADER+ c/o ÖAR-Regionalberatung GmbH Luis Fidlschuster Fichtegasse 2, A-1010 Vienna fidlschuster@oear.co.at +43-1-5121595-12 www.leader-austria.at

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