The future of European rural development Community-led local development (CLLD) 2014-2020 3rd scientific & final GreenNet conference 4. June 2014 Eisenach Stefan Kaemper German rural network Deutsche Vernetzungsstelle Ländliche Räume Zukunft Land leben 1
What could you expect The idea The framework What is new? Implementation How to participate and co-operate 2
Community-led local development (CLLD) is defined in the Common Provisions Regulation (CPR) [1303/2013] for the European Structural and Investment Funds, with main features, Rules and definitions CLLD shall be supported by the EAFRD and may be supported by the ERDF, ESF or EMFF [Article 32 (1), CPR] 3
Added value of CLLD R 4 Focused on sub-regional areas (territorial approach) Community-led by partnerships (participatory and partnership approach) Integrated, multi-sectoral local development strategies Innovation Networking and cooperation [32, CPR] Flexible response to needs Mobilises knowledge, energy and resources Linkages and synergy, horizontal and vertical New markets, products and ways of doing. Social innovation Transfer of good practice, joint solutions to common problems E S U L T S
Why Community-led local development? people in the driving seat from beneficiaries to active partners empowerment experience Strategies can respond to growing diversity More flexible Scope can be broadened Links between sectors and actors 5
Local action groups The mobilisation of the key actors and building the partnership(s) Encourage bottom-up processes Build on existing experience whenever possible drawing up a non-discriminatory and transparent selection procedures ensuring coherence with the strategy 6
CLLD development strategy contains the definition of the area an analysis of the development needs and potential of the area a description of the strategy and its objectives community involvement process in the development of the strategy an action plan 7
Elaboration of local development strategies - Contribution to programme objectives - Coherence and consistency with "topdown" or other strategies - Local needs identified through SWOT analysis - Bottom-up process 8
What can be supported by CLLD? Preparatory support Implementation of the local development strategies Cooperation projects and their preparation Running costs and animation 9
What is new? Rules on level of CPR Ambitious objectives on all levels Europe 2020 objectives (intelligent growth also on local level) 11 themes in structural funds 6 priorities in EAFRD... High quality strategies on local level CLLD open to all funds (funds are open to all projects) Not focussed on predefined measures Project selection on basis of local development strategy 10
Mono or multi fund solutions? EAFRD ERDF EAFRD ERDF ESF EMFF ESF EMFF Multifonds area 11
CLLD implementation (LEADER, Germany) The share of LEADER (percentage of EAFRD total) 45 40 35 30 25 20 LEADER prozentual vom ELER 15 10 5 0 BW SN NI SH HE RP NW TH BB SL BY ST MV 12
CLLD implementation (LEADER, Germany) 70 60 50 40 30 Anzahl LAGs aktuell Anzahl LAGs Zukunft 20 10 0 BW SN NI SH HE RP NW TH BB SL BY ST MV HH 13
CLLD implementation (LEADER, Germany) Multi fund program: Sachsen-Anhalt EAFRD, ERDF and ESF EAFRD ERDF ESF area 14
What could you do? Check partnership agreement and programmes in your country Contact your national network for rural development: http://enrd.ec.europa.eu/networks-andnetworking/en/networks-and-networking_en.cfm Get in Contact with the local actions groups in your project area Join the local actions groups 15
Final remarks Added value of CLLD in addressing specific local challenges (socio-economic & other thematic issues) The coordination of funds (administrative structures, intermediate bodies, etc.)? CLLD/LEADER monitoring & evaluation Preserving the bottom-up LEADER spirit 16
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