Evaluation of the impact of LEADER on balanced territorial development

Feedback to Evaluation Roadmap open until 13 October 2020 Evaluation of the impact of Leader on balanced territorial development DG AGRI C.4 — Monitoring and Evaluation Reply from the Association of Local Development Sverige (lus) — Swedish version In its feedback, ELARD points to some important aspects lus agrees with the following clarification: Lus agrees that it is welcome to evaluate whether the CAP has…

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ILDN represents Ireland’s 49 Local Development Companies (LDCs) that deliver LEADER and other EU/national initiatives.Until the last decade, Ireland was a forerunner in applying LEADER specificities - there has been slippage due to government policy but a strong commitment remains in LDCs/civil society. ILDN contends that the specificities offer an appropriate framework for the evaluation of LEADER.

There is no doubt that LEADER/CLLD through the bottom-up approach enables Europe to be brought closer to citizens by developing integrated multi-sectoral strategies focusing on partnerships, networking and cooperation.

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SMEunited, the association of crafts and SMEs in Europe, has repeatedly stressed the importance and effectiveness of cooperation programmes managed by local level actors in local action groups (LAG). SMEunited believes that LEADER/CLLD actions have an essential impact on the activities of SMEs in rural areas and on the economic and social development of regions.

The concept of an integrated local/rural development through LEADER approach has been playing a key role in the European Union policy. In this sense, this initiative is congratulated, as evaluation is a highly valuable tool for determining not just how successful the implementation of the LEADER measure may have been after resources and funding were applied, but rather (i) a broader view of its implementation…

Het LEADER-programma en de LEADER-werkwijze dragen in Nederland bij aan brede plattelandsontwikkeling. Het platteland is steeds minder afhankelijk van de agrarische sector als werkgever. Het aandeel van de primaire sector in de (plattelands)economie is gering.

Based on the experience and knowledge of the territory and its social and productive fabric, the Local Action Groups, which are managers of the Leader Programme, must continue our work, in accordance with our participatory local development strategies, to address the following factors in the area, since if they are not corrected, apart from the specific initiatives that they wish to implement, it will be difficult…

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It is indisputable that the LEADER methodology and its implementation through Local Action Groups (LAGs) promotes the economic diversification of rural areas through the implementation of local development strategies.

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Leader is today a relevant financial tool in peri-urban and rural areas: — By providing these territories with an opportunity to develop a local development strategy in a bottom-up way, creating local governance to manage the implementation of this strategy, based on a public-private partnership — By making it possible to finance certain projects with little assistance from other sources (territorial engineering…

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The experience and results of Leader make it advisable to ensure its continuity. The most important contributions of LEADER to rural development have been: (a) comprehensive and place-based strategy, (b) strengthening territorial cohesion and communication between actors, (c) improving local governance, (d) improving the use of local resources, (e) strengthening local identity and image, (d) transferring actions…

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ELARD welcomes the initiative that will assess whether the common agricultural policy has helped improve socio-economic aspects of territorial development. However, we find that any evaluation of LEADER/CLLD should incorporate the benefit that this method can provide at local level. We must evaluate not just LEADER in isolation but the totality of the CLLD methodology.

Local action groups or LEADER groups have demonstrated their necessary role in rural territories to promote and promote sustainable development; On the one hand, directly through aid or grants for projects — favouring sustainable initiatives in areas that are not as competitive as other urban areas — and, on the other hand, by encouraging, supporting and promoting networking through cooperation projects to tackle…

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REDR welcomes the initiative-feedback on the Roadmap for rural development-, and we will clearly point out that LEADER and LAGs has helped to improve socio-economic aspects of territorial development. In consequence, we want to highlight that Local Action Groups are considered essential tools in rural areas for social cohesion and in revitalising these areas.

The LEADER methodology applied to the development of local development strategies is key to economic diversification in rural areas. It is essential to maintain the implementation of LEADER in order to promote the development of rural areas, to increase the diversification of the primary sector, to encourage innovation in the secondary sector and to increase the added value of the tertiary sector.

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Economic diversification in rural areas implemented with the LEADER methodology EN This is essential if rural areas are to be able to define and have tools for establishing and implementing their development strategy. Economic diversification and support for economic diversification in areas where the primary sector is Important, is Provide services to the primary sector and professional farmers.

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The importance and impact on rural areas of the LEADER programme as an indisputable tool for endogenous, local, participatory and sustainable development is indisputable where local actors are responsible for designing and developing strategies in their territories.

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Leader is a very useful tool in rural areas. it is the basis of synergies between local authorities, which are also developing different actions, the bridge between the administration and businesses in rural environments, and at the same time enables the diversification of activities already established and the introduction of new ones.

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Development of the LEADER process in the Middle Elbe — Fleming Local Action Group (LAG MEF) The LAG MEF is a well-established group of regional actors which have been developing their region through LEADER for almost 30 years. Changes to the areas are not considered necessary at this stage.

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Contribution of the Czech Republic to the public consultation on the “Roadmap”: Rural development — LEADER programme In the framework of the proposal for the Strategic Support Plan for the Common Agricultural Policy for the period 2021-2027 for the Czech Republic, the rural issues concern in particular the objective H — Promoting employment, growth, social inclusion and local development in rural areas, including…

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LEADER regions have an important role to play in sustainable regional development: The local strategy breaks down EU development goals to the local level. In this way, regional priorities will be operationalised within the EU target. Management can implement this strategy in the long term and connect local actors on a permanent basis. EU objectives are living in this way alive and regionally.

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LEADER i.e. in practice the Local Action Groups (LAG + FLAG for fishing), have been instrumental in improving the image and quality of life in rural areas in terms of susutainable approaches and activities. The LEADER principle is pivotal in its bottom-up approach, and represents one of the few policy-instruments available to local, democratically based initiatives.

LAGs have an important role to play in the European strategy. It is necessary for Europe to accompany the LAGs and to make it clear to the Member States and in turn to the regions that they are genuine intermediate bodies and that, in view of the positive experience with the regions, they can be the agents of the multi-fund.

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The recognition of the intermediate/CLLD/LAGs body (where this is also recognised under public law) is not well known and cozza with the local legislation (TEUELL, etc.), especially when it concerns PPP and the management possibilities of the ESI Funds.

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The European authorities have built the original LEADER programme to support the efforts of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). Although it has gradually expanded to include specific and innovative rural and more agricultural projects, its footprint is still too deeply rooted in farming alone. The health crisis has shown that many urban dwellers need to escape the high density of living in rural areas.

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European policy lacks mechanisms to enforce a level playing field. That means developments in the road. It is essential to ensure that the rules are the same within the EU and that mechanisms are being developed that ensure that only products that fulfil the conditions and standards that apply to EU farmers are marketed on the EU market.

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Calling for a new European local development policy EU local development policy, implemented currently through Community-Led Local Development (CLLD), has been instrumental in pioneering new innovations to support bottom-up decision making.