LDnet is the lead-partner for the workshop on "Local development strategies: retaining and attracting talents in the regions" which will take place on Thursday 11 October 2018 (11:30 - 13:00) as part of the European Week of Regions and Cities (event reference: 11WS118). Registration is now open, click here. LDnet has been working with its partners - ELARD, CIM Alto Minho and AEIDL - to offer an exciting and interactive programme for this … Continue Reading
Marion Eckardt, vice-president of ELARD, brings the experience of Sweden to EWRC 2018
Marion Eckardt, vice-president of ELARD will be one of the speakers at the EWRC workshop co-organised by LDnet and ELARD in cooperation with other partners. Marion will bring her extensive practical experience to the meeting drawing on the work she has led on the ground with young people and their involvement in the regions. Her experience also covers an important project on attracting new inhabitants and entrepreneurs in mid Sweden, as well as … Continue Reading
Leader of Portuguese Delegation at CoR to speak at LDnet-led workshop at EWRC 2018
We are pleased to announce that José Maria Costa, Leader of the Portuguese Delegation at the European Committee of the Regions, will participate in the LDnet-led workshop on “Local development strategies: retaining and attracting talents in the regions” that will take place on 11 October in Brussels as part of EWRC 2018. Mr Costa, in his capacity as CIM President, will lead in the presentation of the initiative of the Portuguese area of Alto … Continue Reading
Armelle Ledan, AEIDL, to speak at EWRC on EU initiatives in support of the local approach to retaining and attracting talents
"Several EU initiatives can support local approaches to retaining and attracting talents: this is what reveals Armelle Ledan at AEIDL". LDnet is cooperating with AEIDL in EWRC 2018 and Armelle will be offering an overview of different EU initiatives in support of the local approach to retaining and attracting talents based on her extensive EU-wide experience and AEIDL's involvement in different programmes and initiatives. … Continue Reading
Events & activities
Maria João Rauch to chair the EWRC workshop on retaining and attracting talents in the regions
LDnet and its partners - ELARD, CIM Alto Minho and AEIDL - have put together an exciting programme for this workshop, says Maria João Rauch, who is coordinating the preparations and will chair the workshop. "We have an impressive line up of international speakers with deep knowledge and involvement at … Continue Reading
LDnet at RSA Conference in Lugano: the debate on the interaction between research, policy and practice in local development
The RSA Annual Conference 2018 took place in Lugano, Switzerland from 3rd to 6th June on the theme of "A World of Flows: Labour Mobility, Capital and Knowledge in an Age of Global Reversal and Regional Revival". As part of the Conference, "Policy Tuesday" on 5th June focused on issues and inputs concerned … Continue Reading
European Commission proposals for CLLD after 2020
The avalanche of proposals for the 2021-2017 period is continuing. On 29.05.2018 the European Commission published its proposal for a new Common Provisions Regulation [COM(2018) 375 final] which confirms the continuation of CLLD although uncertainties remain – and we’ll return with a critical review. Title … Continue Reading
GDPR and LDnet
As new data protection regulations come into effect in the European Union, we’re taking the opportunity to explain that the only data kept by LDnet is email addresses used to mail monthly news (and any other data users of this website may have entered when registering). We do not share any data with any third … Continue Reading
Articles
A new handbook on evaluating CLLD at the local level
FARNET and FAME Support Units have developed a handbook on evaluating Community-Led Local Development (CLLD) at the local level. This handbook is addressed to all Local Action Groups (LAGs) funded from one or several of the four ESI Funds and it provides them with easy-to-use tools and methods. It covers the … Continue reading
Concept of locality: RELOCAL
RELOCAL is a research project funded under the Horizon 2020 programme, ‘Resituating the Local in Cohesion and Territorial Development’. It is a 4 years project involving 13 partners, coordinated by the university of eastern Finland and covering 12 countries, mainly in the Northern and Eastern parts of the EU. … Continue reading
Social innovation, CLLD and the future of rural development
The debate on the future of EU policies and budgets post-2020 is hotting up. A new policy brief from SIMRA, makes a contribution in the context of the European Commission’s Communication on the Common Agricultural Policy post-2020, “The Future of Food and Farming”. The policy brief stresses that social … Continue reading
The future of local development in the EU: Where do you stand?
Already many interesting ideas and proposals are coming out on the future of local development as seen and supported by EU policies and funds. They offer reflections on both the long experience of LEADER (from the days of the ‘community initiatives’ to the mainstreaming of LEADER) and the lessons from the … Continue reading
PUBLICATIONS
Social innovation and territorial development
In his contribution to the International Seminar Social Innovation in Public Policies in Brasilia, on 7 and 8 March 2018, Robert Lukesch discusses the essence of social innovation at the micro level and highlights the importance of governance (“the very notion of social innovation requires an institutional … Continue reading
Leadership in place-based development
“The role of leadership in place-based development and building institutional arrangements” is a paper by L. G. Horlings, D. Roep and W. Wellbrock published in Local Economy, the journal of the Local Economic Policy Unit. In various case studies across Europe the vital role of rural place leadership in … Continue reading
What does “community led” really mean?
In the 2014-2020 programming period "community-led local development" (CLLD) has become embedded in the terminology all those working on local development. But while we are already starting debating the future of CLLD beyond 2020, there are still uncertainties about the basics of this approach, including what … Continue reading
Towards an inclusive and sustainable CLLD: lessons from neighbourhood management in Berlin
CLLD is more often associated with a rural or fisheries context. In this paper by Pietro Verga deals with ‘urban CLLD’, which builds on experiences, particularly, from the URBAN Initiatives and the LEADER programme. His research is based in Berlin and is within the policy context of the German Soziale Stadt … Continue reading