CLLD first appeared in EU speak in the common provisions regulation. It builds on LEADER type approaches that have also been pursued in the Fisheries programmes since 2007 and supported under the FARNET programme. Within the Structural Funds, the Community economic development approach was rolled out in UK Objective 1 and 2 programmes between 1994 […]
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LEDA
The LEDA, Local Employment Development Action programme, was an EU funded action research programme. It operated from 1986 to 1996. LEDA supported different types of local areas (rural/underdeveloped, urban/industrial decline) to develop their own responses to employment and economic development challenges, by providing international and (through small grants) local expertise and animation support, and by promoting the exchange […]
Community entrepreneurship for local development
Toby Johnson Senior adviser on community economic development, AEIDL March 2012 Entrepreneurship means taking a risk, using one’s initiative, and it has a production element, involving the creation of a new product or service which is sold on the market. But you do not have to follow the ‘cowboy’ model of the entrepreneur, which implies […]
Council Conclusions Adopted Between 1993 and 1999
1993 At the Brussels summit on 10 and 11 December 1993, the heads of State and government endorsed the conclusions and recommendations of the White Paper. They included “‘developing employment in connection with meeting new requirements linked to the quality of life and protection of the environment”‘ in the list of measures to be undertaken […]