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 with place-based policies. LDnet organised a special session on "What … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2018
Preparing for the LDnet workshop at EWRC 2018
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 Octover 2018 (14:30 - 16:00) as part of the European Week of Regions and Cities (event reference: 11WS118). In recent days LDnet has been working with its partners - ELARD, CIM Alto Minho and AEIDL - on a detailed … [Read more...]
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 main steps in evaluating Local Development Strategies (LDS): planning … [Read more...]
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 III, Chapter II of the new CPR deals with Territorial Development, … [Read more...]