Several organisations are collecting and publishing local initiatives in response to the Covid-19 crisis. We are offering below the links to a number of these initiatives (section 1) and our own selection (section 2). We are also starting a series of reflections on what these initiatives could mean for local development. In section 3, Rosalba La Grotteria and Maria Joao … [Read more...]
Archives for 2020
Join the new LDnet / RSA intiative – Community solutions: When social Innovation meets local development
LDnet and RSA have been exploring the idea of a COST Action proposal. Covid-19 has led to a rescheduling of the deadline for proposals to 29.10.2020 and this offers an opportunity for researchers and practitioners interested in this topic to contribute in the development of a sound proposal. A first outline of the concept note is provided below. Expressions of interest and … [Read more...]
LDnet lab on social innovation and local development: linking urban and rural approaches
This lab took take place on Thursday 20.2.2020 at Scotland House, Rond-point Robert Schuman 6, 1040 Brussels, after the SIMRA conference. It aimed to explore how local initiatives or local action groups working in the context of CLLD can act as a motor and platform for social innovation at grass roots level. There are many connections between local development methods and … [Read more...]
LDnet’s ‘discuss and debate’ session at the RSA conference in Ljubljana
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic this event has been cancelled. The next RSA Annual Conference will be in Florence, 25-28 May 2021. Then, the 2022 Annual Conference will be in Ljubljana. Elena Pisani and Stefan Kah LDnet are joining Urszula Budzich-Tabor and Robert Lukesch as speakers at the 'discuss and debate' session that LDnet is organising on 19 June 2020 at the 2020 RSA … [Read more...]
LDnet special session at the Third Joint EU Cohesion Policy Conference in Zagreb
This event has been postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic and will be rescheduled for early 2021. The Third Joint EU Cohesion Policy Conference 2020, "Maximising the Opportunities for Cohesion Policy in Challenging Times", will take place on 11-13 May 2020 in Zagreb. LDnet has proposed a Special Session on "Social Innovation and Local Development for an inclusive green … [Read more...]
EURegionsWeek 2020 – Master Class and University Sessions
RSA Europe is again actively involved in the Master Cass and University Sessions in the 18th EURegionsWeek, 12-15 October 2020 in Brussels. The Master Cass and University Sessions are organised by the European Commission, Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy (DG REGIO) and the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) advised by the Regional Studies Association … [Read more...]
Delivering CLLD effectively: a new guide on how to design delivery systems that strengthen the bottom-up approach
FARNET has just published its latest guide, on “Delivering CLLD effectively”. Although labelled “A guide for EMFF Managing Authorities”, in fact, it can be useful for the managing authorities of CLLD under any of the ESI Funds and it is, of course, of considerable interest to local development experts. The guide aims to address one of the key issues identified by CLLD … [Read more...]
LDnet: a community of experts building bridges between research and practice
Local development is multi-faceted with practitioners split between the urban and rural domains, while researchers come from different academic disciplines. A community of experts dealing with local development could help harvest lessons learnt and overcome silo mentality. LDnet and the European Commission are very keen on building bridges between research and practice and … [Read more...]
Towards a Promising Season for Local Development – Notes from Porto’s URBACT CityLab and CITIES Forum
The upcoming new season of Cohesion Policy looks to be a promising one for local development; at least for what emerged during Porto’s URBACT CityLab and CITIES Forum (29-31 January 2020). The CityLab and the Forum touched upon key topics for the future of local development, including: the objectives and priorities of the Commission for the new programming period; the … [Read more...]
Highlights from the LEADER/CLLD 2019 Conference
ELARD and the Portuguese LEADER network Minha Terra have organised the last gathering under the Portuguese Presidency of Maria João Botelho in the beautiful town of Amarante in Northern Portugal, hosted by the LAG Dolmen. The workshop on 25.11.2020 served as an exchange platform to discuss the state of play in the member countries and to lay out priorities for the upcoming … [Read more...]
Join for free the local development network that brings experts and practitioners together from urban and rural areas
Recipients of "Posts from LDnet" will have noticed that over the last 12 months LDnet has been very active: organising debates - e.g. annual workshop at EWRC, special sessions at RSA conferences participating in international events and posting feedback - e.g. European Rural Parliament, URBACT CityLab & CITIES Forum encouraging and publishing articles and … [Read more...]
Report of SIMRA final conference
SIMRA, the Horizon 2020 project “Social Innovation in Marginalised Rural Areas” has been at the forefront in promoting the contribution of social innovation to social, economic and environmental development in disadvantaged rural areas since 2016. The final two-day event of the project “From the implementation of local initiatives to the integration into public policies” was … [Read more...]