An overview of CLLD in the Netherlands in the 2014-2020 period and beyond: local development approach, use of EU funds, number of LAGs, achievements so far, barriers encountered, national specificities | Authors: Thamar Kok and Josh Geuze | January 2022
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CLLD country profile: Italy
An overview of CLLD in Italy in the 2014-2020 period: local development approach, use of EU funds, number of LAGs, achievements so far, barriers encountered, national specificities | Author: Rosalba La Grotteria, Carlo Ricci, Franco Mantino, Urszula Budzich-Tabor | December 2021
‘Better connected rural areas – improving rural mobility’: 27 January 2022, Ostana, Italy
The 3rd Regional Workshop of the Smart Rural 21 project will take place in Ostana (Italy) on 27 January 2022. This workshop aims to present the outcomes of the Smart Rural 21 project to interested stakeholders, both in terms of local rural community support and Smart Village policy lessons to date. It will focus on […]
CLLD country profile: Belgium
An overview of CLLD in Belgium in the 2014-2020 period and beyond: local development approach, use of EU funds, number of LAGs, achievements so far, barriers encountered, national specificities | Contributing authors: Wouter Peeters, Nicolas De Fotso Tchienegnom | November 2021
‘Reinventing local shopping and hospitality’ – The recording and ‘take away’ points from the webinar of 18 June 2020
The webinars on Rebuilding local economies after lockdown kicked off on Thursday 18 June 2020. The 1st session was on Reinventing local shopping and hospitality and was attended by some 40 participants. The full programme, link to the recording of the session and some “take away” points are available below. Full recording of the webinar […]
The European Parliament’s role in cohesion policy since the Lisbon Treaty
This new study was commissioned by the European Parliament’s REGI Committee and was carried out between April and July 2019. On 4 December 2019, it was presented by its authors, Haris Martinos and Serafin Pazos-Vidal, and was discussed by the REGI Committee. The study highlights the crucial role of the European Parliament in supporting a […]
New OECD publications
The Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities of the OECD has published a new newsletter showcasing a series of new publications. These include: OECD Regions and Cities at a Glance 2018 This report looks at how regions and cities across the OECD are progressing towards stronger economies, higher quality of life for their citizens […]
Local strategies for retaining and attracting talent
The workshop on “Local development strategies: retaining and attracting talents in the regions” took place on Thursday 11 October 2018 in the framework of the European Week of Regions and Cities. Organised by LDnet as lead-partner, in cooperation with ELARD, CIM Alto Minho and AEIDL, it offered a forum for the presentation of concrete experiences […]
Fernando Barreiro (1949-2018)
We are very saddened at the news of the death of Fernando Barreiro, a long-standing friend and colleague in the field of local development, one of the founders of LDnet and member of its board. Fernando was born in Uruguay, moved to Spain in the 1970s as a refugee during the time of the Uruguayan […]
The Lisbon declaration on social innovation
In this declaration the Social Innovation Community calls on the EU to build on the world-leading practices established over the last decade and make social innovation a core part of its strategy to achieve a “social triple A” for Europe. The Social Innovation Community has identified key priorities that Europe should address. Tackling these priorities […]
CLLD post-2020: Main proposals and changes
The proposals of the European Commission regarding Community-led Local Development (CLLD) and Leader were published before the Summer. In the following note Urszula Budzich-Tabor distils the main proposals and offers a comparison with the 2014-2020 period. However, not everything is 100% settled and, as Jean-Pierre Vercruysse has commented, there are some proposals in the draft […]
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 with place-based […]