The EU introduced ‘community-led local development’ (CLLD) in the 2014-2020 programming period, broadening significantly the scope of what was known as the ‘LEADER approach’. Three years into this period significant challenges still face the practitioners and offer opportunities for better interaction and cooperation with the research community. Click on the link below to … [Read more...]
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Forging a Good Local Society
A new report Forging a Good Local Society: Tackling Poverty through a Local Economic Reset, makes the case for tackling poverty locally. Written by Neil McInroy and published by the Centre for Local Economic Strategies (CLES), the report notes that local identities and innovation are increasingly viewed as an antidote to remote and detached national policies. It stresses that … [Read more...]
New LDnet site
We have created this new LDnet site for greater clarity and ease of navigation. It should also be easier for members and friends to contribute. To become a contributor go to the bottom of the right-hand side bar. We are now busy exporting the content of the old site and adding new content so the site is still 'work in progress'. At the same time one can always access the full … [Read more...]
LDnet at EWRC 2016
LDnet's workshop in this year's European Week of Regions and Cities on 'Achieving social inclusion in CLLD in the context of the results-orientation of the ESI Funds' took place on Wednesday 12 October from 9:00 to 10:45 at the Committee of the Regions (Workshop Ref 12B76 ). It was very well attended and focused on the double challenge that a results-oriented approach presents … [Read more...]
How are the EU Member States using CLLD
Community-Led Local Development (CLLD) can be applied in four European Structural and Investment Funds: the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), the European Social Fund (ESF), the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF). However, only in the EAFRD the use of CLLD – under the LEADER measure – is … [Read more...]
Migrant and refugee integration in rural Europe
This new ENRD Projects Brochure - ‘Migrant and Refugee Integration’ - explores how people in rural areas have used EAFRD support to respond to the challenges and opportunities presented by the recent influx of migrants and refugees into the European Union. A number of projects from different countries are presented under the themes of ‘Changing the narrative’, ‘Skills and the … [Read more...]
ENRD: The Implementation of Leader Approach
Focus Group 1 of Leader Subcommittee, European Network for Rural Development (EN RD) 2010 The Implementation of Leader Approach Length of report: Extended Report (42 pages); Supplementary Report (37 pages) Abstract: The ENRD Leader subcommittee Focus Group “on the Implementation of the bottom-up approach” prepared two reports on “the Implementation of the Leader Approach” … [Read more...]
LDnet at Open Days / European Week of Regions and Cities
OD2014 In line with its initiatives on capacity building in the field of CLLD, LDnet organised a debate on 7 October 2014 on Capacity building: what for?, followed by a networking session, as part of OD2014 www.opendays.eu(cache). OD2013 LDnet participated in OD2013 with a workshop on Citizen participation and community-led local development ( LINK(cache)). A report on … [Read more...]
CLLD challenges: the urban, the social and the dinosaurs…
Haris Martinos Introduction The debate on local development and the preparations for “CLLD” (Community-led Local Development) in the 2014-2020 period moved forward with two workshops that took place in the week of 7 October 2013 in Brussels. The first workshop(cache) was organised by DG REGIO to discuss the draft guidelines on CLLD, which are being prepared jointly by four … [Read more...]
Capacity Building for CLLD: Resources
Selected resources of relevance to LDnet working groups on capacity building Social innovation: Guide to Social Innovation: http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/sources/docgener/presenta/social_innovation/social_innovation_2013.pdf Urban-Rural: Study on topics and policy issues concerning sustainable rural-urban relations in Europe (see attached file, below) Activities … [Read more...]
Local Development, LDnet and the Ebook: An Overview
The Local Development Ebook has many innovative aspects, ranging from its all-encompassing look at local development to its method of development and production: What we understand by “local development” and the “local development approach”? - The “European Model” - Working definition and scope of LD - LDnet and the aims of the e-book - The development and production of the … [Read more...]
LD in Developing Countries
This paper looks into LD outside the EU with a focus on 'developing countries'. It discusses the scope and limitations of addressing LD in such a vast field and then considers specific LD experiences (issues, approaches and, to a lesser extent, results) in different regions and concludes with a discussion of transversal themes: Introduction - Diversity and common features - … [Read more...]