We are pleased to announce that José Maria Costa, Leader of the Portuguese Delegation at the European Committee of the Regions, will participate in the LDnet-led workshop on “Local development strategies: retaining and attracting talents in the regions” that will take place on 11 October in Brussels as part of EWRC 2018. Mr Costa, in his capacity as CIM President, will lead … [Read more...]
LDnet events & activities
Marion Eckardt, vice-president of ELARD, brings the experience of Sweden to EWRC 2018
Marion Eckardt, vice-president of ELARD will be one of the speakers at the EWRC workshop co-organised by LDnet and ELARD in cooperation with other partners. Marion will bring her extensive practical experience to the meeting drawing on the work she has led on the ground with young people and their involvement in the regions. Her experience also covers an important project on … [Read more...]
Armelle Ledan, AEIDL, to speak at EWRC on EU initiatives in support of the local approach to retaining and attracting talents
"Several EU initiatives can support local approaches to retaining and attracting talents: this is what reveals Armelle Ledan at AEIDL". LDnet is cooperating with AEIDL in EWRC 2018 and Armelle will be offering an overview of different EU initiatives in support of the local approach to retaining and attracting talents based on her extensive EU-wide experience and AEIDL's … [Read more...]
Maria João Rauch to chair the EWRC workshop on retaining and attracting talents in the regions
LDnet and its partners - ELARD, CIM Alto Minho and AEIDL - have put together an exciting programme for this workshop, says Maria João Rauch, who is coordinating the preparations and will chair the workshop. "We have an impressive line up of international speakers with deep knowledge and involvement at grass-roots level, including José Maria Costa, CIM President and Leader of … [Read more...]
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 policies. LDnet organised a special session on "What … [Read more...]
LDnet General Assembly
This year's general assembly of the LEDA Partenariat - Local Development Network association will take place on 10 October 2018 in Brussels. The agenda of the meeting, precise time and venue to be announced shortly. Members and friends welcome! … [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...]
GDPR and LDnet
As new data protection regulations come into effect in the European Union, we’re taking the opportunity to explain that the only data kept by LDnet is email addresses used to mail monthly news (and any other data users of this website may have entered when registering). We do not share any data with any third parties. Email recipients of LDnet news can unsubscribe at any … [Read more...]
Conference on “Using social innovation policy approaches to help cities and regions realise the potential of the European Pillar of Social Rights”
This Monday April 16th 2018, a networking conference was organised at the Committee of the Regions on the initiative of the REVES Network, the Social Innovation Community and the University of Bologna. The event aimed to reflect on “Using social innovation policy approaches to help cities and regions realise the potential of the European Pillar of Social Rights” through … [Read more...]
Community Led Climate Action in the EU
LDnet is cooperating with AEIDL supporting a joint internernship in Brussels. Noémie Bessette, student of Sciences-Po Rennes (France) started her four-month internship working on a number of tasks. A key topic of her internship concerns Community Led Climate Action (CLCA) in the EU, as outlined below. Since its establishment in 1988, AEIDL has focused its attention mainly on … [Read more...]
The future of local development in the EU: Where do you stand?
Already many interesting ideas and proposals are coming out on the future of local development as seen and supported by EU policies and funds. They offer reflections on both the long experience of LEADER (from the days of the ‘community initiatives’ to the mainstreaming of LEADER) and the lessons from the much shorter experience of applying CLLD in rural, urban and coastal … [Read more...]
Showing the added value of LEADER/CLLD through evaluation
This good practice workshop is organised by the European Evaluation Helpdesk for Rural Development in collaboration with the Finnish National Rural Network and the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. It will take place on 17-18 May 2018 in Helsinki, Finland. This workshop aims to: contribute to shaping a common understanding of the addedvalue of LEADER/CLLD and its … [Read more...]