Séminaire LEADER Nis 12 novembre 2014

LEADER Add Value

« If you want to go fast, go alone…If you want to go far, do it together… »

• LEADER, a territory• LEADER, a bottom-up approach• LEADER, decision-making power for the Local

Action Group,• LEADER, innovative tailored solutions,

identified locally, to meet the local needs• LEADER active co-operation between

organizations

Les Fondamentaux

• Leader aim• You will be selected on the quality of your

strategy• It should not be considered as a mandatory

exercise

Elaborate your LDS, an important step

Why becoming LEADER ?

• LEADER is not an opportunity• LEADER is not so easy• Why do we need LEADER funds ?• Our needs ?• What are we going to do with ?• What are our attempts, for what results ?

A frame work and a road map

• Your LDS will be the corpus wich will help you to select the projects

• It will lay the rules admited by the MA and your LAG

• It will be a methodologic frame work for your LAG– Who is doing what ?– How ?– What place for the management group

Elaborating your LSD an important step…

• LEADER is something new• Local actors must be involved ASAP You have

to create a LEADER way of thinking , based on share values

• A right balance between a technical approach and a management approach

Where to start ?

• SWOT analysis • Thematic and participative workshops• Cold datas and warm facts

Will LEADER be usefull to develop tourism?

S W O T

Space Accessibility  jobs creation  Population losts

Landscapes Lack of tourism infrastructures Added value

Natural ressources Lisibility  Creating links between…  uses conflcts

Cultural Heritage No tourism culture New attempts  

Step by step

• What do we do Good questions for good answers ….– How many tourits come ? For what ? Where do

they stay ? Where do they come from ?how many overnights, how many rooms ? Hostels ?, rural cottages ? Is there any satisfaction survey ? What is happening around ?

• An opportunity for Local Developpment• We have to innovate…

Promote Mountain Bike…

Crédit photo Eric Dupouy

Set the actions plan

• The customers attempts (market place)• We need signposted and charted trails• Is it sustainable ? • They used GPS track…• They will need to rent bikes• They will have to repair• They will have to dry their clothes…

Make the project possible

• Simple, Measurable,Achievable,Relevant, Time bound (S.M.A.R.T.)

• You will have to help project developers• You will a have to create a network• You will have to create link with other projects• Cooperation will help you• You have to give value to your projects and

your local leaders

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