stig hansson gotland sweden. leader, plan initiative comes from eg. regional authorities as an open...
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Stig Hansson
Gotland Sweden
Leader, plan
• Initiative comes from eg. regional authorities as an open invitation to everyone who wants to be a part of the process
• All who have announced interest start up the work to write a Local Action Plan
• All three sectors – non-profit-making, private and official – equally represented during the writing of LAP
Leader, area
• Dare thinking in new ways and cross boarders when the area is set
• The delegates of LAG must have a wide geographical and social range
• When you think in different ways you will create new solutions
LAG, purpose
When you stop guarding your own interests
and think of the area’s future you create
development:
• Sitting in LAG means to give support to others, not getting support for your own ideas
• It can be difficult to explain at home why you support the neighbour village and not your own
Experiences from LEADER-work on Gotland
Local engagement
Local engagement = sustainability
• Those who run the project are the same who have the benefits from it
• The idea can come from outside, but initiative and creation of the project is made on a local basis
• With a local project leader money and knowledge stays in the area – rather give support for administration
Learning and development
Pre-study
Learning and development
• Start small – ”wide doors and low thresholds”. Gives courage!
• Little money for pre-studies. Well-placed money!
• Do you need to make a project if you know the result in advance
”Stealing” good ideas
Öppna Ateljéer
”Stealing” good ideas
• ”Don’t invent the wheel again”
• Bring home ideas and adapt them to your local situation
• Document the projects so that others can learn from it
Failures
Failures
• Project-group and project-leader do not have the same goal
• The participants do not realize which input is expected from them
• What happens after the project is important – who continues?
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From Leader+ to the new RDP in Sweden
• From 12 to 65 Leader areas
• From 20% to 85% of rural population
The Swedish Rural Network
• All actors for rural development, on national level, can be members
• Network (service) Unit at the Managing Authority
• A special budget line for member activities
Swedish Rural Network
• Formal or informal
• Official Within Managing Authority or outsourced • Just for Leader or for the whole Development Program
Different kinds of national RD networks
Starts with simple information
– Newsletter – Program information – Network activities
Building more interactive tools
– Project database– Partner search– Webb tools to support the LAGs
