Leader transnational cooperation

About Leader transnational cooperation

Cooperation projects help all parts of rural Europe to grow together. Leader cooperation is supported by Rural Development Programmes (RDPs) using the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD).

Cooperation between rural areas is an important tool for the development of these areas.

Leader cooperation encourages and supports local action groups (LAGs) to undertake joint actions with other LAGs, or with a group taking a similar approach. Two main types of cooperation are implemented of the measure for cooperation under the current RDPs’ Leader axis. These are:

Inter-territorial cooperation - between different rural areas within a Member State concerns at least one LAG selected under the Leader axis and it is open to other local groups using a similar participatory approach;

Transnational cooperation (TNC) - between different rural areas from Member States. It involves at least one LAG selected under the Leader axis and additional partners could include other local groups using similar participatory approach. It is also possible to extend this cooperation to groups in pre-accession states or third countries following a similar approach.

TNC can help LAGs to upgrade local activities. It can allow them to add value to local resources, to find new visions and new dimensions. Encouraging new activities or developing joint rural tourism initiatives or shared cultural heritage.

TNC projects are not just simple exchanges of experiences. They must involve a concrete joint project.

Transnational and inter-territorial cooperation have become increasingly important for rural stakeholders in the European Union. Experiences from LEADER II (1994-1999) and LEADER+ (2000-2006) demonstrate that cooperation is an effective mechanism for helping EU rural areas.

In current periood: Leader Axis (2007-2013) is about 300 Leader TNC identified and there are around 160 projects where at least one LAG from Baltic-Nordic region is partner.

Date of nomination:	(45) 2013-05-20
Nomination country:	Poland
Title:	Re-creation of the Landscape / TEAM
Nominees:	Finalist
Category:	Tourism
Countries:	Poland, Belgium
Leading partner:	Belgium - Leader Tielt-Plateau
Documents:	http://maainfo.ee/public/files/45%20APPLICATION%20TEAM.docx
Photos link:	http://maainfo.ee/index.php?b=377&page=3538&action=pic_list&
Summary:	Project TEAM consisting of cooperation with the LAG in Belgium, is the bilateral identification and transfer of good practices. From the Belgian apply to practices of landscaping and landscape management in the rural areas, from the Polish explore the possibility of transferring innovations used in the Belgian tourism to Polish rural areas, and the use of new, unknown in Poland inter-sectoral collaboration methods. The apply the exchange of experience that took place in the first stage of the project (2010-2012), Bialskopodlaska LAG implement innovative marking bike routes longer than 1000 km based on accomplishments of partners and create innovative form of three-sector collaboration: “House of the Region”. Partners during the project involved various groups of stakeholders: youth, persons managing the region, members of non-governmental organizations and business in such a way to maintain the sustainability and the development of the project in the future.

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Viimati muudetud: 27.03.2013