INFORMATION

The Nordic-Baltic Regions Rural Network Support Units - Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Sweden initiated The Nordic-Baltic Leader Cooperation Award.

The LEADER Transnational Cooperation Awards collected 60 applications from participating countries.

The first selection of nominated Nordic-Baltic Leader transnational cooperation projects is now done!

The finalists of the five categories were chosen out of 60 nominees in Roskilde, Denmark on the 6th June 2013. The evaluation committee included the representatives of Estonia, Lithuanian, Latvia, Swedish, Finnish and Danish rural network.

More detailed information about applicant and finalists is available in database in the end of the PAGE.

The aim of the competition is to:

• highlight the importance of transnational cooperation for rural development in the Nordic-Baltic countries;
• recognise and promote existing Leader transnational cooperation “success stories” involving the Nordic-Baltic countries;
• raise awareness amongst a wider audience of the interesting and diverse themes and activities which could be developed for future transnational cooperation with and between the Nordic-Baltic countries;
• acknowledge the Local Action Groups which are currently active in the Nordic-Baltic countries, and inspire these and other Local Action Groups to continue with transnational cooperation during the new programming period (2014-2020);
• reinforce the role of LEADER in supporting implementation of the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region.

Criteria for participating LEADER TNC project in the competition:

• The Leader transnational cooperation project must involve at least one Nordic-Baltic Local Action Group as a partner;
• The Leader transnational cooperation project must be included in the list of Leader transnational cooperation projects that have been notified to the European Commission. This list can be viewed on the ENRD LEADER Gateway website enrd.ec.europa.eu/leader/leader/en/transnational-cooperation_en.cfm
• The projects have not to be totally completed.

Award categories:

There are five award categories for which Leader transnational cooperation projects can apply. These are laid out below with examples of the types of project nominations which are expected:

• YOUTH - Leader transnational cooperation projects which diversify activities for young people and children in rural areas; Youth exchanges, camps, festivals or other thematic events; Activities which develop entrepreneurship and involvement in community development amongst young people in rural areas.

• TOURISM - Leader transnational cooperation projects developing rural tourism; Promoting tourism through the creation of a common brand, identity or idea for a region(s); Promoting tourism in an area through festivals or thematic events.

• CULTURE - Leader transnational cooperation projects which have supported cultural development in the fields of art, handicraft, theatre, music, dance, folklore or heritage protection; Festivals, exhibitions or other cultural events; Research or publications in the field of culture; Business development in the field of culture.

• LOCAL AREA DEVELOPMENT - Leader transnational cooperation projects which have enabled local area development; Village development; New solutions for delivering services and infrastructure, Local business support or business diversification and innovation.

• LOCAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT - Leader transnational cooperation projects which have developed the use of local resources; Local food and local food supply chains; Better use of local raw materials; Protection of the environment; Activities in environmentally protected areas e.g. organic farming; Ecological entrepreneurship; Development of renewable or alternative sources of energy.

Nominating Leader transnational cooperation projects for an award:

• The  Leader transnational cooperation project can be submitted by Local Action Groups, Rural Network Units, or any other organisation that has identified a good LEADER TNC project.
• Each Leader transnational cooperation project can only be nominated for one category. If the Leader transnational cooperatipm project seems to be suitable for more than one category then please choose the category it fits best.
• Nominations, including the completed application forms (in English) and at least 5 photos (minimum 1000 Kb), should be sent via e-mail to: LeaderTNC @ maainfo.ee
• Each category has a separate application form which can be downloaded HERE
• Photos should be good enough quality to be reproduced in print and include a title, location, date and the name of the photographer.
• Photos should be sent separately via e-mail to: LeaderTNC @ maainfo.ee.
• If the photos are too big to send via e-mail then contact the organisers for additional download instructions.
• Please note that organisations including the Rural Network Units may use these photos free of charge in the publication of information on nominated projects, on the competition website, in the best practice databases and in presentations about the competition. Photos will be not used for commercial purposes.
  

The Leader transnational cooperation projects will be evaluated against the following criteria:

• Participants benefits - How have participating organisations and stakeholders benefited from the Leader transnational cooperation project. Consider benefits accrued both during the Leader transnational cooperation project and/or afterwards.
• Transnational cooperation and partnership - Were all partners involved equally in a strong partnership approach. What was the added value of the transnational elements. Did the Leader transnational cooperation project involve other stakeholders groups both during the project and/or afterwards.
• Level of innovation - What was innovative or new about the Leader transnational cooperation project? E.g. unique or new action, solution, result or effect.
• Impact on regional development - What are the positive effects of the Leader transnational cooperation project within the participating region(s).
• Added value – transferability and sustainability - What is the added value of the Leader transnational cooperation project? Can the results or methodology of the Leader transnational cooperation project be used by others? Will the Leader transnational cooperation project or actions started during the project continue after completion?

The process of the Leader transnational cooperation projects evaluation:

A two phase selection process is used: in early June 2013 the Selection Committee chosed four finalists in each category and the Evaluation Committee will then select the best from these finalists in September 2013.

The People's Choice Awards

Public voting for the People’s Choice Award will take place via the competition website, where information on 20 finalists will be available shortly after the Selection Committee has reached their decision on the finalists.

Follow the information and latest news posted on the competition website: www.maainfo.ee/LeaderTNC

	Date of nomination	Title	Nominees	Category	Countries	Leading partner
			Finalist Participant Special Price of ESTONIA Winner of Category Winner of People's Choice	Culture Local Area Development Local Recourses and Environment Tourism Youth
	(60) 2013-05-20	Management fishing in the Lakes Finjasjön and Bosarpasjön. The transnational project: Developing methods of management fishery and utilization of haul	Finalist	Local Recourses and Environment	Finland, Sweden	Finland - LAG Etpähä
	(59) 2013-05-20	Local food for local development	Participant	Local Recourses and Environment	Finland, Austria, Cypros, Ireland, Sweden	Finland
	(58) 2013-05-20	Traditional sailing and maritime heritage	Finalist	Local Recourses and Environment	Finland, Estonia, Denmark	Finland - LAG Karhuseutu
	(57) 2013-05-20	Old Crafts Today	Participant	Culture	Lithuania, Latvia	Latvia
	(56) 2013-05-20	Growing Gastronauts	Winner of Category	Local Recourses and Environment	France, United Kingdom, Estonia	France - LAG Pays Vallée du Loir
	(55) 2013-05-20	Ecoland LEADER	Participant	Local Recourses and Environment	Finland, Estonia	Finland
	(54) 2013-05-20	Cooperation in Cultural Heritage Exploitation	Participant	Culture	Czech Republic, Estonia	Czech Republic
	(53) 2013-05-20	Quaint Village	Participant	Youth	Finland, Lithuania	Finland
	(52) 2013-05-20	The Planet said to me	Finalist	Youth	Finland, Luxembourg, Estonia, France	Luxembourg - LAG Redange-Wiltz
	(51) 2013-05-20	FENIX	Participant	Youth	Finland, Sweden, Estonia	Finland
	(50) 2013-05-20	The transnational local food project	Participant	Local Area Development	Finland, United Kingdom, Sweden	Finland
	(49) 2013-05-20	Villages Without Fences	Participant	Local Area Development	Czech Republic, Finland	Czech Republic
	(48) 2013-05-20	Forest Trail	Finalist	Local Recourses and Environment	Finland, Luxembourg, Sweden, France	Finland - LAG Aktiivinen Pohjois-Satakunta
	(47) 2013-05-20	International Theme Routes	Participant	Tourism	Finland, Estonia	Finland
	(46) 2012-05-20	IdeaCamp	Participant	Youth	Finland, Sweden	Finland
	(45) 2013-05-20	Re-creation of the Landscape / TEAM	Finalist	Tourism	Poland, Belgium	Belgium - Leader Tielt-Plateau
	(44) 2013-05-20	Bees and Biodiversity – Together to stop pollinating insects decline and protect biodiversity	Finalist	Local Recourses and Environment	France, Slovakia, Germany, Belgium, Finland, United Kingdom - Wales, Denmark	France - LAG Pays Voironnais
	(43) 2013-05-20	Giving young people the chance to preserve regional traditions	Participant	Youth	Poland, Lithuania	Poland
	(42) 2013-05-17	Woven Together	Participant	Culture	Finland, Austria	Finland
	(41) 2013-05-17	Wind for Youth	Winner of Category	Youth	Finland, Austria	Finland - LAG Aktiivinen Pohjois-Satakunta
	(40) 2013-05-17	Traditions on the Market Square	Finalist	Culture	Finland, Italy	Finland - LAG Aktiivinen Pohjois-Satakunta
	(39) 2012-05-17	Mustaparta archipelago and Tornio Valley	Finalist	Tourism	Finland, Sweden	Finland - LAG Outokaira tuottamhan
	(38) 2013-05-17	Innovative Village	Participant	Local Area Development	Finland, Estonia, UK	Finland
	(37) 2013-05-17	Development Of Local Identity Product By Using Innovative Marketing In Rural Tourism	Participant	Tourism	Lithuania, Latvia	Lithuania
	(36) 2013-05-17	International Youth Project – Learning by doing	Participant	Youth	Finland, Poland, Russia	Finland
	(35) 2013-05-17	Forest Project – Network of densely-wooded region in Europe	Participant	Local Area Development	Finland, Sweden, Luxembourg, France	Finland
	(34) 2013-05-17	Cross-border Entrepreneurs Blekinge/ Warmia-Mazury	Winner of Category	Local Area Development	Sweden, Poland	Sweden - Leader Blekinge
	(33) 2013-05-17	Action and Interaction	Participant	Youth	Finland, Lithuania	Finland
	(32) 2013-05-17	Polish and Swedish Trail of Local Product	Participant	Culture	Poland, Sweden	Poland
	(31) 2012-05-17	The Traditional Craft Skills Project	Participant	Culture	Finland, Ireland	Finland
	(30) 2013-05-17	Rural youth – Active, Creative and Humane Youth ACHY	Participant	Youth	Finland, Spain	Finland
	(29) 2013-05-17	Ecomuseum - from memories to future	Finalist	Culture	Italy, Finland	Italy - LAG Piceno
	(28) 2013-05-17	Clower power! 4H twinning people	Participant	Youth	Finland, Estonia	Finland
	(27) 2013-05-17	Our Earth Hour	Participant	Youth	Finland, France	France
	(26) 2013-05-17	Connecting countryside cultures – forming Finnish-French fellowship	Participant	Culture	France, Finland	France
	(25) 2013-05-17	Villages on Move	Participant	Youth	Finland, Estonia	Finland
	(24) 2014-05-17	Loving Local values	Finalist	Local Area Development	Estonia, Finland	Estonia - LAG Arenduskoda
	(23) 2013-05-17	European Oral Singing Traditions – Leader project	Participant	Culture	Finland, France, Estonia, United Kingdom	Finland
	(22) 2013-05-16	Villages Full of Treasures	Finalist	Local Area Development	Finland, Lithuania, Czech Republic	Finland - LAG Karhuseutu
	(21) 2013-05-16	Mus jungia LEADER lanczy nas (LEADER unites)	Participant	Youth	Poland, Lithuania	Poland
	(20) 2013-05-16	Rising YOUTH BANDS	Participant	Culture	Finland, Scotland, Italy	Finland
	(19) 2013-05-16	Medieval Festivals	Winner of Category	Culture	Estonia, Finland, Latvia, France, Portugal	Estonia - LAG Pärnu Bay Partnership
	(18) 2013-05-16	Youth for Youth	Special Price of ESTONIA	Youth	Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia	Lithuania - Ukmerge region LAG
	(17) 2013-05-16	Cultrural - international culture tourism project	Participant	Tourism	Finland, Lithuania	Finland
	(16) 2013-05-16	Finest Rural youth camps	Participant	Youth	Estonia, Finland, Russia	Estonia
	(15) 2013-05-15	Handicraft	Winner of People's Choice	Culture	Finland, Estonia, Latvia	Finland - LAG Karhuseutu
	(14) 2013-05-15	My Fell Lapland	Finalist	Youth	Italy, Finland, France	Italy - GAL Sulcis Iglesiente Capoterra e Campidano di Cagliari
	(13) 2013-05-15	Finnish Sauna – Learning By Doing	Participant	Culture	Finland, Hungary	Finland
	(12) 2013-05-15	Leva i två världar (Living in two worlds)	Participant	Culture	Finland, Sweden	Finland
	(11) 2013-05-15	Konst-och kultursommar Österbotten (Art and culturesummer Ostrobothnia)	Participant	Tourism	Sweden, Finland, Germany	Sweden
	(10) 2013-05-15	Slöjdkontakt och hantverksmöten (Handicrafts contacts and meetings)	Participant	Culture	Finland, Sweden	Finland
	(09) 2013-05-15	Bandcamp	Participant	Youth	Finland, Sweden	Finland
	(08) 2013-05-14	Ung Folkmusikbro/ Folk Summer School 2010	Participant	Youth	Finland, Sweden	Finland
	(07) 2013-05-14	Use of Local Resources for Energy and Construction Purposes	Participant	Local Recourses and Environment	Finland, Estonia, Germany	Finland
	(06) 2013-05-14	A la Region - Upper Tampere & Hunsruck and Rhein Valley	Finalist	Local Area Development	Germany, Finland	Germany - LAG Hunsrück
	(05) 2013-05-08	Nature Tourism Project	Winner of Category	Tourism	Finland, Hungary, Scotland, England, France, Portugal, Cap Verde	Finland - LAG Karhuseutu
	(04) 2013-05-08	CULTrips. Creating a new concept for socio-cultural village trips in Europe	Finalist	Tourism	Luxembourg, Austria, Finland, Italy, Estonia	Luxembourg - LAG Redange-Wiltz
	(03) 2013-05-08	RUCOP – Supporting rural sustainability through Co-operation	Participant	Local Recourses and Environment	Scotland, Sweden	Scotland
	(02) 2013-05-08	Transnational Hunting	Participant	Local Recourses and Environment	Sweden, Estonia	Estonia - LAG Peipsi-Alutagusi Koostöökoda
	(01) 2013-04-23	The many faces of wood – Insights into folk art and everyday creativity	Participant	Culture	Finland, Estonia, Lithuania, Poland, Italy	Finland - LAG Karelian Hills Leader Association

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