scholarly journals Local Action Groups as an Example of Participation and Development of Community: the Case of “Moravian Way” Local Action Group

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Markéta Zapletalová ◽  
Pavel Šaradín
Keyword(s):  
Local Action ◽  
Action Group ◽  
Action Groups

scholarly journals Leader Policy Practices and Landscapes in the Light of the Agency-Structure Debate: Evidence from Leader Local Action Groups in Italy and in Finland

2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 232-250 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fulvio Rizzo
Keyword(s):  
Policy Implementation ◽  
Social Engagement ◽  
Development Policy ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Local Action ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Action Group ◽  
Rural Development Policy ◽  
Structure Debate ◽  
Action Groups

AbstractThis article investigates LEADER policy practices and landscapes within very different regions of the European Union: North Karelia, Finland, and South Tyrol, Italy. The qualitative analysis of this geo-institutional comparison is carried out in the light of the agency-structure debate. Such theoretical framework contributes to investigate policies on the basis of their causal/contextual conjunctures; at the same time, it cautions from the contemporary common approach to identify ‘best’ policy practices. In the Joensuun Seudun LEADER Local Action Group, policy processes of social engagement are encompassed by the dominating structures of ‘village’, and ‘subpolitics’. In the Local Action Group Wipptal instead, the data suggest that the dominating structural dimensions are ‘politics’ and ‘agriculture’. Against the background of a re-territorialized rural development, policy implementation is a unique geographical process, which cannot be left aside neither from its contextual conjunctures, nor from a broad theoretical framework.

scholarly journals The Implementation of the Leader Approach in Slovak Republic, Identification of Problems and Possible Solutions

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-29
Author(s):  
Petra Zaujecová ◽  
Pavol Schwarcz
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Slovak Republic ◽  
Participation Rate ◽  
Local Action ◽  
Mutual Cooperation ◽  
Action Group ◽  
External Relations ◽  
Local Actors ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
Action Groups

Abstract The paper deals with the integrated development in rural areas realized by the LEADER approach. This approach is based on the territorial principle, where the significant role are playing local actors operating in the area, who through their actions influence it’s development. The LEADER approach is being implemented through the Axis 4 of the Rural Development Policy. The main objective of the paper is to evaluate the implementation of the LEADER approach in particular Local Action Groups in Slovakia, to identify problems with implementation and to suggest solutions for their elimination. In the paper we evaluate the internal operation of the Local Action Group - the balance of relations between members, defining areas of their mutual cooperation and participation rate in the calls from the perspective of managers of Local Action Groups as well as external relations - relations with Agricultural Paying Agency and ways of influencing the operation of Local Action Groups through legislation. We also focuses on personal views of managers on meeting the needs of the Local Action Group by the projects realized within the Axis 4 LEADER. We also pointed out problems connected with the direction of the Axis 4 in terms of the possibility of funds spending, we defined negative impacts of the legislation as well as particular activities of the Agricultural Paying Agency on Local Action Group‘s performance.

scholarly journals ASSESSMENT OF THE ACTIVITY OF RESIDENTS AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN THE LAG TERRITORY

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 400
Author(s):  
Iveta Mietule ◽  
Anda Zvaigzne ◽  
Aija Čerpinska
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Education Level ◽  
Development Programme ◽  
Local Action ◽  
Action Group ◽  
Rural Development Programme ◽  
Start Up ◽  
Business Entities ◽  
New Research ◽  
Action Groups

Research on participation in local action groups and their influence on the overall development of regional territories has become urgent in recent years, given the implementation of the Rural Development Programme LEADER as well as the interpretation of local action groups as a new research object in theoretical and empirical research studies.  The research aim is to assess the activity of residents in the territory of a particular local action group and the overall development of the territory in the period 2009-2013. In 2014, 40 local action groups operated in Latvia. The present research focuses on the territory of a local action group and its residents. The research provides socio-economic characteristics of the territory (changes in the numbers of residents and business entities and in wages) as well as identifies and assesses the opinions of residents on motivations and hindering factors to starting up a business. A statistical analysis of resident survey data, employing the contingency method, shows that increase in the education level reduces one’s wish to start up a business and vice versa, whereas the age of the residents surveyed has no effect on their wish to start up a business. 

Local Action Groups and Rural Sustainable Development. A spatial multiple criteria approach for efficient territorial planning

2016 ◽  
Vol 59 ◽  
pp. 12-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giovanni Ottomano Palmisano ◽  
Kannan Govindan ◽  
Antonio Boggia ◽  
Rosa Viviana Loisi ◽  
Annalisa De Boni ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Multiple Criteria ◽  
Local Action ◽  
Territorial Planning ◽  
Action Groups

Indicators Proposed for the Evaluation of Social Capital in Local Action Groups

2017 ◽  
pp. 201-226
Author(s):  
Elena Pisani ◽  
Giorgio Franceschetti ◽  
Riccardo Da Re ◽  
Maria Castiglioni
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Local Action ◽  
Action Groups

scholarly journals IMPLEMENTATION EVALUATION OF STRATEGIES OF LOCAL ACTION GROUPS IN LATVIA

2012 ◽  
Vol 0 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda Siliņa ◽  
Anda Zvaigzne ◽  
Zanda Dimanta
Keyword(s):  
Local Action ◽  
Implementation Evaluation ◽  
Action Groups

scholarly journals Oddziaływanie programu LEADER na kapitał społeczny mieszkanek wsi

2014 ◽  
pp. 55-68
Author(s):  
Katarzyna Zajda ◽  
Elżbieta Psyk-Piotrowska
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Rural Women ◽  
Local Action ◽  
Social Survey ◽  
The Social ◽  
Science Centre ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Network Component ◽  
Action Groups

In the article there is an analysis of the impact of the LEADER approach on the social capital of rural women involved in the local action groups. The aim of the article is to characterize the features of this capital taking into consideration the capital belonging to men involved in these organizations. The question is whether the role of local action groups as far as the social capital is concerned equally applies to women and men associated in these structures. On the basis of the research carried out in 2011–2013 (on a sample of 238 women and 327 men) within the framework of the project entitled: “Structure and determinants of social capital of local action groups” (National Science Centre grant) women social capital analysis was made (with its definition by R. Putnam). In the social survey distributed surveys technique was used. The result of the analysis is a statement that women social capital differs from men social capital mainly in the area of trust component and network component.

scholarly journals The Technical Efficiency of Local Action Groups: a Czech Republic Case Study

2017 ◽  
Vol 65 (3) ◽  
pp. 1065-1074 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iveta Vrabková ◽  
Pavel Šaradín
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Technical Efficiency ◽  
Comprehensive Evaluation ◽  
Local Action ◽  
Economic Returns ◽  
Evaluation Tool ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
The One ◽  
Action Groups

Local Action Groups (LAGs) represent a dynamic platform for inter-municipal cooperation in Europe. Their principal advantages include EU funding and the capacity to generate economic returns and stimulate the development of local communities. The methodology used for the evaluation of the performance of LAGs is defined by the EU on the one hand and by national authorities on the other. Furthermore, there are an entire array of evaluation tools and academic experiments available. The present paper does not aim at a comprehensive evaluation of LAGs, but instead only examines the technical efficiency of LAGs. Using the Czech Republic as an example, the paper introduces an evaluation tool to measure the technical efficiency of LAGs and describes how it can be applied. The adoption of this tool is seen as a means of improving one of the parameters of the performance of LAGs.

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