From animation to participation:
(from Leader method to CLLD method)
“The virtous combination of two decisional levels”
F.A.R. Maremma S.c. a r.l.
Red Española de Desarrollo Rural –
CENCA (San Fernando de Henares, Madrid) -29/10/2015
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From animation to participation:
The Rural Development Programme (RDP) for 2014-2020 of Tuscany Region has been
approved on May 26th 2015 by the European Commission
In Tuscany Region the Rural Development policies, included the LEADER/CLLD Axis,
are now starting
According to the RDP 2014-2020 of Tuscany region
the LEADER/CLLD Axis must start within 6 months from the approval of the RDP
By next 26th of November Tuscany Region have to define the criteria and the call for
proposal for the selection of Local Action Groups in Tuscany, together with their
Local Development Strategies.
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Landscape of Maremma
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From animation to participation
The Local Development Strategy must focus on three of the following themes of RDP
2014-2020:
(“Tuscany Region menu”)
- Development of renewable energy chain (production and sustainability)
- Sustainable tourism
- Restoring, preserving and enhancing the landscape, the soil usage and biodiversity
- Enhancing and manage the environmental and naturals resources
- Enhancing the cultural and artistic patrimony of rural areas
- Promote the access to social services in rural areas
- Promote social inclusion of marginal/disadvantage people
- Urban restoring by the creation of services and spaces for the local communities
- Creation of “smart communities” and “smart networks”
- Other specific themes individuated by LAGs according to their Local Development
Strategies.
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Landscape of Maremma – typical “Maremmana” cows
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From animation to participation
The methodology used for the elaboration of
LAG F.A.R. Maremma Local Development Strategy:
FROM
The methodology of rural animation used by the LAG during the past
programming periods
(Axis 4 Leader Method 2007-2013, Leader+ 2000-2006)
TO
The new participatory methodology with the active involvement of local
stakeholders and communities in the definition of the Local Development
Strategy (LEADER/CLLD 2014-2020)
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From animation to participation
The new participatory methodology of LAG F.A.R. Maremma is based on the following
main objectives:
- Activate an innovative process in the implementation of rural development policies
troughout a participatory methodology.
- Create and enhance a new “governance practice” based on the active participation
of local stakeholders to the rural development policies.
- Develop and disseminate a new culture of “deliberative participation”, as a tool for
social development of local communities.
- Activate a new process of capacity building to learn the “deliberative participation”
methodology.
- Strength the competencies and skills of LAG staff in the “deliberative participation”
methodology.
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Castel del Piano – Panoramic view
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From animation to participation
The new participatory methodology with the active involvement of local
stakeholders and communities in the definition of the Local Development
Strategy (LEADER/CLLD 2014-2020)
The deliberative participation methodology:
Local stakeholders (sometimes among themselves and sometimes with
LAGs/Local Institutions) deliberate together, engage it practical reasoning, and
scrutinize proposals and reasons in order to forge agreements on policies for the
common good, ones which at least a majority can accept. Such deliberation
includes scrutiny and formation of values, including the relative importance of
various processes and opportunities.
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Pitigliano – Panoramic view
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From animation to participation
The elaboration of Local Development Strategy of F.A.R Maremma, throughout the
participatory process, is actually ongoing.
The results already achieved during the process highlighted some important
milestones that will be taken into consideration for the final elaboration of Local
Development Strategy of F.A.R. Maremma, such as:
Weakness point
Strengths point
In the RDP 2014-2020 there are few
Actions/Measures addressed to Local Public Bodies
(Municipalities, Union of Municipalities, etc…) in the
cultural and social sector
The main interest of our local stakeholder is focused
on the Actions/Measures of cooperation (M16 of
RDP)
In the RDP 2014-2020 there aren’t specific
Actions/Measures addressed to SMEs in the
complementary sectors of rural development
(handicraft, commerce, tourism)
We are also taking into consideration the activation
of Integrated Territorial Plans, as a development
instrument included in the RDP 2014-2020 of Tuscany
Region
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Sovana – View of the Medieval square
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From animation to participation
We are actually waiting for the call for proposal for the selection of LAGs and their
Local Development Strategy in Tuscany Region.
We are still working on our participatory process and we will finish it during the
timeline for the elaboration of our Local Development Strategy.
We are waiting also for the regional procedures that will manage the implementation
of LEADER/CLLD in Tuscany, to complete the framework that rules the activity of our
LAG in 2014-2020 programming period.
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Thank you for your attention
Catia Segnini
F.A.R. Maremma S.c. a r.l.
[email protected]
[email protected]
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