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Download Establishment - Rural Development - Lecture Slides and more Slides Human Development in PDF only on Docsity! REVIEW OF THE PROCESS DIRECTED TOWARDS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A NATIONAL RURAL DEVELOPMENT NETWORK IN BULGARIA Docsity.com Legal Framework and Preconditions for the establishment of the National Network  EUROPEAN LEGISLATION  Strategic Guidelines of the EU Rural Development Initiative “Leader +”, 14 April, 2000/С 139/05/;  Council Regulation on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development /EAFRD/ № 1698/2005;  Project “SUSTAINABLE RURAL DEVELOPMENT”- from 2003 to 2005  Project “PARTNERSHIP FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT” - 2004  Project “NATIONAL NETWORK FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND ORGANIC AGRICULTURE PUBLICITY” - 2005 2 Docsity.com Project “Sustainable Rural Development” /SRD/ A PARTNERSHIP PROJECT BETWEEN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY /MAF/, THE UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM /UNDP/ and 11 MUNICIPALITIES:  Establishment and registration of 11 Local Leader Groups /LLG/  Cooperation activities and exchange of practices – from 2003 to 2005 - participation of LLGs’ representatives in PREPARE’s Annual Gathering in Slovakia and Hungary in 2003; - exchange of experience and joint activities of the LLG with 4 organizations under “Capacity 21” Project (UNDP) and establishment of an information exchange network among those 15 organizations (“Good Alternatives” NGO); - MAF and SRD Project – hosts and organizers of the 2004 Annual PREPARE Gathering, Chiflik village; - the main project activities for 2005 are Traveling Workshops among the different LLGs; 5 Docsity.com Project “Partnership for Rural Development” – 2004 ROJECT GOAL: Initiating the process of Network establishment: - Identification of potential Network members; - Holding a National Conference; - Holding six regional information seminars; - Producing information materials; 6 Docsity.com NATONAL CONFERENCE “PARTNERSHIP IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT” HELD ON 1 OCTOBER 2004 THE CONFERENCE WAS ORGANIZED BY MAF IN COOPERATION WITH THE ORGANIZATION GROUP OF PREPARE PROGRAM 7 Docsity.com Conference Results Mission  The mission of the Bulgarian Rural Development Network is to get together all organizations and individuals working on different levels of rural development in Bulgaria. The major task of the Network is to inform and educate its members and interested communities. The Network will coordinate and support of integrated development and specific rural development projects, and will represent the interests of its members on national and international level. Objectives  To facilitate the cooperation and communication among people and organizations in the rural regions for the purpose of achieving effective representation of their interests as well as for the purpose of structuring the information flow between governmental and non-governmental organizations from local to regional, national and international level;  To be an equal partner in the process of creating legislation and policy for rural development. 10 Docsity.com Regional Seminars 11 Seven regional meetings were held in the six planning regions:  Sofia, MAF,12 October 2004: a total of 54 representatives of governmental land non-governmental organizations took part in the meeting;  Vidin, 14 October 2004: 52 participants;  Veliko Tarnovo, 20 October 2004: 68 participants;  Varna, 21 October 2004: 73 participants;  Stara Zagora, 27 October 2004: 51 participants;  Yambol, 28 October 2004: 41 participants;  Smolyan, 02 November 2004: 45 participants; 384 participants, 64 of whom have expressed their opinions in writing Docsity.com Conclusions and suggestions provided by the participants in the regional seminars  95% of the participants express absolute readiness to get involved in the process of establishing the National Network, as they specified their contribution;  90% of the participants regard themselves as future partners in the Network;  90% of the NGOs declare specific contribution /information, consultation support for projects, coordination and mobilization of local communities/;  All participants clearly expressed their interest in additional information on the topic;  Conclusions show that there is a lack of specific ideas and a vision for the overall structure and organization of the National Network; 12 Docsity.com