Rural Parliament - Rural Development - Lecture Slides, Slides of Human Development

Download Rural Parliament - Rural Development - Lecture Slides and more Slides Human Development in PDF only on Docsity! „LEADER” Programme and the „Rural Parliament” in Hungary Docsity.com Country in the Middle of Europe • 10 millions people / 93 000 km2 • 38% rural inhabitants • 3200 municipalities/1500 tiny villages • 67% agricultural land, including forests • 170 micro-regional rural initiatives (10-100 000 inhabitants Docsity.com Rural Parliament in Hungary • Network of the non-governmental rural development initiatives; Established in 1998 • 490 local and national level NGO-s, 100 non-governmental development agencies • 400 membership organization and local action groups • Connection with 1500 villages and small towns (50% of the municipalities) Docsity.com Objective 1: Partnership • Build up network of the rural community development initiatives • Strengthen organizational capacity of the local communities, local self-governments, public and private sector in the rural areas • Promote cooperation between different actors and sectors of rural development on local, national and regional levels Docsity.com Objective 2: Localizing sustainable development • Protect the local nature, economy and cultural heritage • Promote methodology and practice of the synergic way of local development • Develop local democracy and citizen participation • Improve the situation of disadvantaged social groups such as women, youth and ethnic groups e.g. Roma • Disseminate best practices of the rural development and social mobilization Docsity.com The main achievements 1 - Capacity building and networking 2 - Information and training 3 - Representing common weal of the rural communities 4 - Governmental – civil partnership on decision making (“to be a bridge”) 5 - International cooperation 6 - National and international lobby on rural policy Docsity.com Capacity building by events • National (2 times/year) and regional gatherings (1 time/2 years) to exchange “best practices” of the rural development and to represent common weal of the rural communities • Fairs of local value-added products (e.g., handicraft, organic food, etc.) • Festival of locally-made films; how to document the village-life • Working group meetings of specific interest groups Docsity.com Information and networking • Website: www.ruralnet.hu and links • Internet based information network of 400 permanent partner organizations • Newsletters • Permanent hot-line info-service between members and the headquarter (1998-2002) Docsity.com Participation on decision 1. Member of the SAPARD Monitoring Committee (1999-) 2. Observer at the Hungarian Regional Development Council (1998 - ) 3. Member of the AVOP Monitoring Committee (2003-) 4. Member of the LEADER Programme Steering Committee (2005- Docsity.com Rural Parliament as Facilitator Facilitator of the discussion on • SAPARD Plan (1999) • National Development Plan (2002-) • National Rural Development Plan (2003-) Docsity.com International cooperation • Partnership: Swedish, Estonian and Slovakian Rural Parliaments and many other similar international networks • Membership in Forum Synergies (European Network of Sustainable Local Initiatives) and EPHA (European Public Health Association) • One of the founder of the PREPARE Program (1999) and PREPARE Network Group (Pre-Accession Partnership for Rural Europe) Docsity.com Common needs • Regulated partnerships between public and civil actors of rural development • LEADER methodology as mainstream in rural policy • Rural Voice on Eu level as civil actor for partnership Docsity.com Pre-Accession LEADER Initiative • 2001-2004 • Initiated by the HRP • Financed by the National Government • 12 LAG Docsity.com AVOP „LEADER+” Programme (Operational Programme for Agriculture and Rural Development in Hungary ) 2005-2008 Docsity.com Objectives • Capacity building and training for creating local conditions of implementation in Hungary • Preparing Local Action Plan and its implementation • National and international networking and cooperation • National LEADER Observatory Docsity.com Priorities of the LAG-s • Added value to utilize local natural and cultural heritage • Developing the quality of life • Innovation for competitive local products and services • Increasing marketability of SME-s • Partnership, cooperation and networking Docsity.com Details • 186 established LAG-s; 75% of the municipalities • 3.4 million people lives in the LEADER areas; 34% of the population • Average: 18 500 inhabitants/LAG • Average: 12,5 municipalities/LAG • Significant differences between the regions Docsity.com Examples… Docsity.com „Zala-kar” Pre-LEADER Projects I. Strenghtening local marketing • Map of local products • Local logo on local products • Local tourism information desk II: Added value to special local agricultural products III. Traning and marketing for traditional handkraft Docsity.com Zala-kar” Pre-LEADER Projects For profit : 14 = 67% Non-profit : 7 = 33% Docsity.com