LEADER STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING LEADER OBSERVATORY SEMINAR 28-29 JUNE 2006 IN BRUSSELS/BELGIUM Francesca Cionco

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LEADER STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING LEADER
OBSERVATORY SEMINAR28-29 JUNE 2006 IN
BRUSSELS/BELGIUMFrancesca Cionco
European Commission
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National Strategic Plan

• Set up by the board of resolution with the
  participation of LAGs
• A Network programme administered by the Ministry
  of Agricultural, Alimentary and Forestry Policies
• Board IV contributes to the implementation of the
  3 general objectives
• Competitiveness in the agri-alimentary and
  forestry sectors
• Improvement in the environmental and
  socio-economic context
• Improvement in efficiency and efficacy of the
  system of national, regional and local governance

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Key points of Board IV of the PSN to safeguard
the method and meaning of LEADER

• Project Quality based on a well-defined strategy
  with themes and objectives which are anchored in
  the territory
• Capacity to administer development programmes by
  putting forward acquired experiences in local
  programmes, upgrading animation activities,
  improving problem solving methods, aiming at the
  role of the LAG as development agencies
• Dimension of the areas for a localisation of
  circumscribed territory and adequate critical
  mass

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LEADER and other boards

• Every Region makes choices based on its needs
• Financial holding of board IV 5-10
• Particular predominance of board III although
  board I had a good application
• Importance of cooperation

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Open matters

• The possibility of a double mode of
  administration with and without Leader
• How to program the measures which enter within
  the Structural Funds area of competence
• How to ensure competition without dispersing
  previous experiences
• Choice of the optimal territorial dimension
• Necessity for a strong and prompt central
  coordination for cooperation both on a community
  and national level
• How to achieve synergies with the cooperation
  objective of the FERS