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Presentation of RUR_at_CT network
Cédric LEGER RUR_at_CT coordinatorLimousin
Region (France)
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WHY RUR_at_CT ?Strategic foundations

• Attractiveness and dynamism of rural areasdepend
  on their capacity of innovation
• Rural territories have an innovation potential
  which is not enough developped and should
  contribute towards Lisbon european strategy

1st pillar INNOVATION
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WHY RUR_at_CT ?Strategic foundations

• This innovation potential is based on the
  development of endogenous and exogenous resources
  
• Cooperation is an exogenous resource reinforcing
  the efficiency of regional policies thanks to the
  transfer of good practices

2nd pillar TRANSFER
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WHY RUR_at_CT ?Strategic foundations

• There is no rural development without
  agriculture, but rurality is not only agriculture
  (complementarity)
• Synergies are needed between the different
  programmes and european funds for the development
  of rural areas

3rd pillar RURAL
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WHY RUR_at_CT ?Strategic foundations

• Rural issues should be taken into account within
  regional policies
• Regional level allows to guarantee a better
  territorial cohesion thanks to an integrated
  governance( rural / urban synergies)

4th pillar REGIONS
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HOW TO ORGANIZE RUR_at_CT ? Technical
implementation of the 4 pillars
RUR_at_CT
INNOVATION
RURAL
TRANSFER
REGIONS
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INNOVATION
RURAL
TRANSFER
REGIONS
Objectives of RUR_at_CT network

• To promote rural innovations for Territorial
  Cohesion
• To rpovide operationnal tools for
  Capitalization and Transfer of good practices

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INNOVATION
RURAL
TRANSFER
REGIONS
A network of Regions for transferWhich kind of
partners ?

• Transfer of good practices is possible possible
  only between similar structures having the same
  missions, responsabilities and capacities of
  action
• Partners with a status of regional public
  authority(or equivalent bodies) in priority at
  NUTS II level

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INNOVATION
RURAL
TRANSFER
REGIONS
Rural innovation (1)Which kind of good practices
?

• A wide range of thematics
• An integrated approach (rather than sectional)
• Based on opportunities of rural areas (rather
  than handicaps)
• A logic of investment (rather than subsidies)
• A bottom-up and participative approach

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INNOVATION
RURAL
TRANSFER
REGIONS
Rural innovation (2)Which kind of good practices
?

• Regional initiatives with a territorial
  implementation
• Local initiatives being part of a regional
  strategy
• Successful initiatives having already produced
  tangible outputs
• Initiatives whose transferability will be
  analyzed previously

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COOPERATION BETWEEN REGIONSSuccess factors (1)

• Exchanging good practices is not enough,
  capitalization is necessary with the prospect of
  transfer
• Capitalization implies to share informations
  between Regions partners of the network

1st succes factor CAPITALIZATION
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COOPERATION BETWEEN REGIONSSuccess factors (2)

• A political commitment is necessary for promoting
  the process of transferring good practices
• Regions should have a proactive
  involvement,requiring operational results

2nd success factor COMMITMENT
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COOPERATION BETWEEN REGIONSSuccess factors (3)

• Capitalization and transfer of good practices
  require - technical and methodological tools-
  financial resources and specific skills

3rd success factor MEANS
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HOW TO ORGANIZE RUR_at_CT ? Technical
implementation of the 3 success factors
RUR_at_CT
INNOVATION
RURAL
TRANSFER
REGIONS
CAPITALIZATION
COMMITMENT
MEANS
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CAPITALIZATION
COMMITMENT
MEANS
PROJECTS OF COOPERATIONExploring new solutions
already experimented elsewhere
Boat Project
Course Objective
Crew partners
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CAPITALIZATION
COMMITMENT
MEANS
INTERREG PROGRAMME Many projects with different
objectives
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CAPITALIZATION
COMMITMENT
MEANS
INTERREG PROGRAMME but some of them having the
same course
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CAPITALIZATION
COMMITMENT
MEANS
RUR_at_CT A network of projects and partners
for a wide capitalization of good practices
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CAPITALIZATION
COMMITMENT
MEANS
RUR_at_CTTools for capitalization

• Communication tools gt a web site and a
  database
• Operational informations and events gt a list of
  analyzed good practices gt methodological
  guide gt partnerships forum

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CAPITALIZATION
COMMITMENT
MEANS
RUR_at_CTA commitment for the transfer
Good practice
Exporting Region
Importing Region
- Feasability expertise- Project and action plan
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CAPITALIZATION
COMMITMENT
MEANS
RUR_at_CTHow to go on board ?

• To sign the charter for the commitment of the
  partners
• To provide general informations by filling in a
  form
• Documents available at www.ruract.eu
• (or c-leger_at_cr-limousin.fr)

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HOW DOES RUR_at_CT WORK ?
Exporting and importingRegions
ExportingRegion
CAPITALISATION
Methodological guide
Sheet 3Assessment of transfer
TRANSFER
ImportingRegion
Rural territories
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POSSIBLE FUNDINGS
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TRANSFER(Pilot project)
PREPARATION OF THE TRANSFER(Animation,
engineering)
Travelling expenses
Investment
Feasibility study
Procedure
Thematic consistency and eligible project
Translation / interpreting
NO
YES
ERDF, ESFor EAFRD programmes
INTERREG IVCprojects (RUR_at_CT
methodology)
ERDF programmeArticle 37-6bregulation 1083/2006
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Main steps for bilateral transfer

• Database / website
• Catalogue of fact sheets
• gt Regional working group

IDENTIFYING A BEST PRACTICE
TRANSFERABILITY EXPERTISE

• Meeting with the exporter region
• Experts sent on the site
• gt representatives / professional

ISSUES

• Decision to transfer the experience
• Choice of a project team
• gt Regional executive

POLICY VALIDATION OF THE TRANSFER
LIMOUSIN
MONITORING OF THE TRANSFER

• technical, economic studies
• Operating a pilot project
• gt Project team

STRATEGY

• Getting the co-fincancing
• Acquire tools and competences
• gt Regional executive

SUBIMITTING FINANCING REQUESTS

• Operating
• Monitoring and evaluation of the project
• gt Project team

OPERATING THE PILOT PROJECT
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Main steps for multilateral transfer

• Stage 1 Identification of a good practice
• Stage 2 Organization of a thematic seminar
• Stage 3 Creation of a Rur_at_ct Thematic Group
  (RTG)
• Stage 4 Implementation of projects gt Case 1
  adaptation of existing good practices gt Case 2
  conception of a new model of good practice
• Stage 5 Capitalization

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Multilateral transfer seminar Policies for
attracting new populations

• Date 25 June 2009 (just before the event
  Projets en campagne held on 26 27 June)
• Place Limoges
• Objectives - discovering the event Projets en
  campagne and the way it is organized- detailed
  presentation of the Limousins Local Points for
  attracting new populations - exchange of
  experiences with reginal decision makers from
  Massif Central area
• Target public - Member Regions membres of
  RUR_at_CT network interested by this theme

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Institutional partnerships (1)

• Reinforcement of the partnership with DG REGIOgt
  Operational level (objective territorial
  cooperation , INTERREG) gt Strategic level
  (Regions for economic change, Territorial
  Cohesion)
• Possible avenues of partnership with DG AGRIgt
  Synergies and complementarities with European
  Rural Network - Participation to expert group-
  Limousin representing AER (as RUR_at_CT leadpartner)
  in Steering Committe

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RUR_at_CT, a tool for facilitating the transfer of
good practiceswith the prospect of a better
value maximization of coopération
2ème pillar of CAPEARDF
Cohesion policyERDF
Coopération territoriale(objectif 3)
Transnational cooperation(LEADER axis)
European Rural Network
INTERREG IVA, B, C
CAPITALISATION
Good practices
Good practices
RUR_at_CT
TRANSFER
Pilot projects
Pilot projects
Convergence(objective 1)
Competitiveness(objective 2)
Axis 3 (Diversification)
Axis 4 (LEADER)
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Complementarities between RUR_at_CT Rural European
Network
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Institutional partnerships (2)

• Collaboration with AER, CEMR, Committee of the
  Regions
• gt Exchange of informations, and dissemination /
  communicationgt Participation to working
  groupsgt Organization of seminars and
  conferences
• European projects of cooperation linked with
  RUR_at_CT
• gt 7th Framework Programme (RURALJOBS)gt
  Interreg IVC (RURALAND, SEN_at_ER, ROBINWOOD)

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A TRANSNATIONALSTEERING COMMITTEE

• Composition
• European Regions members of RUR_at_CT
• European experts in the field of european
  development
• European institutions (AER, CEMR, Committee of
  the Regions)
• European Rural Network
• Missions
• Monitoring of RUR_at_CT activities
• Defining strategic evolutions of the network
• Managing juridical structuration into EGCT

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Juridical organization in EGCT

• A better operational efficiency gt better
  coordination and capacity to act, shared budget
  for common logistics spendings (multilateral
  transfer)
• A more participatory governance gt
  decision-making shared, better technical and
  political involvement for the regions,
  reinforcement of the strategical dimension of the
  network

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A forum for strategic debateabout the future of
rural areas

• Conference RUR_at_CT held in Limoges on 20th
  february 2009
• gt 80 participants with 15 Regions representing
  8 Member States
• gt Contribution to the Green Paper on
  territorial cohesion (DG REGIO)
• gt Possible european label for RUR_at_CT (suggested
  by DG REGIO)
• gt RUR_at_CT is expected to have also a role of
  lobbying

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Further informations

• Cédric LEGER RUR_at_CT coordinator
• Conseil Régional du Limousin (France)
• Telefon [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• Email c-leger_at_cr-limousin.fr