FARNET The European Fisheries Areas Network La Teste De Buch 27 th - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

1 st Stakeholders meeting FARNET The European Fisheries Areas Network La Teste De Buch 27 th and 28 th November 2012

FARNET • Overview • Missions • Actions • Role within euro shell La Teste De Buch 27 th and 28 th November 2012

FARNET Overview the Fisheries Areas Network • DG-MARE Support Axis 4 of EFF - 2009  2015 • FARNET support unit based in Brussels – Permanent staff - FSU team (8p) – Supported by experts – Geo. Experts / Adv. Group (~20p) La Teste De Buch 27 th and 28 th November 2012

FARNET Overview • Fisheries Local Action Groups – the building blocks – Local partnerships (public, private) – € Public (national-EFF budget) + € private (sector, in- kind…) – Bottom up local development – Aiming for a majority of private-led actions – Strengthening and integrating the local fisheries economy – Pulling all representative sectors together to achieve it La Teste De Buch 27 th and 28 th November 2012

FARNET Overview 303 FLAGs For 2007-2013 : M € 600 (13% of the EFF) (M € 826 total public) Average budgets: M € 2,7 ( € 100,000 - M € 17) La Teste De Buch 27 th and 28 th November 2012

FARNET Overview 303 FLAGs 2/3 in formal cooperation with LEADER. Differences in strategies, partnerships, areas La Teste De Buch 27 th and 28 th November 2012

FARNET Overview • FLAGs: a reactive in a wider reaction FLAGs Ext. stakeholders Agrocampus FSU CETMAR Rural networks Regional … authorities National authorities La Teste De Buch 27 th and 28 th November 2012

FARNET Missions La Teste De Buch 27 th and 28 th November 2012

FARNET Missions • Technical, thematic, Tailor-made support • Animation of the network - Through interactive events & workshops - Focusing on projects, processes and participation - A network of animators with LEADER and URBACT experience La Teste De Buch 27 th and 28 th November 2012

FARNET Missions • projects , processes and participation - Building a community of good practices - on-line, on paper, In Real Life - Analysing the processes - From partnership building to delivery - At multiple levels: FLAGs, NNs, MAs - Fostering Participation - Strong interpersonal relationships - Building trust - Involving all and valuing efforts La Teste De Buch 27 th and 28 th November 2012

FARNET Actions La Teste De Buch 27 th and 28 th November 2012

FARNET Actions • Examples of tools and action • In real Life events focus groups outreach Animation skills transfer to & between FLAG managers La Teste De Buch 27 th and 28 th November 2012

FARNET Actions • On “paper” – Guides – Good practices Not a formal identification on-going “ talent- search” – Newsletter – Videos La Teste De Buch 27 th and 28 th November 2012

FARNET Actions • On line – the community • Activating information/GP exchange • Building up the momentum of specific events Live tweeting #Quiberon • Continuing the experience on-line in dedicated WGs La Teste De Buch 27 th and 28 th November 2012

FARNET & • FARNET& euro shell 149 FLAGs IE DK UK NL 9 MS 6 6 18 23 3 basins FR ES 11 IT 29 PT 38 GR 7 11 La Teste De Buch 27 th and 28 th November 2012

FARNET & shellfisheries Axis 4 projects: From « light » to « heavyweight » support Communication (outreach and promotion campaign, SE) 18 Skills, capacity building (ES IT course for women 6 shellfish pickers) 23 6 Adding value (transformation, ES, storage DK) 11 Environmental management (water quality FR ) 7 29 38 Pilot studies (rope mussels processing DK) 11 Heavy investments (integrated aquaculture NL) La Teste De Buch 27 th and 28 th November 2012

FARNET & • FLAGs and shellfisheries The common strand between all projects: • Strong participation of professionals in the decision making • Commitment of FLAGs to inform and involve them from early stages • The objective to (re)create and strenghten links with the other sectors of the area La Teste De Buch 27 th and 28 th November 2012

FARNET & • FLAGs for euroshell • a resource of actors • a local animation experience • a pool of projects to mutualise • an entry point in local development strategies • a hub for dissemination & research/professional bridging La Teste De Buch 27 th and 28 th November 2012

FARNET & • Euroshell for FLAGs • An EU wide recognition and increased empowerment of local actors • a network of good practices • A privileged access to scientific knowledge • an opportunity to coordinate strategies at MS/EU level • an opportunity for FLAG cooperation La Teste De Buch 27 th and 28 th November 2012

Thank you! La Teste De Buch 27 th and 28 th November 2012