SLIDE 1 European Committee of the Regions
Role of bottom-up approach and LEADER/CLLD in 2021+
4th Conference on Rural Development in Georgia, Tbilisi 26th March 2019
SLIDE 2 The CoR and EU decision-making
European Commission European Parliament Council of the EU DECISION
PROPOSAL CODECISION
CONSULTATION CONSULTATION
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Why European Committee of the Regions (CoR)?
❖ To improve EU legislation using the expertise of local and regional representatives ❖ To act as the voice of local and regional authorities in Brussels ❖ To bring Europe closer to its citizens
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The CoR in brief
❖ 353 members representing local and regional authorities + 322 alternates ❖ 28 national delegations comprising members from the same Member State ❖ 5 political groups ❖ 6 thematic commissions
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LEADER/CLLD in CoR opinions
❖ 2013 – Sustainibility od rural areas – Jerzy Zajakala ❖ 2017 – Revitalisation of rural areas through Smart Villages – Enda Stenson
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General Ideas
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General Ideas
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General Ideas
❖ Territorial approaches, place based approaches, bottom-up principle should be more supported ❖ Thematic concentration must be defined on lower level by bottom-up strategies and real needs ❖ Better integration of funds within the projects needed ❖ 2014 – 2020 as a lost opportunity for CLLD – just 1,2 billion EUR ERDF, 0,8 billion EUR ESF
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General Ideas
❖ Smart villages as a HUGE opportunity – rural areas are not a museum !!! – LAG as innovation brokers ❖ Quality of partnerships – have to be enfostered ❖ Multilevel governance and European civil society as a tool for missing legitimacy of the EU – Europe needs bottom-up approaches as LEADER/CLLD!!! – „Think globally, act locally“ ❖ CLLD as a tool on all levels – i.e. national, regional, local ❖ Rural-urban linkages – REGIONAL/LOCAL DEVELOPMENT IS JUST ONE !!! ❖ CLLD-U
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Not like this !!!
SLIDE 11 Not like this !!!
control is better...“ (Lenin)
- MORE TRUST NEEDED
- COMMON SENSE NEEDED
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New Opinion on CLLD
❖ Reflection of 2014-2020 ❖ implementation models ❖ structure and length of CLLD strategies ❖ approval processes ❖ coordination between MAs ❖ value-added of multifund CLLD projects
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New Opinion on CLLD
❖ Challenges and recommendations for 2021+ ❖ simple implementation model = 1 OP for CLLD/Territorial Instruments ❖ simplification ❖ common set of CLLD rules – incl. strategies, approval processes etc. ❖ more value-added of LEADER/CLLD and synergies with other tools like ITI, ETC, Smart Villages ❖ more bottom-up – incl. definition of prioriries ❖ LEADER/CLLD as a tool of local democracy and EU legitimacy
SLIDE 14 Thank you for your attention!
- Ing. Radim Sršeň, Ph.D.
- European Committee of the Regions
- radim.srsen@gmail.com
- +420603578141
