1. “FLAGs ON THE MOVE: the second wave” FARNET Seminar for FLAGs Sofia 21-23 March 2010 Paul Soto Programme and objectives

2. 2 Axis 4 in Europe CountryEFF Axis 4 Budget Poland 234.909.624 Romania 75.000.000 Spain 49.336.048 Greece 33.300.000 Germany 19.438.000 Estonia 19.281.513 Portugal 17.403.406 Latvia 17.172.186 Italy 16.973.714 Denmark 12.461.279 Bulgaria 12.001.456 UK 11.598.450 Sweden 8.199.720 Lithuania 6.693.770 France 5.699.644 Netherlands 4.987.125 Finland 3.606.000 Belgium 2.900.000 Slovenia 2.164.029 Ireland 1.500.603 Cyprus 1.000.000 Total 555.626.567 21 countries 13% EFF €826M public investmment

3. 3 Country Average budget per FLAG (total public) /M€ Planned number of FLAGs FLAGs with selected strategy Latvia124 Germany123 22 Denmark2.317 Spain325 22 France111 Sweden1.514 Finland18 8 Portugal3.47 7 Estonia3.28 8 Netherlands1.76 6 Greece513 8 Poland840 26 Cyprus21 1 UK0.8815 0 Italy2.620 0 Romania615 0 Lithuania1.110 0 Ireland1.26 0 Bulgaria46 0 Belgium5.81 0 Slovenia31 0 Total3.2271174 State of Play: March 2011

4. 4 groups selected groups planned 8

5. 5 Types of area. Types of strategy AREAS  More remote declining areas.  Areas undergoing restructuring  Growing, relatively rich areas From 50 to 9000 fishers per area STRATEGIES  Small, complementary pilot initatives.  Large, freestanding initiatives.

6. 6 Lessons  More efficient joined-up delivery procedures. Need for capacity building and streamlining along the entire delivery chain EU-National-Regional-Local.  Innovation. Unleashing local ability to create quality projects that meet needs in a more sustainable way. Partnership – both the brain and the heart of the local development system Project selection – planting and nurturing seeds of development – among fishing community and other local stakeholders Growing the private sector – leveraging in resources and skills

7. 7 Building on experience “Project selection” “effective partnerships” “private sector involvement” Gijon FARNET seminar March 2010 The goal of these two days: help you identify & adapt the success factors in each of these key steps  Key point from the author  Perspective from the ground  Dedicated working groups Sofia FARNET seminar March 2011 FARNET technical dossier

8. 8 Agenda for the next two days Today 11.15 – 13.00 Plenary: Key steps for success Presentation of the guides developed by FSU based on Gijon Introduction to the working groups 13.00 – 14.30 Lunch 14.30 – 17.00 Working groups: Practical solutions: 3 parallel working groups on the themes partnership Project support and selection Involving and working with the private sector + “Message in a bottle” + Cooperation corner. 17.00 – 17.30 Plenary: “Promising practices” 17.30 – 18.30 closing session, networking time, FLAG material exhibition 19.30 – 22.30 Official Dinner: hosted by the Bulgarian Ministry of Agriculture and Food / National Agency for Fisheries and Aquaculture. 19.30: Bus departure from hotel.

9. 9 Agenda for the next two days Tomorrow 09.00 – 09.40 Plenary. Bringing it together:  Feedback from the working groups on outstanding questions and needs  Feedback from message in a bottle 09.40 – 10.30 Working Groups: Thinking and networking nationally 10.30 – 11.00 Coffee break 11.00 – 12.00 Plenary: Feedback of actions per country in a “lighthouse format ” 12.00 – 12.30 Plenary: Official conclusions and next steps 12.30 – 14.00 lunch