LEADER/CLLD in the CZECH REPUBLIC 24. November 2016 Tbilisi Václav Pošmurný, Chairman NNLAG of the Czech Republic www.nsmascr.cz

Local Action Group (LAG) Integrated, multisectoral partnership at the local level Otevřená a transparentní struktura Possible legal form: o.p.s., z.s. a z.ú. At the decision-making level, the private partners and associations must make up at least 50 % of the local partnership. A coherent rural region Area of 10 – 100 000 inhabitants (EU 150 000) Territories of LAGs shall not overlap, Municipalities themselves decide on LAG area they want to belong to! Standardization of LAGs LAGs shall meet standards given and predefined by the Ministry, LAG‘s bodies and processes shall be open and transparent, a LAG cannot implement its Strategy without certification from Ministry Public sector private sector Non-profit sector Municipalities and their associations Public-benefit organisations Schools Public bodies, state institutions For-profit organisations (ltd, corp) Entepreneurs Farmers Associations – societies, Charitable society, public benefit society, Church – parish, Active individualls, Volunteers.. LAG Public sector Privat sector NGO sector www.nsmascr.cz

Community-led Local Development(CLLD) A new approach building on the principles of LEADER method widening possibilities for financing = MULTI-FUND financing. The CLLD instrument is being implemented in the CR within the 2014-2020 programming. CLLD brings local actors together and allows actions to be tailor-made to social, environemntal and economic challenges. CLLD can be time-demandig, however, not money-eating, and it is many opportunities offering (to influence and develop new ideas and ways for quality of lives improvement and their implementation into practice). key features place-based approach Bottom-up elaboration and implementation of strategies Area-based local development strategies Networking and cooperation (local public-private partnerships) Transparency, usefulness, Cooperation, Innovation, Integrated and multisectoral actions. www.nsmascr.cz

LEADER in the CR- Practice examples Successes Animation LAGs as administers of ca 15 000 projects (out of which 10 000 implemented). Growing capacity of LAGs to: provide assistance and consultancy with project applications, maintain interaction between different local actors, strenghten long-term participation of local people. Local actors‘ competences, knowledge and awareness raising Increasing familiarity of locals with project applications and with the practical operation of the whole system – projects applicants capable of submitting proposals on their own; Setbacks Open-mindedness and transparency of LAGs Capacity building of LAGs Monitoring and evaluation – duplication (LAG vs Paying Agency) a LAG rather as an advisory body, a paying agency is paramount (The State Agricultural Intervention Fund) www.nsmascr.cz

Allocations in the 2014-2020 programming OPERATIONAL PROGRAMMES mio EUR mio CZK IROP - Intagrated Regional OP 304 8 360 IROP (animation and SCLLD implementation) 85 2 337,5 OP Environment 18 495 OP Employment 67,3 1 850,75 RDP – Rural Development Programme 146 4 015 RDP – Cooperation Projects 7 192,5 TOTAL 627,3 17 250,75 www.nsmascr.cz

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The total CLLD allocation in selected EU countries EAFRD = European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development EMFF = European Maritime and Fisheries Fund ERDF = Eruopean Regional Development Fund ESF = European Social Fund Source: Analysis of ELARD, June 2016 www.nsmascr.cz

The total number of LAGS in selected EU countries, Fisheries, Rural, Urban LAGs Source: Analysis of ELARD, June 2016 www.nsmascr.cz

The total number of LAGS in selected EU countries, Fisheries, Rural, Urban LAGs LEADER EVOLUTION The total number of LAGS in selected EU countries, Fisheries, Rural, Urban LAGs www.nsmascr.cz

Thank you for your attention! THE CZECH NATIONAL NETWORK OF LAGs Václav Pošmurný Chairman predseda@nsmascr.cz tel. +420 604 890 190 www.NSMASCR.CZ www.nsmascr.cz