1. SWOT analysis „Open“ For sustainable local development strategies based on three pillars

2. Why „open“ SWOT?  The rural area is an open space/environment (compare to enterprise, which is relatively closed system)  Development impulses are in and out of the system  The rural area has its own opportunities and risks – they are not coming only from outside  Opportunities and risks are there and we have to think about them in term of future development  Future starts tomorrow

3. SWOT  Well done SWOT must be based on well done data collection- resource audit  Well done SWOT is a condition of well done justification of the planned intervention  This is the place of SWOT on the program/strategy logic

4. SWOT analysis  This analysis is divided into two parts: - Analysis of strengths and weaknesses from the point of actual situation - Analysis of opportunities and threats from the point of the future development

5. Strengths and weaknesses TODAY StrengthsWeaknesses Social Economic Environmental

6. Opportunities and Threats SINCE TOMORROW Opportunities In side Out side Threats In side Out side SS EE En