Leader Observatory Seminar The Legacy of Leader at local level: Building the future of rural areas 2

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Leader Observatory Seminar The Legacy of
Leader at local level Buildingthe future of
rural areas24-26 April 2007Cap Corse, Nebbiù è
Custera, Corse, FRANCE
European Commission

• Mini-plenary A Case Study
• LAG Etelä-Karjalan Kärki-LEADER, FINLAND
• Riitta Bagge

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48. Etelä-Karjalan Kärki-LEADER ry
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• Operations area of South Karelia Kärki-LEADER
• Parikkala, Rautjärvi, Ruokolahti, Imatra
• Population ca. 21,000
• Surface area ca. 2,500 km2
• 20 of surface area waterways
• Population density 8 res/km2
• Length of area ca. 100 km
• Good traffic connections Highway 6 and Karelia
  railway travel through area
• Three border crossing stations to Russia, one of
  them international (Imatra-Svetogorsk)

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79 Communities Receiving LEADER -Grants

• village and resident associations
• entrepreneur associations
• IT associations
• event service companies
• homestead associations
• youth associations
• sports associations
• hunting associations
• fishing areas and fishing partners
• a forestry association

• farmers associations and home economics
  associations
• cultural associations
• local associations of league for child welfare
• Lions Clubs
• a Reserve Officers Club
• associations of the handicapped
• a Christian institute
• a business association
• a municipality
• a university
• etc.

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33 Enterprises Receiving LEADER Grants

• tourism companies
• event service companies
• wood processing companies
• rural service companies
• riding companies
• a meat processing company
• a flax processing company
• a family home
• a glass store
• a care sector company