LEADER STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING LEADER OBSERVATORY SEMINAR 28-29 JUNE 2006 IN BRUSSELS/BELGIUM Peter Laan

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LEADER STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING LEADER
OBSERVATORY SEMINAR28-29 JUNE 2006 IN
BRUSSELS/BELGIUMPeter Laan
European Commission
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Networking, drawing lessons from the past for the
future
28 29 June 2006 Brussels Peter Laan MA
LEADER East-Netherlands / RD Network - LEADER
Network Netherlands
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Network Experience NL (1)

• Basic activity setting up mutual exchange and
  dynamics on rural development by connecting
  people (conferences, excursions, bilaterals)
• 2001 Start as combined network RD and L
• Organizational form of network based on
  connecting all actors (from national policy
  makers to local actors) in rural development
• Advantage of cooperation with regional MAs
  (creating short lines)
• Facilitating communication between bottom up
  actors and policy-makers at regional level
• Initiated joint conferences L / RD from 2004
  onwards!

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Network Experience NL (2)

• Agenda-setting and policy-influencing activities
• Experiment Rural Parliament (Village Councils)
• Focus on area development and area
  responsibility special program Pioneers in
  Local Governance
• From 2004 onwards supporting cooperative actions
  both interregional and transnational according to
  the push and pull approach
• LAG Self-evaluations in the perspective of future
  responsibility
• Publicity on new RDP, focusing on synthesis
  between axes including Leader

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Aspects of future network in the Netherlands
2007-2013

• The National Network
• Should have a clear mission, vision and strategy
• Is about connecting people, joining in actual
  processes and developments within the region
• Should work together with those initiatives, that
  work in a bottom up way and via a
  PublicPrivatePartnership-approach in rural
  development
• Is a learning organization
• Is based on the demands of network-participants
  themselves and NOT on a top-down hierarchical
  steering of the network-team

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Aspects of future network in the Netherlands
2007-2013

• Connects activities and actors working in either
  of the 4 axes of the new RDP, hence
• - Stimulates cooperation between actors
  (governmental, entrepreneurs, public
  organizations both horizontal and vertical)
• Reinforces predominantly the regional rural
  development
• Stimulates new forms of public private
  partnerships and governmental renewal
• Actively participates and invests in cooperating
  with other NNs and EU Observatory on European
  themes

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Aspects of future network in the Netherlands
2007-2013

• Tasks derived from this
• Executes basic tasks according to the Regulation
  (PR, database managment etc,)
• Transmits signals and solutions to rural problems
  to local and regional policy-makers
• Communicates and uses (knowledge of) other local
  and regional networks
• Facilitates transfer of experiences and skills in
  the solution of rural problems
• Helps setting up cooperative actions and links
  (interregional and transnational)
• Partly together with other NNs and EU
  observatory

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Aspects of future network in the Netherlands
2007-2013

• The National Network consists of
• An independent network-team for management and
  co-ordination, facilitation, animation and
  connecting people
• A central management for running and maintaining
  databases and for monitoring, linked to the
  central Paying and Management Authority (being
  the Ministry)
• Regional and local networks, including knowledge
  institutions, that are incorporated into the
  network in supporting local rural processes
• Budget
• In total 4 Mio (2007-2013) 2 Mio EU / 2
  Mio National

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Special Program Pioneers in Local Governance

• Program developed and run by NNU
• Objective Prepare practical modes for peoples
  influence in various Rural Development programs
  2007-2013
• DG-Agri RD Framework very courageous LAG
  mandate
• key-principle area based with public-private
  steering
• working models for various RD progrs
  mainstreaming L
• spotlights on 6 emerging practices of regional
  PPP
• analysis, strengthening, sharing in Community of
  Practice
• learning points to be widely spread by end 2006

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Self-evaluations LAG

• NNU offer in work program 2005-6
• demand from LAGs interest
• 15 out of 28 LAG did it
• majority better informed and encouraged
• local flesh on national network bones
• game plaid both at national and local level
• key self-eval in perspective of future
  responsibility
• ppt self-evaluation process available at NNU
  Portugal

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the diamond of effective engagement
interest to realise
knowledge capacity
organisation
influence