Rural territorial development: European experiences

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Rural territorial development European
experiences

• Dr Sarah Skerratt
• Senior Researcher Team Leader
• Rural Society Research

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Outline of presentation

• Experiences of integrated development of rural
  territorys different functions
• Do these models require local leadership to play
  a role? How?
• How can such models be supported by ICTs?
• Do these models take into account non-market
  functions in territorial development (e.g.
  landscape, habitats, land occupation).

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Background rural territorial development policy
in EU

• Rural development territories?
• Concept of rural territories slowly gaining
  agreement
• However, rural largely sits within agricultural
  policy
• Questions about effectiveness of this
• Lobbying differences
• Regional policy rural development?
• Redistribution of funds to lagging regions
• City regions
• Themes (i) joined-up-ness (ii) localised
  factors AND macro-trends (iii) assets (iv)
  evaluation

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Do these models require local leadership to play
a role? 1/6

• Context the new rural paradigm (OECD 2006)
• 1. Individual leaders
• Champions, beacons, fire-souls
• Qualities to inspire
• Successful leaders (i) gather others with
  complementary skills (ii) planning (iii)
  succession (iv) political.
• 2 examples of failed leadership
• 2 examples of successful leadership gt

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Do these models require local leadership to play
a role? 4/6

• Comments reliance on leadership and rural
  champions has implications
• Darwinian hot spots and not spots
• Replacing citizens entitlement?
• Culture of volunteering

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Do these models require local leadership to play
a role? 5/6

• 2. Processes Programmes that encourage
  leadership
• EU LEADER Programme
• Aim
• Method
• Building capacity
• Bridging social capital
• Evaluation?
• Timeframe?

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Do these models require local leadership to play
a role? 6/6

• 3. Meaningful governance
• Triple Helix Quadruple Helix
• Capacity in institutions
• Creates messiness takes time
• Collective, negotiated governance vertical
  coordination

OECD, 2006, p.15)
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2 examples
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32 Local Authorities
Single Outcome Agreements
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Orkney Single Outcome Agreement
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Orkney SOA National Outcome 11 sustainable
communities
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Finland rural development policy practice
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Finland rural development policy practice
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How can such models be supported by ICTs?

• ICTs often a solution looking for a problem.
• Numerous examples in EU
• Most important integration of ICTs into local
  context embedding and re-embedding
• Cybermoor (public sector culture)
• Pulteneytown (community needs)
• Western Isles connected communities gt

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Aspects of ICTs gt persistent use

• McCown (2002) 7 characteristics
• Relevance
• Motivation
• Adding value
• Local information
• Quality
• Credibility
• Ease of use
• Usefulness

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Shift in ICT intervention focus
Skerratt, 2008, p.100
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Rural territorial development and non-market
functions?

• Overall
• ESF/ERDF focused (e.g. transport,
  infrastructure, Lifelong Learning)
• Likely to be increasing account taken of
  externalities
• EU Rural Development Programmes
• Non-market goods
• Multi-functional landscapes
• Amenity function
• Policy-driven AND gt policy change

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