The Evaluation Report on the Implementation of the LEADER Approach in the Nitra Region for the Period 2009 - 2014
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The evaluation report on the implementation of the LEADER approach in the Nitra region for the period 2009 - 2014 C: 100 M: 72 Y: 2 K: 12 C: 0 M: 96 Y: 90 K: 2 C: 0 M: 10 Y: 100 K: 0 C: 64 M: 5 Y: 100 K: 24 C: 0 M: 0 Y: 0 K: 100 The evaluation report on the implementation of the LEADER approach in the Nitra region for the period 2009 - 2014 C: 100 M: 72 Dear ladies Rural Development Programme of Y: 2 K: 12 C: 0 and gentlemen, the SR till 2020. We believe that M: 96 Y: 90 K: 2 Assessment of financial tools implementation of Nitra self- the local action groups from our C: 0 M: 10 Y: 100 Nitra self-gov- region fulfil the strictest criteria to K: 0 C: 64 M: 5 Y: 100 erning region was able be able to apply successfully for K: 24 governing region for support C: 0 M: 0 Y: 0 to create strong base of support from European sources. K: 100 specialised capacities in of integrated rural development of LEADER type and its rural areas with the At this period, the sup- aid of active financial sup- port methodologies and tools are tuned not only at the successful development of rural micro-regions port of local action groups national or European level, but also at the level of our and public-private part- self-governing region. It is very important to actively nerships. They are able to create innovative projects, participate in the processes with our opinions, sugges- which are then presented as activities of regional devel- tions and comments. opment of Nitra region. We also need to acknowledge, that “partner- The fact that we have 16 public-private part- ship” is not only about municipalities, but also about nerships functioning within LEADER approach with organisations and institutions of third sector, small and specially prepared integrated strategy of local develop- medium size entrepreneurs and wide public. These sub- ment and annually requesting subsidy from our budget jects are also important and necessary to achieve the to be able to implement their investment and non-in- partnership principals of local action group. vestment projects, is important sign of present work of the region in countryside. In our region, we have five This is the time, when we can look back at the local action groups with LAG Status, which finish the im- results of our work since the year 2009, when we creat- plementation of the integrated strategies in 2014 and ed financial tools to support LEADER approach via rural Nitra region covers 12.9% of the Slovak Republic 2015. Presently, local action groups cover 74% of the agents in favour of the development of our region. This territory with the area of 6,343.4 km2. It is located in territory of our region and include 79% of regional mu- publication offers such a look. the South-West part of the Slovak Republic, bordering nicipalities. Our joint effort is to look for more financial Enjoy the reading. in the South with Hungary, in the East with Banská By- sources to implement development projects in rural area and towns. strica region, in the North with Trenčín region and in The practice obtained in implementing the in- doc. Ing. Milan Belica, PhD. the West with Trnava region. Our region with popula- tegrated strategy of LEADER type has great perspective Chairman of Nitra tion of 689,564 citizens belongs to the 4th place within in the future, mainly in connection with the beginning self-governing region all the regions of Slovakia. It has 7 districts and 354 of new programming period and assessment and se- lection of the local action groups for support from the municipalities, out of which 15 have the status of a 2 3 The evaluation report on the implementation of the LEADER approach in the Nitra region for the period 2009 - 2014 The evaluation report on the implementation of the LEADER approach in the Nitra region for the period 2009 - 2014 town. Nitra is the regional capital. The region belongs • organising twinning projects, so called study field to the warmest areas and the most productive agricul- trips on purpose of gaining knowledge and important Micro-regional associations of Nitra self-governing region N Mikroregionálne združenia obcí Nitrianskeho samosprávneho kraja tural centres. information in area of rural development with LEADER municipalitieszapojené involved do projektu in LEADER LEADER project W E approach in countries, where this approach was imple- In Slovakia, Nitra region belongs to largely rural S mented, such as Finland, Austria, Czech Republic, regions with more than 50% of citizens living in rural municipalities. • accredited trainings and courses for potential managers of establishing local action groups. Preparation of micro-regions of Nitra self-gov- erning region for integrated rural development In 2006 – 2008, Nitra self-governing region imple- Nitra self-governing region has created conditions mented the project called Preparation of micro-re- for implementing Integrated strategies of development NITRA S# gions of Nitra self-governing region for integrated rural of rural micro-regions territory, it provided education development¨ with the objective of local specialised capacities in area of mobilising lo- cal potential, animation of citizens and preparation of C oun tr y b ord er • to build specialised capacities in the micro-re- LEA D ER - 2 006 management for implementing strategies of LEADER Te rm a l gions and to prepare innovative strategies of LEADER SVO R N O S , Z ápa dn ý T r íb eè an d SO T D U M type. Te kov type development, Požitavi e-Š iro èina Via R o m an um Project results: • to prepare integrated strategies for development LEA D ER - 2 007 D oln ohr onské of rural micro-regions territory, 11 public-private partnerships, so called Local D oln ý Ž itn ý o str ov Tr ibe èsko Action Groups (LAGs) were established within the H ontia nsko - P oip e¾ský r eg ion • to create and institutionalise local action groups. C ED R O N project. The project increased the ability of citizens, R ado šinka LEA D ER - 2 008 Project supporting activities: self-governments and enterprising sphere to success- Dolná Nitra • project graphical identity, creating original logo fully apply for sources from the Rural Development for Nitra LEADER, Programme of the SR in 2007–2013, from Axis 4 Im- Map No. 1. Territory of Nitra region in 2008 plementation of LEADER approach. • establishing website www.leadernsk.sk, 4 5 The evaluation report on the implementation of the LEADER approach in the Nitra region for the period 2009 - 2014 The evaluation report on the implementation of the LEADER approach in the Nitra region for the period 2009 - 2014 Financial sources for implementation of LEADER the projects, which were approved in integrated strat- Tool 1 LEADER NSR Via Tool 1, LAGs were able to finance approach were approved from European Agricultural egies for local action groups (LAG with the Status) and Nitra self-governing region co-financed the • Payment of ineligible costs of Rural Develop- Fond for Rural Development for 5 local action groups public-private partnerships (LAG without Status). Each implementation on integrated territory develop- ment Programme of the SR 2007–2013 (Call 1), (Dolná Nitra, Dolnohronské rozvojové partnerstvo, year, it financially supports these local action groups ment strategies of the 5 LAGs selected by Ministry Požitavie - Širočina, Svornosť and Radošinka), which and public-private partnerships from own financial • Payment of eligible and ineligible costs of Ru- of Agriculture of the Slovak Republic in 2009 by gained the LAG Status. Each of the 5 LAGs acquired tools of LEADER NSR approved at the Representa- ral Development Programme of the SR 2007–2013 own financial tool (Tool 1) pursuant to generally approx. 2 mil. EUR for implementing their integrated tion of Nitra self-governing region in Resolution No. (Call 2). binding regulation No. 3/2009 as amended. LAGs strategy and for project implementation. 316/2008. implemented development innovative projects, Contract on providing subsidies between Nitra Since 2009, Nitra self-governing region co-finances, which were beneficial for the territory. self-governing region and local action group was financially and professionally helps in implementing NástrojTool 11 -– podporené supported projectsprojekty anda MAS LAGs 1% PodielShare finančných of financial prostriedkov sources from z dotácie NSR subsidies NSK na opatreniafor LAG MASmeasures na 1% obdobiefor rokov 2009-2013 2009 - 2013 3% 25 2% 3% BasicZákladné services služby for pre economy hospodárstvo and rural a vidiecke population obyvateľstvo 20 RenewalObnova a and rozvoj development obcí of municipalities 15 PerformingVykonávanie project projektov cooperation spolupráce 10 DiversificationDiverzifikácia smerom towards k non-agriculturalnepoľnohospodárskym activities činnostiam 5 SupportPodpora of činností tourism v activities,oblasti cestovného part A ruchu, časť A 0 SupportPodpora of činností tourism v activities,oblasti cestovného part B ruchu, časť B 31% 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 59% Education Vzdelávania and a informationinformovanie PočetNumber podpor. of sup. projektov projects (Nástroj (Tool 1) 1) PočetNumber podpor. of sup. MAS LAGs (Nástroj (Tool 1)1) Chart 1 The share of awarded financial sources from NSR budget allocated to relevant measures of the Rural Development Programme of the SR during the implementation of Tool 1 LEADER NSR Chart 2 Assessment of Tool 1 6 7 The evaluation report on the implementation of the LEADER approach in the Nitra region for the period 2009 - 2014 The evaluation report on the implementation of the LEADER approach in the Nitra region for the period 2009 - 2014 The majority of the projects was implemented Tool 2 LEADER NSR Year 2009 Year 2010 Year 2011 Year 2012 Year 2013 under the measure Basic services for economy and Tool 2 supports public-private partnerships or local rural citizens.