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WHO VENICE WE ARE PROVINCE OF ROVIGO Adriatic Sea Emilia-Romagna TERRITORIAL SCOPE OF THE GAL • Number of Municipalities: 17 • Surface (km2): 494 • Population: 108.535 • Density (inhabitants / Km2): 220 The G.A.L., Local Action Groups, are partnerships Public component: Province of Rovigo, Chamber of with public and private participation, engaged in the Commerce I.A.A Venice Rovigo Delta Lagunare, CONSVIPO, enhancement of rural territories, identified on the the Municipalities of Arquà Polesine, Badia Polesine, Canda, basis of common elements that define a recognizable Castelgugliemo, Ceregnano, Costa di Rovigo, Fratta Polesine, Giacciano con Barucchella, Lendinara, Lusia, Pettorazza historical or natural identity of the area. The function of Grimani, Rovigo, San Bellino, San Martino di Venezze, each G.A.L. consists in managing and allocating funds for Villadose, Villamarzana, Villanova del Ghebbo. the Rural Development, according to a methodological approach “bottom up” type, accepting instances from Private Member / Social Economic Parties: ASCOM, the base to send them to the institutions, according to a Polesana Direct Farmers Association, Bank of Credit Cooperative of Venice, Padua and Rovigo-Banca Annia, participatory approach (Leader Approach). Confagricoltura Rovigo, Consorzio di Bonifica Adige Po, Rovigo Cooperative Credit Bank - Soc.Coop. GAL POLESINE ADIGE Private Company / Civil Society: Cultural Association This is precisely what the GAL Polesine Adige deals Leonardo da Vinci, Consortium for the Protection of Lusia with since the 25th February 2008, as a non-profit PGI Salad, WWF of Rovigo, Pro Loco of Lendinara. association recognized by the Veneto Region. The territory of the GAL Polesine Adige, in the province of Rovigo, is bordered by two rivers: the Adige river and the Canalbianco. Currently it has 30 members between public and private subjects. THE UNDERTOOK ACTIONS The allocation of grants to 120 beneficiaries was of € 10.661 million. Take a look at the following IN THE 2007-2013 examples: • 26 agricultural enterprises for the development PROGRAMMING of multi-functionality and diversification • 22 agricultural entrepreneurs for the modernization of their companies • 12 Municipalities for the redevelopment of itineraries and rest areas • 10 Local authorities for the renovation of buildings for architectural and cultural purposes The PSL is the programming tool of the GAL Polesine PROGRAM OF LOCAL Adige through which its territorial strategy is defined and proposed. DEVELOPMENT (PSL) The preliminary stages of its preparation have been developed in autumn 2015, through a questionnaire 2014-2020 “A RIVER OF IDEAS” addressed not only to local stakeholders, but also to the entire population through ADIGE 3.0: a river of ideas public meetings. The GAL then continued to listen to the territory by presenting in April 2016 the final between history and innovation version of the PSL, approved by the Region in October of the same year. The SWOT analysis of the territory showed some strengths and improvements as the basis of the PSL: STRENGTHS IMPROVEMENT Architectural, historical and environmental assets Aging (55.4% of farm managers in agriculture are over 60) Accommodation facilities (1236 beds) Poor degree of computerization of the company Quality and certified products Poor interaction between the production chain and the (Lusia PGI salad, PDO white garlic of Polesine) touristic one Dies (nuts, bread, horticultural products) The accommodation facilities are not suitable to receive medium-sized and organized flows Slow network and intermodal transport Absence of organized paths and network of cultural-landscaping-monumental and historical heritage Research institutes The strategy is completed by 3 key projects AREAS • AGRI... CULTURE IN THE TERRITORY OF ADIGE • THE PRECIOUS LANDS: THE EXCELLENCES IN OF INTEREST THE TERRITORY BETWEEN ARQUÀ AND LUSIA • THE VILLAS OF THE ADIGE AND THEIR NICHE (A.I.) PRODUCTS The main characteristics of the Key Projects can be summarized as follows: The GAL identified 3 areas of interest • Concentration of interventions and resources • ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DIVERSIFICATION IN • Common goal of land development RURAL AREAS • Interaction between public and private (at least two • SUSTAINABLE TOURISM measures / interventions that ensure the presence of both subjects) • DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION OF SUPPLY CHAINS AND LOCAL PRODUCTIVE SYSTEMS • Operative formulas for public announcement and for GAL direction 11 goals have been associated to these A.I. • Increase the degree of connection and the link DISTRIBUTION OF RESOURCES PSL 2014-2020 between the resources of the territory, using the existing paths and qualifying the existing itineraries • Raise the quality standard of local productions € 879.596,43 • Raise the level of territorial integration of niche productions € 533.088,75 • Strengthen the identity of the territory • Develop cultural resources by linking them to the reception of the rural system • Improve the usability of rural areas and their natural and historical-cultural heritage € 5.330.887,68 • Strengthen the communication of the values / resources / characteristics of the territory • Guarantee more income to rural populations RESOURCES AT DISPOSAL OF THE TERRITORY • Raise the level of territorial integration between COOPERATION public and private subjects GAL OPERATION • Increase the level of competence of the operators • Active conservation of historical rural landscapes and redevelopment of ordinary rural landscapes For more information visit the website www.galadige.it Leader cooperation is the sum of relationships, COOPERATION objectives and results between national and international partners that, by joining their forces, design and implement projects of different nature. PROJECTS The added value is the meeting of different territorial realities that fosters a cultural, social and economic growth of the territories involved. In this general framework, the GAL Polesine Adige participates in two cooperation projects RURAL VENETO HE-ART (Rural Art) 5 GALs take part in the interterritorial project of This transnational project was born with the goal of Veneto; together they want to strengthen the actions promoting cultural tourism, one economic resource linked to local development strategies. recognized at a national and international level. The overall purpose is to promote, in a joint and The GALs involved in this project are going to be 6: coordinated rural way, the tourism in Veneto 3 Italians, 1 Finnish, 1 French and 1 Latvian. through the use of the cinematographic medium, The aims of the project are the promotion of art in one tool capable of generating positive effects on the all its forms and the enhancement of the important territory, enhancing local excellence in an innovative artistic heritage of the territory through promotional and effective way. initiatives and structural interventions. With this project the GAL partners aim to consolidate Cultural tourism within rural areas can become a the “rural and sustainable tourism” product, to increase flywheel for the economy and a stimulus for local the flow of tourists and visitors in the interested rural communities, both from a social and sustainable point areas concerned and promote business development, of view, always respecting the territorial identity with encouraging job creation. the intent to make it grow. ART, CULTURE AND TERRITORY The territory of the GAL Adige is extremely rich in gardens and taste the delicious vegetables produced history, art and culture, but still little is known; a portion by the “fertile land”. In Villanova del Ghebbo you can of nature that extends between the rivers Adige and devote yourself to shopping, the town is in fact famous Canalbianco with an extension of just 494 sq km, for its numerous handmade shoe factories. Continuing crossed by cycle paths that link the nature to civilization. to reach the village of Costa di Rovigo which offers The story accompanies the visitor within these 17 the opportunity to visit the “a l’Alboron” Ethnographic municipalities of Polesine with surprising numbers: Museum. 112 Venetian villas, 3 archaeological sites, 111 Villamarzana is located near the Canalbianco, here you monuments including churches, palaces, theatres, can practice rowing at the “Società Canottieri”, admiring city walls, towers and bell towers, 2 castles, 2 the territory from another angle. Paddling you reach picture galleries, 2 archaeological museums and Ceregnano, a town that has become famous for having 2 civic museums. Each municipality of the territory established “the Department of happiness”. After has important testimonies both in socio-cultural and Ceregnano we reach Villadose: do not miss the historical naturalistic terms. Starting from the west and heading re-enactment of the Roman Centuriation Market. east, in the territory of GAL Adige, the first municipality Heading North you still meet the Adige and along its you meet is Giacciano con Baruchella with the banks you can see San Martino di Venezze, witness of enchanting embankments of the Fossa Maestra to travel the industriousness of these territories with its beautiful also by bike; proceeding towards Canda you can admire rural courts, including Cà Venezze Giustiniani. The tour Villa Nani Mocenigo, followed by Castelguglielmo ends at Pettorazza Grimani, with a visit to the 16th where a novella of Boccaccio’s Decamerone was set; century rural complex, Corte Grimani, which gave its next to this municipality you