Rural Development and Leader in the Europe 2020 Strategy

Seminar 24th January 2011 Budapest, Hungary

Ute Vieting, Regional Manager EUROPE

Region Hesselberg

Ute Vieting, Region Hesselberg, Bayern regional, BAG LAG 2011-01-24 Germany

244 Rural aereas - LEADER 2007 - 2013 BAG LAG network of local action groups in Germany

Ute Vieting, Region Hesselberg, Bayern regional, BAG LAG 2011-01-24 Bavaria

58 Rural areas in Bavaria within 7 districts with 7 LEADER-Managers in the administration 63 Mio. € european financial support In total: 155 Mio. € 2007 - 2013

Ute Vieting, Region Hesselberg, Bayern regional, BAG LAG 2011-01-24 Bavaria bottom-up, informal

Network of regional managements in Bavaria „Bayern regional“ about 40 Regionalmanagements 5 professional groups 240 years of rural management experience in practice

Ute Vieting, Region Hesselberg, Bayern regional, BAG LAG 2011-01-24 Rural Impression Region of Hesselberg

picture: Jürgen Abt

Ute Vieting, Region Hesselberg, Bayern regional, BAG LAG 2011-01-24 Rural Impressions

Ute Vieting, Region Hesselberg, Bayern regional, BAG LAG 2011-01-24 Rural Impression

Ute Vieting, Region Hesselberg, Bayern regional, BAG LAG 2011-01-24 Rural Impressions

Ute Vieting, Region Hesselberg, Bayern regional, BAG LAG 2011-01-24 Bavaria 7 districts

Region Hesselberg: Middle Franconia Region of Hesselberg 65.000 Inhabitans 24 municipalities 11 years of experience

Ute Vieting, Region Hesselberg, Bayern regional, BAG LAG 2011-01-24 Our Philosophy = LEADER-Philosophy

Social stability /society economy

ecology

Ute Vieting, Region Hesselberg, Bayern regional, BAG LAG 2011-01-24 Our Philosophy = LEADER-Philosophy

Based on a integrated regional development concept - worked out with 700 lokal actors, economic and social partners, administratives and experts

Ute Vieting, Region Hesselberg, Bayern regional, BAG LAG 2011-01-24 Best practice

Regionalmesse

Ute Vieting, Region Hesselberg, Bayern regional, BAG LAG 2011-01-24 Regional value Mill-Farm and Cheese

Foto: Kurt Pachl Health and experience farm Cheese tasting and cheese seminar and holiday farm

Ute Vieting, Region Hesselberg, Bayern regional, BAG LAG 2011-01-24 Network of nature protection, regionale economic cycle, education, tourism and sense of home

Franconian Must Road natural orchards and production of unfiltered applejuice in regional Circuits - ValorisationJuli 2003 of natural potencials

Ute Vieting, Region Hesselberg, Bayern regional, BAG LAG 2011-01-24 Allfra GmbH Regional Fruitjuce accociation

Regionalmesse

Ute Vieting, Region Hesselberg, Bayern regional, BAG LAG 2011-01-24 Franconian Must Road

Foto: Jürgen Abt Foto: Kurt Pachl

Must station at Kappelbuck with a bakery and beer cellar High-quality Hesselberger juices from local orchards and seccos

Ute Vieting, Region Hesselberg, Bayern regional, BAG LAG 2011-01-24 Foto: Jürgen Abt Foto: Kurt Pachl

Regional identity: typical, traditional costumes and local foods Ute Vieting, Region Hesselberg, Bayern regional, BAG LAG 2011-01-24 Landscape Management Association and Local authorities

Local actors keep

landscapeRegionalmesse in shape

Ute Vieting, Region Hesselberg, Bayern regional, BAG LAG 2011-01-24 however

The LEADER-strategy is more

Regionalmesse

Ute Vieting, Region Hesselberg, Bayern regional, BAG LAG 2011-01-24 Involvement of local actors

Ute Vieting, Region Hesselberg, Bayern regional, BAG LAG 2011-01-24 organizational structure = LEADER-Philosophy = bottom-up

Ute Vieting, Region Hesselberg, Bayern regional, BAG LAG 2011-01-24 Industry, high technology & craftswork, services, social services

Foto: Gerhard Rieß

Ute Vieting, Region Hesselberg, Bayern regional, BAG LAG 2011-01-24 Networking

25 new network partner with increasing number of local acters start up with 45 local actors in 2001 now, in 2011 we are almost 4.000 local actors who work for the regional idea

Ute Vieting, Region Hesselberg, Bayern regional, BAG LAG 2011-01-24 Regional Network Steering Commitee Members of steering group:

•Management of the company •Management of the LAG •Project Managers •Represantatives of the adminitration (LEADER-Manager) • mayors

Ute Vieting, Region Hesselberg, Bayern regional, BAG LAG 2011-01-24 Inter-communal cooperation

Regional, sustainable sludge disposal

17 Local authorities farmers, transport company, Services Ute Vieting, Region Hesselberg, Bayern regional, BAG LAG 2011-01-24 Ability to cooperate and spirit of Innovation

Award for cooperation of municipalties in Hesselberg region

GenoPortal Award 2010 inter-municipal sewage sludge and energy efficient and reduce CO2

Ute Vieting, Region Hesselberg, Bayern regional, BAG LAG 2011-01-24 Development of regional strategies

Finding optimal structures for rural areas

Ute Vieting, Region Hesselberg, Bayern regional, BAG LAG 2011-01-24 Education and qualification

Classroom in the open 14 thematic stations

Ute Vieting, Region Hesselberg, Bayern regional, BAG LAG 2011-01-24 Reinforcement of rural areas through regional value

For example, by replacement of fuel imports by renewable resources and renewable energy sources and through energy efficiency and energy savings.

Purchasing power loss 64 Mio. € for fuel import

Daten Quelle: Agentur für Erneuerbare Energien, Renews Spezial Ausgabe 21 Ute Vieting, Region Hesselberg, Bayern regional, BAG LAG 2011-01-24 The forward-looking energy supply

• Bündelung der Anlagen Energiebörse • Kommunale Netze Marktmacht, Gewicht • Zentrale Steuerung Genaue Prognosen • Interkommunaler des Stromangebots Energieausgleich Zentrale Steuerung durch verlässliche dezentraler Anlagen Wettervorhersagen • Handel Energiebörse Genaue Prognosen des Strombedarfs

Ute Vieting, Region Hesselberg, Bayern regional, BAG LAG 2011-01-24 Challenges for 2020 strategy

Climate Change Biodiversity EU population decline, migration to cities Scarcity of resources, Poverty, territorial differences ....

Ute Vieting, Region Hesselberg, Bayern regional, BAG LAG 2011-01-24 Implication of LEADER-approach for 2020 strategy

1. LAGs as local decision-making, multi-level governance 2. Bottom-up Approach = Help to help themselves; Citizen participation, -qualification, - Responsibility cooperation, networking Consideration of regional extras

3. cross-sectoral, integrated and sustainable regional development concept as basis

Ute Vieting, Region Hesselberg, Bayern regional, BAG LAG 2011-01-24 Implication of LEADER-approach for 2020 strategy 4. Openness and better integration of policies and funds to each other (EAFRD, ERDF, ESF ..), LEADER approach as a basis for implementing the rural activities

5. Innovation and new technologies as a answer to climate change, poverty, loss of inhabitans. Increasing employment, regional value added and social responsibility

6. Developing appropriate and coordinated structures in the region with the involvement of citizens, businesses and local authorities

7. Regionalization of LEADER funding by offering regional budgets Ute Vieting, Region Hesselberg, Bayern regional, BAG LAG 2011-01-24