“…With the LEADER programme, the “collaborative advantage,” a stimulator of social and institutional innovation, defined by Fenwick in , must become a phenomenon that cuts across all sectors of the LAG network (private, public, associative). The theory he develops is based in particular on the principle of partnerships woven “across organizational boundaries” (Bass, ), with the aim of achieving a “positive end” unattainable by a single organization (Huxham & Vangen, ).…”