Participation of disadvantaged groups and governance in the LEADER and PRODER programmes in Andalucía, Spain

Valverde, Francisco Antonio Navarro; García, Eugenio Cejudo; Martos, Juan Carlos Maroto

doi:10.7896/j.1532

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“…Structured interviews with LAGs managers were used as a primary method for collecting data. The method is often used in LEADER related research [10,11]. The interview consisted in 12 questions divided in four sections (Table 1) and was designed after consultations with LAGs experts (researchers, LAG managers and consultants).…”

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Constrains of the Multi-Sectoral Partnerships in Romania - Are Local Action Groups Sustainable?

Olar

Jitea

2021

Advanced Research in Life Sciences

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Local Action Groups (LAGs) are responsible for promoting social and economic development in their territories, by creating local development strategies (LDSs) funded through LEADER Programme. They are area-based multisectoral partnerships, formed from public, private and social stakeholders. The aim of this paper is to study the governance and sustainability of Romanian LAGs, using evidence from the Nord-West Development Region from Romania. Structured interviews with LAGs managers were used as a primary method for collecting data. The results show that LAGs are struggling to remain active during the transition periods between two editions of the program, questioning their capacity to function without LEADER funding. However, they report fewer major changes compared to the last transition, mostly focusing on partnership and territorial structure.

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Constrains of the Multi-Sectoral Partnerships in Romania - Are Local Action Groups Sustainable?

Olar

Jitea

2021

Advanced Research in Life Sciences

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“…Furthermore, due to various factors including $self-selection% of participants, and the lower visibility and more fragmented geographies of minorities in rural areas, it cannot be assumed that more democratic governance arizes from increased participation without greater scrutiny (Muller, Sutter, Wohlgemuth 2020). Navarro, Cejudo, and Maroto (2016) adduce a long list of authors who found that the LEADER and/or endogenous development approach can reinforce existing power structures and marginalize the poor.…”

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Interventions and intersections: institutional environment and local level autonomy in LEADER. A comparative study

Brooks

Kovács

2021

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In 2010, when hope emerged that the new conservative government would improve the governance of the LEADER Programme, the Naturama Alliance, a co-operative network of seven Hungarian LAGs, issued a Declaration that summarised procedural issues to be addressed by a revision[1]. After introducing the alliance, the first chapter was entitled “Decentralisation and Autonomy”, indicating the direction of the desired shift towards a more autonomous operation. The LEADER Programme is scrutinised in this article from the point of view of autonomy and local democracy, exploring to what extent these are linked with or distinct from higher level governance transformations towards decentralisation or recentralisation. Theoretical approaches derived from rural and government studies are interpreted in the first sections of the paper, exploring the debate regarding the correlation of autonomy and local democracy and the way it is manifested in LEADER. Most authors regard LEADER as a promoter of local democracy and identify a positive correlation between democracy and an enhanced local autonomy. However, a consensus among scholars also seems to be unfolding from these studies suggesting that the scope of ‘LEADER democracy’ is mostly narrow, restricting participation to more resourceful social groups due both to the ‘thematic filters’ of the Local Development Strategy and to ‘procedural filters’, such as capacities allocated to the staff for animation and assistance to overcome difficulties of application. The empirical research background of this article is provided by two case studies, which were conducted in 2018-2019, one in England (Northumberland Uplands) and one in Hungary (Balaton Uplands), two states with complex recent histories and trajectories in terms of devolution of governance to lower levels and local autonomy. The secondary interpretation of these case studies focuses on the degree of participation and autonomy of LAGs. The analysis reveals that the degree of autonomy (and to some extent of participation) declined in both countries in the last iteration compared to the 2007-13 programming cycle. It has also been uncovered that rather than the ‘post transition’, recentralised Hungarian context, it was the British institutional system and governance tradition that permitted more top-down intervention and less autonomy for the LAGs. [1] A NATURAMA Szövetség Akciócsoportjainak javaslatai az UMVP III. IV. tengelye intézkedéseinek hatékonyabb megvalósítása érdekében. [Suggestions of the NATURAMA Alliance for the more effective implementation of III-IV axes of the RDP], 2010. http://leadercontact.com/images/stories/https___leaderkontakt.pdf

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“…However, the program's territory is one of the areas with less activity compared to other more populated and dynamic rural surroundings. LEADER and PRODER Programmes have tended to penalise disadvantaged rural zones that are facing problems of depopulation and social and economic decline [52]. During the last few years, only small rural tourism initiatives or services aimed at improving internet access have been launched.…”

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Rural Entrepreneurship Strategies: Empirical Experience in the Northern Sub-Plateau of Spain

2019

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Entrepreneurship initiatives that could have an impact in rural areas are embedded in broader agricultural, rural development or structural policies at the European Union level. Nevertheless, there is a prevailing lack of rural strategies focused on entrepreneurship, especially in aging and depopulated EU rural regions. In this context, the need to have real experiences as an empirical contribution to the academic, political and professional spheres is identified. The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the current empirical research throughout a real experience and its capitalization. The paper portrays the design and implementation of a rural entrepreneurship strategy, in a very depopulated area, engaging civil society participation by adapting the ‘Working With People’ model to the idiosyncratic conditions of the context. The study then considers the main factors of this strategy by analyzing its application in a wider area in the province of Ávila, Spain. We find that rural entrepreneurship can be enriched by strategies designed and assessed by the beneficiaries from the early stages of formulation. This experience is supported by the ‘Fundación Tatiana Pérez de Guzmán el Bueno’, a non-profit institution that manages its legacy to achieve social goals in youth training, scientific research and environmental fields.

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Participation of disadvantaged groups and governance in the LEADER and PRODER programmes in Andalucía, Spain

Cited by 10 publications

References 12 publications

Constrains of the Multi-Sectoral Partnerships in Romania - Are Local Action Groups Sustainable?

Constrains of the Multi-Sectoral Partnerships in Romania - Are Local Action Groups Sustainable?

Interventions and intersections: institutional environment and local level autonomy in LEADER. A comparative study

Rural Entrepreneurship Strategies: Empirical Experience in the Northern Sub-Plateau of Spain

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