The Process of Creating Local Action Groups in Bulgaria - Problems and Prospects

Doitchinova, Julia; Miteva, Albena; Stoyanova, Zornitsa

doi:10.2478/v10316-012-0041-6

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“…Funds and programmes originating in Western Europe played a significant role in mobilising local stakeholders to create partnerships and provide technical assistance, funding and investment possibilities. This process was common across all new EU member post-socialist states in Central and Eastern Europe [78,105,106].…”

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From Single-Use Community Facilities Support to Integrated Sustainable Development: The Aims of Inter-Municipal Cooperation in Poland, 1990–2018

Furmankiewicz

Campbell

2019

Sustainability

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The paper explores and compares the aims of the three most common legal forms of inter-municipal cooperation in Poland (engaging rural, urban-rural and urban municipalities) during the years 1990-2018: Mono-sectoral Special Purpose Unions, Municipal Associations and cross-sectoral Local Action Groups. Content analysis was applied and development priorities from the statutes and strategies were studied. The main form of territorial association evolved from, initially, mono-functional bodies concerned mainly with local infrastructural investment and managed solely by a group of local authorities, to a devolved type, consisting of multi-purpose associations managed with the participation of economic and third sector representatives. This was the result of the European Union policy of promoting territorial governance and integrated development in functional regions, this being considered as part of the process of Europeanisation. However, these successive forms of municipal cooperation do not appear to have replaced the pre-existing forms, but they have introduced additional modes of governance of local resources. The findings show that the most "integrated" and "sustainable" management of local resources is observed mainly in cross-sectoral partnerships, like Local Action Groups, but not so often in mono-sectoral municipal unions and associations led solely by local government and focused more on hard infrastructure and municipal facilities. However, given the specialisation shown by each of the three types of association, it is likely that the full range of development possibilities in the areas concerned can only be realised if all three forms of cooperation are present. The analysis confirms the positive role of local economic and social sector participation in shaping sustainable development. The findings also indicate the utility of the concept of cross-sectoral territorial partnerships in post-socialist and post-authoritarian countries lacking traditions of grassroots or participative development.Sustainability 2019, 11, 5890 2 of 21 be seen as facilitating a "neo-endogenous" or "integrated place based" model of development, in contrast to a top-down, exogenous and sectoral model focusing on single issues such as transport or agriculture and managed solely by government [4][5][6]. The place-based, neo-endogenous model implies central government support for regional and local bottom-up initiatives for development and well-being, facing one particular territory (natural or economic region, agglomeration, etc.), often requiring cooperation between stakeholders from fragmented administrative areas [7][8][9]. Integrated planning in this context is understood to involve drawing together local social, economic and ecological issues, rather than focusing only on, for instance, technical infrastructure [10]. It is often closely related to "sustainable" development, which involves an additional concern with long-term retention of local natural resources [11][12][13]. In the countries where these processes first emerged,...

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From Single-Use Community Facilities Support to Integrated Sustainable Development: The Aims of Inter-Municipal Cooperation in Poland, 1990–2018

Furmankiewicz

Campbell

2019

Sustainability

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“…), these organizations prepare and release long-term activities aimed at local development and finding solutions towards economic, social and ecological problems within one region (32). Inclusion of local community plays the key role for stimulating and not simply administrating territory.…”

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Innovative rural development through networks and partnerships

Doitchinova¹,

Zaimova²

2015

TJS

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Development level of the rural areas in the different countries is usually associated with different forms of interaction and interdependence among producers, cooperative organizations, business and even research institutions. These forms and their various legal framework, as well as various levels of development trends and success have certain effect not only over the incomes generated, but also on the overall progress of the region they are located, including local community, agribusiness and its contribution over the local economy. This paper aims to conceptualize an effective local development model, enabling a more effective organization and interaction of community resources and government support. Against this background a number of representative initiatives of innovation and innovative solutions that have emerged at the regional level will be analyzed. The study corroborates that the determinants of the innovation process in the rural areas are not simply the policy measures undertaken, but rather the sense of responsibility and collaborative action taken on by the different stakeholders. This translates into the development of networks, involving local municipalities, for-profit organizations, as well as non-for profit organizations and cooperatives that explicitly pursue community well-being and regional identification.

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“…The LEADER approach (which has developed into CLLD) has been applied in the rural areas of Bulgaria since the beginning of the century -initially with pilot projects under various European programs [9], and after 2007 as part of the programs for the development of rural areas and the National Development Plan of agriculture and rural areas.…”

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“…The problems of the creation, financing, management and functioning of the local action groups created under the LEADER program in Bulgaria are the subject of interest of a number of research teams. At the center of the analysis are the problems of creating local action groups [9,10], their characteristics, functions and problems [11], their role in the development of rural areas [12,13], the differences in the application of the approach LEADER and Community-Led Local Development in the last two program periods [14,15], etc.…”

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Opportunities for local fishing action groups for transformation of rural areas

Doitchinova,

Asenov

2023

SHS Web Conf.

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The importance of territorial governance structures in the context of neo-endogenous and locally based development is increasing for the development of rural areas in the European Union. EU policy and practice of involving stakeholders and building public-private partnerships (PPPs) are among the main tools for implementing this type of governance in rural and fishing areas. Local Action Groups (LAGs) and Fisheries Local Action Groups (FLAGs) work within the framework of Community-Led Local Development (CLLD) and ensure the participation of local residents in the planning and implementation of their Local Development Strategies (LDSs). The purpose of the report is to assess the distribution, development and problems of FLAGs and their role in the transformations and development of fishing territories. Opportunities and guidelines for their development during the current programming period should be presented on this basis. In the assessment of the development and problems of FLAGs, information from primary and secondary sources was used for the implementation of the Maritime and Fisheries Operational Programme (MFOP) and for the implementation of the Community-Led Local Development approach.

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The Process of Creating Local Action Groups in Bulgaria - Problems and Prospects

Cited by 6 publications

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From Single-Use Community Facilities Support to Integrated Sustainable Development: The Aims of Inter-Municipal Cooperation in Poland, 1990–2018

From Single-Use Community Facilities Support to Integrated Sustainable Development: The Aims of Inter-Municipal Cooperation in Poland, 1990–2018

Innovative rural development through networks and partnerships

Opportunities for local fishing action groups for transformation of rural areas

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