Transcript Improving the coordination of EU Funds LAG-FLAG

Axis 4 of the EFF: The Leader
Approach in European Fisheries Areas…
Marseille, 26th September
Monica Burch, FARNET Support Unit
The Leader Approach in European Fisheries Areas…
 FARNET and the EU FLAGs (Fisheries Local Action Groups)
 success stories and lessons learnt from LEADER
dissemination into fisheries areas
 introducing the LEADER approach to EU urban policy (ESF,
ERDF)?
 future plans for CLLD in 2014-20 in the EMFF (European
Maritime and Fisheries Fund)
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A fisheries focus
 dwindling fish stocks
 fishing overcapacity
 lack of competitiveness
 Vulnerability of small scale fisheries
Sectoral challenges
 lack of organisation and integration
within the sector and along the chain
 Rising costs (especially fuel)
 Low attractivity of employment in
fisheries
 urbanisation pressure
Fisheries areas challenges
 environnemental degradation
 peripheral areas
 depopulation in some small
fishing communities
 lack of economic alternatives
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The sustainable development of fisheries areas
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Over 300 groups
with integrated local development strategies,
implemented by bottom-up
partnerships in 21 countries
€600M or 13% of the
EFF (€826M total public)
Average budgets: €3.3
million – but huge range
(€200,000 - €17 million)
Differences in strategies,
partnerships & areas.
Nearly 2/3 have formal
cooperation with
LEADER.
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An Axis 4 example...
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LAG / FLAG cooperation
Forms of LAG-FLAG coordination
Seperate selection committees
Common accountable body
One LAG-FLAG
LAG/FLAG
EFF
EARDF
ERDF
ACCOUNTABLE
BODY
ESF
FLAG
LAG
ERDF
ESF
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How to achieve synergy & respect specificity?
Other formal coordination
Boundaries for coastal strips and rivers
Other forms of coordination
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Board members - cross partners
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Common admin and fin. support
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Shared staff
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Shared premises
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Technical coordination meetings
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Agreed criteria and procedures
Defining areas that fit strategies
LAG/FLAG
Boundaries for dispersed fishing
communities
Same or similar boundaries
Demarcation
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A few lessons…
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different forms of cooperation : Adapt model of cooperation to needs
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advantage when building on prior experience
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But not force things into artificial structures (divided up into too small packages
(eg merely distributed to Leader groups) – need to look at all the alternatives &
chose option best suited to area. Ideally no blanket rule at national level
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Ensure fit between strategies and programme goals (budgets, types of
measures, criteria…..)
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Adapt boundaries to fit what you want to achieve (FI, IT, FR…)
 Build
partnerships from allies required to achieve change.
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introducing the LEADER approach to EU urban
policy (ESF, ERDF)?
 reticence on the part of urban policies (partly
because sums of money much bigger – and already
many actors)
 Need to convince the cities if it is to appear in
Operation Programmes (Ops)
CLLD often used in deprived areas…
 but can also be used in other types of areas
(industrial districts, knowledge districts, city
centres…)
 or specific target groups
 or by theme (employment, entrepreneurship, low
carbon transport, food, water…)…
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Future plans for CLLD in 2014-20 in the EMFF
 Expectation for Axis 4 to be strengthened
 Option for multi-funding (but rules need to be really
simple within any ONE fund)
 flexible tool for fisheries communities possibilities for fisheries focused strategies & broader coastal
development (link water-land)
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Thank you for your attention!
FARNET Support Unit
36-38 rue Saint Laurent
B - 1000 Bruxelles
+32 2 613 26 50
[email protected]
www.farnet.eu
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