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Project ‘Western Balkans’, XVIIIth meeting of the SWG, 16 September 2010
Facilitating the area-based development approach in
rural regions in the Western Balkans
Geertrui Louwagie
Fabien Santini
Silvia Saravia Matus
Sergio Gomez y Paloma
European Commission, Joint Research Centre,
Institute for Prospective Technological Studies – AGRILIFE unit
The Institute for Prospective
Technological Studies (IPTS)
Project ‘Western Balkans’, XVIIIth meeting of the SWG, 16 September 2010
• a directorate of the JRC
• provides customer-driven
support to EU policy making
• aims at policy challenges that
have a socio-economic and science
& technology dimension
The AGRILIFE unit within IPTS
Project ‘Western Balkans’, XVIIIth meeting of the SWG, 16 September 2010
SUSTAG / AGRITRADE / AGRITECH
Introduction
Project ‘Western Balkans’, XVIIIth meeting of the SWG, 16 September 2010
Issue
Disruption / decline in rural cross-border regions in Western Balkans
Background
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SWG-Rural Regional Development previous meetings:
assessment development situation in rural cross-border areas
preliminary studies
EastAgri (2008):
round table on area-based development
General objective project
To facilitate rural development programming in the Western Balkans
The project
Project ‘Western Balkans’, XVIIIth meeting of the SWG, 16 September 2010
• Administrative Arrangement between DG AGRI and the JRC
for a shared project
•Steering Group: AGRI, ELARG, JRC
o meets 5 times
• Advisory Board: SWG secretariat, FAO (RO, IC), UNDP, OECD
(LEED), World Bank
o meets 3 times
•Support from School on Local Development – University of
Trento
Introduction
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A. Case Study
1. Defining a pilot target area
2. Assessing the development situation
the baseline
critical needs
Participatory
priority solutions/interventions
3. Defining the ABD intervention
main outcome (desired development situation)
specific objectives
results
B. Workshop
C. Methodological package / Mapping
The project
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• Indicative calendar
o m3 (Sep 2010): Literature review / Pilot case study area
setting
o m6 (Dec 2010): Preliminary assessment of development
situation in pilot target area
o m10 (Apr 2011): Completion of ABD approach in pilot
target area
o m12 (May 2011): Workshop
o m15 (Sep 2011): final report
Literature review
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UNDP - ABD Origins (1980’s)
- Afghanistan Rural Rehabilitation Programme (ARRP)
- Central America – Programme for Displaced Persons, Refugees and
Repatriated (PRODERE)
- Sudan Stabilization and Development Schemes
Literature review
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ABD Definition
ABD targets specific geographical areas in a country, characterised by a particular
complex development problem, through an integrated, inclusive, participatory and
flexible approach. (Harfst, 2006)
ABD Theoretical Background
Endogenous Growth Theory / Endogenous Development
Participation / decentralisation
Holistic / Multi-sectoral
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ABD Implementation & Evaluation
When to implement ABD
Am I dealing with a clearly identifiable area that has unique or specific
problems that sets it apart from other areas in the country and therefore
merits special attention?
Is the development situation in the area relatively simple (i.e. confined to
one sector or issue with clearly identifiable causes and effects or is the
situation complex and multi-dimensional where causes and effects are
heavily interlinked?
(Harfst, 2006)
Literature review
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From theory to practice: ABD Implementation & Evaluation
Examples of ABD Evaluation Reports
Programme
Area
Components
PAG
CE
BIS
LED
X
X
X
X
Municipal Improvement & Revival South Serbia - 13
Programme – MIR I & II
municipalities
X
X
X
Municipal development in South West Serbia – 8
West Serbia project – PRO I & II
municipalities
X
X
Programme for Rehabilitation and
Sustainable Social Development in
Bosnia Herezegovina PROGRESS
BiH
7 war-damaged
municipalities in the
northwest of Bosnia
Herzegovina
SDA
CPT
PIR
X
X
X
X
X
PAG – Public Administration & Participatory Governance; CPE – Community Participation & Empowerment; BIS – Basic
Infrastructure & Services; LED – Local Economic Development; SDA – Social Development & Assistance; CPT – Conflict Prevention
& Tolerance Promotion; PIR – Policy & Institutional Reform
Literature review
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Other Approaches to Local Rural Development - How is ABD similar and
different?
- INTEGRATED RURAL DEVELOPMENT
- PARTICIPATORY NEGOTIATED TERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENT
- COMMUNITY-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT
- LEADER
Literature review
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Other Approaches to Local Rural Development Focus on EU approach: LEADER
- Some similarities
- area-based
- bottom-up
- integrated / multi-sectoral actions
- Some differences
- no area-specific complex development problem required
- not necessarily inclusive (target groups)
- poor consideration rural-urban linkages / rural towns
- limited to areas with 5 000 - 100 000 inhabitants (< NUTS 3)
- Lessons from NMS / Balkans
- Slovenia
- Croatia
Literature review
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Experiences of Cross-border Cooperation (CBC)
INTERREG-A
Factors for successful and effective CBC:
legal framework for CBC, quality of partnerships, degree of institutionalisation
Literature review
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Experiences of Cross-border Cooperation (CBC)
IPA CBC / Council of Europe
- For each Western Balkan country:
, multi-annual indicative planning document (MIPD)
- Focus:
- people-to-people contacts
- small-scale investments and prep. to larger investments
- (since 2006) cross-border institution building (CBIB)
- Experiences in:
FYROM, Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro
Literature review
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Recommendations / Lessons for ABD
ABD intervention – design
- Accurately define target area
- Focus intervention on needs and priorities of the area
- Promote early involvement of stakeholders & donors
- Ensure unbiased participation
- Match resources (time, budget) with objectives
- Guarantee coherence ABD progr. with macro-situation
Literature review
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Recommendations / Lessons for ABD
ABD intervention – management
- Coordinate activities (also across donors)
- Monitor and evaluate regularly
- Reduce transaction costs
- Foresee exit strategy
Case study
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Pilot target area – Drina & Lim rivers / Tara mountain
Features
• 13 municipalities, all border with one exception
• 380.000 inhabitants
• 7.860 km²
Target area – Drina river / Tara mountain
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Case study
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• Assessment of the baseline development situation – Critical needs
o Data collection / analysis
o Identify development gaps /problems to be addressed
o Local stakeholder consultation
• Assessment and selection of priority interventions – Proposing main outcomes,
objectives and outputs
o Options for solution to development problems
o Prioritisation
o Different levels of intervention (from local to national ; public – private)
o Local stakeholder consultation
Case study
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• Preparation of an Area-Based development programme
o define detailed activities
o identify actors
o specify inputs
o establish monitoring mechanisms
Case study
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Main implementing tools foreseen
Surveys/Questionnaires (2)
* web / facebook based
* targeting population not using internet
Stakeholders’ group: 25-30 selected stakeholders
* cross border representation
* 1/3 public; 1/3 private; 1/3 civil society
* four areas: business (including farms), social sphere,
environment, local administrations
Delphi group – “Helicopter view”: 5-10 experts
Thematic working groups
Local enlarged workshop
Local support:
* young researchers SSL
* supporting local NGO
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Preliminary internal timing
Sep – Oct 2010
Survey/Questionnaire #1
Expert knowledge
Setting up SG / DG
Result expected: draft baseline assessment
Oct - Nov 2010
Stakeholders’ group + Delphi group interaction
Expert knowledge
Thematic working groups
Result expected (D2): improved draft baseline
assessment,
participatory draft critical needs, priority intervention, main outputs
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Preliminary internal timing
Dec 2010 – Feb 2011
Feedback project SG / AB
Survey/Questionnaire #2
Expert knowledge
SG / DG
Thematic working groups
Local enlarged workshop
Result expected: final baseline assessment, participatory
critical needs, priority intervention, main outputs
Feb - Mar 2011
Stakeholders’ group + Delphi group interaction
Expert knowledge
Thematic working groups
Result expected (D3): detailed activities, output
mechanisms
monitoring
Dissemination, Transferability
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• Adapted methodology for similar ABD programmes in cross border rural
WB
o build on the existing (ABD & local development approaches
/ LEADER / cross border experiences)
o lessons learnt from the case study
o dissemination plan
• Map other potential areas
Dissemination, Transferability
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• Workshop
o identify target attendance
-Locals
- Nationals
- Bilaterals
- Multilaterals / Eastagri network
- Others: OSI-LGI
o disseminate the pilot case study results
oraise awareness on adapted ABD potential use in the area
o seek commitment to participate in implementation
Project ‘Western Balkans’, XVIIIth meeting of the SWG, 16 September 2010
Thank you for your attention