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Sustainable Rural Development Baltic Sea Action Plan Seminar in Helsinki 21.-22.1.2010 Sirpa Karjalainen Ministerial Adviser MAF, Finland “Enhance the combined effects of the rural development programmes” - through better cooperation leading to more targeted measures. The programmes could be linked when dealing with similar problems. There should be a streamlining of the rural development measures in the national rural development programmes, including joint studies and monitoring. There is a need to develop joint training and advisory measures, with more emphasis on common innovation across borders. There should be deeper co-operation between the Local Action Groups in LEADER and other stakeholders in rural areas, leading to development of joint projects. 2 Flagship: “Sustainable rural development” Projects must be developed that bring together people in the region to develop sustainable rural tourism, agriculture, forestry and aquaculture or inland water fisheries. New practices on using an integrated approach should be developed to minimize the leakage of nutrients. (Lead: Poland and Sweden; Deadline for progress review: to be determined) 3 Sustainable Rural Development: •ecological sustainability •economical sustainability •social sustainability 4 "Better coordination and a more strategic use of Community programmes are key ingredients" Rural Development Programmes: Axis 1, 3 and 4 Measures ? (Baltic rural network -meeting in Billund) 5 Baltic Sea Action Plan: 8. Implementing the Small Business Act (DK): "Encourage and promote female entrepreneurship" "Facilitate rural entrepreneurship” 12. To maintain and reinforce attractiveness of the Baltic Sea Region in particular through education, tourism and health (Tourism: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern D) “Attract tourists to rural areas especially the coastal ones” by promoting joint environmentally-friendly rural and coastal tourism packages (e.g. farm, food tourism, hiking, winter sports, nature based tourism) and by co-operating in planning rural and coastal tourism investments. (Lead: each Rural Development Network in each Member State (in cooperation with the LEADER networks supported by the European Rural Development Network) 6 Baltic Sea Region Programme 2007-2013 (dec. 22.12.2009) Areas of support: Creation of urban-rural partnership (commuting, joint energy savings, renewable energy, tourism etc.) Development and implementation of strategies for rural areas in need of conversion (settlemet structure) Strategic projects: • promotion of the Baltic bio-energy potential and use of bio-mass • strategy and practical solutions for integrated management for urban-rural areas 7 Areas of interest ?: • future orientation (post 2013) • innovations in rural areas • agriculture, climate change • green / bio economy • young and women in rural areas How: • cooperation between LAG:s • joint studies and monitoring • joint training and advisory • best practices, exhange of ideas 8 Main Actors? Managing authorities National/Regional networks LAG:s Extension services Universities, research institutes Farmers Union Other stakeholders 9 Ryebread & Baltic Herring since ** still kicking and very much alive! 10