Transcript Dorset Squared Sarah Watson Operations Manager

Dorset Squared
Sarah Watson
Whistle stop tour of Local Action
for Rural Communities
What is Local Action?
• European Union Programme
• Rural Development Programme for England
• Delivered in local areas by and for local
people
What is Local Action?
Bottom up Approach
Partnerships and Networking
Innovation
The techie bit
Adding value to the Rural Development
Programme for England (RDPE)
Axis 4
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Local Action in the South West
• Addressing economic under performance
• Improving provision and access to services
• Harnessing wider economic value from
sustainable environmental quality
• Developing local governance
Local Action in Dorset
Local Action in Dorset: Chalk and
Cheese
Chalk and Cheese
The aim of the Programme:
“Support existing and encourage new
sustainable land and marine based
enterprises which rely on, and contribute to,
the quality and understanding of our unique
and beautiful environment.”
Chalk and Cheese
Achieved through....
Developing the entrepreneurship and skills
required to utilise the economic
opportunities created through the
development of an enhanced environment
Chalk and Cheese
Achieved through....
Creating opportunities for land and marine
based enterprise to improve their economic
performance through innovative activity that
adds value to and enhances our unique
environment and so provides an economic
basis for the long term sustainable
management of our countryside and coast
Chalk and Cheese
Achieved through....
Supporting enterprises and communities to
work in partnership to play an active role in
developing and celebrating Dorset
environment based economy and culture and
accessing the opportunities it provides
By 2013.....
The keys to success
• Robust and inclusive decision making process
• Strategic long term beneficial impact
• Clear focus on what we want to achieve
We need you!
Voting Slips
Note: The proposal must achieve an average score of more than 3 to be approved by the Local Action Group
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A. This proposal is led by the
community
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B. This proposal is innovative
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C. There is a clearly identified
need for this project
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D. This proposal fits strategically 1⃞
with what the LAG is trying to
achieve
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E. This proposal will bring long
term benefit to the area
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F. This proposal is of a high
quality
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Voting Slips
Any comments or ideas you have that would
help the development of the proposal: