• Objective 1

    amplify the voice of rural areas to bring them higher on the political agenda

  • Objective 2

    structure and enable collaboration and mutual learning between Pact members

  • Objective 3

    encourage and monitor voluntary commitment for action by Rural Pact community members
Description

It is important to remember that a LAG is not just a decentralised office to deliver EU Funds, the role of the partnership is not simply to wait for applicants to come with their projects and then select those that should receive funding. One of the key roles of the LAG is to actively encourage and support beneficiaries to submit projects which drive forward its strategy, so the focus is not on selecting projects but on developing them! This ‘project animation’ is a central part of LEADER implementation, many LEADER actors assert that it is the most important one, evaluations often show that LEADER has considerable impact on local capacity building and increasing the public participation. 

Commitment's information

Thèmes
  • Prosperous rural areas
  • Resilient rural areas
  • Stronger Rural Areas
    • Stakeholder beneficiary(ies)
    • Citizen
    • Local Action Group
    • Non-governmental / civil society organisation
    • Other
    • Private Business
    Activities
    • Knowledge sharing
    • Rural development strategy
    • Networking activities
    • Events
    Expected Outcomes

    Ensuring smooth project implementation It is vital to support the transition between project idea, selection and project action, successful LAGs understand this and nurture these projects, improving their alignment or fit with the Local Development Strategy together with their realism and deliverability. All good projects need time to develop and LAGs need to build this into their animation, application and decision-making processes, if these high value projects are to succeed. 

    Main results

    Number of people

    15000

    Number of projects

    50

    Number of jobs

    20

    Final results

    There are a number of guidelines and reports that have been prepared on the topic of Monitoring and Evaluating LEADER. We have referenced several of them below, which you may find helpful. 

    • Showing the Added Value of LEADER/CLLD Through Evaluation, the full report of the Good Practice Workshop hosted by European Evaluation Helpdesk for Rural Development
    • Evaluating CLLD: a handbook for LAGs and FLAGs co-authored by FAME (Fisheries and Aquaculture Monitoring and Evaluation) and FARNET Support Unit
    • Guidelines: Evaluation of LEADER/CLLD produced by European Evaluation Helpdesk for Rural Development. 
    • LEADER/CLLD Evaluation at a Glance, written by the European Evaluation Helpdesk for Rural Development
    • Danish Case Study – LAG Operations Database for the Monitoring and Evaluation of LEADER/CLLD
    • In the European Evaluation Helpdesk for Rural Development’s Rural Evaluation News there are several articles including: 
      • Issue 4 LEADER/CLLD evaluation

    Organisation/Company information

    ADERES - Associação de Desenvolvimento Rural Estrela Sul

    Local Action Group
    • 1-10
    • Regional
    TOPICS OF INTEREST
    Prosperous rural areas, Stronger Rural Areas, Resilient rural areas
    État
    Ongoing
    Funding
    Commitment's fund
    EU funds, National funding, Private funding
    EU Fund
    EAFRD & EAGF
    Budget
    Estimated budget
    EUR 1 500 000.00
    Planned additional investment
    Having led and overseen the development and approval of the Local Development Strategy the next main duty for the LAG members or board is to evaluate, prioritise and select the project applications that implement the strategy. The decision making process
    Further details
    Scope of action
    Regional
    Beneficiary country
    Portugal
    Type of territories
    Rural area, Remote rural area, Mountainous area