Conference Programme
Conference Programme*
Conference Events: November 20th to 22nd 2019.
Conference Venue: Gervais Centre, Nikole Tesle 5, Opatija, Croatia
Tuesday, 19th November
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Arrival of Participants
19:00 - 21:00
Dinner at Hotels
Wednesday, 20th November
08:00 - 09:00
Registration of Participants
Gervais Centre - Lobby
Opening Ceremony
Gervais Centre - Central Hall
10:00 – 16:30
Plenary session
Gervais Centre - Central Hall
10:00 – 10:30
The story of LEADER
- unfolding of LEADER from its beginning to the establishment of the LEADER Observatory and some challenges for the future
Yves Champetier
The European Association for Information on Local Development (AEIDL)
10:30 – 11:15
Institutionalization and perspectives of LEADER-CLLD
- position and observed impacts of LEADER within the current framework. The role of LEADER in the new rural agenda.
Karolina Jasinska-Mühleck
Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development (DG AGRI), European Commission
11:15 – 11:45
Coffee break and Networking at the SEE LEADER Fair
11:45 – 12:30
The story of fisheries CLLD and FARNET
- Why was it created? What/where the ideas behind? What are the developments since then (the shift between 07-13 and 14-20 period), when CLLD for all ESIF emerged. Impacts on the territories, for small-scale fishing and the local communities.
Pedro Brosei
Fisheries Areas Network (FARNET), European Commission
12:30 – 13:15
LEADER as an object of scientific inquiry: overview on the research on LEADER and CLLD
- An overview on the research done on LEADER with a focus on its major results and future perspectives. An outlook of its relevance to the practitioners community and the differences of LEADER observed through scientific research done in different EU member states.
Prof.Dr.Sc. Pascal Chevalier
Faculty of Human Sciences & Environmental Sciences, University Paul-Valéry, France
13:15 – 15:00
Lunch break at Gervais Centre
Networking at the SEE LEADER Fair / Cooperation projects exhibition / LAG2LAG meetings / Poster presentation
15:00 – 15:45
Unfolding of LEADER in New Members States. Greatest challenges and future perspectives
- An overview of LEADER and CLLD implementation in the New Member states with a focus on Poland, Slovenia and Croatia. The major challenges faced and the solutions found (or not) to overcome these challenges.
Krzysztof Kwatera, Polish LAGs network “Federation of LAG Małopolska”; Alina Cunk – Perklič, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food of the Republic of Slovenia & Ales Zidar, Slovenian Network for Rural Development (NGO); Bojana Markotic Krstinic, LEADER Network Croatia
15:45 – 16:30
LEADER perspectives in Western Balkans
- An overview of LEADER initiatives in the Western Balkan Countries with a focus on Serbia. Major challenges and the story of the existing LEADER initatives.
16:30 – 17:00
Coffee break and Networking at the SEE LEADER Fair
Cooperation projects exhibition / LAG2LAG meetings
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Location1
Disscussion in LEADER/CLLD forum: Innovation in LEADER - a cross-cutting priority in integrated local development
- How to integrate the local community, how to support multi-sectoral joint projects, how to define and foster innovations, intensity of support in LDS delivery / Local Action Groups - MAs - DG AGRI/FARNET - Experts
Introduction by representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Croatia: Directorate for Rural Development, Directorate of Fisheries and Paying Agency for Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development
Venues: Gervais Centre, 4th floor / Yellow Salon, Hotel Kvarner
Location2
Disscussion in LEADER/CLLD forum: Innovation in LEADER - a cross-cutting priority in integrated local development
- How to integrate the local community, how to support multi-sectoral joint projects, how to define and foster innovations, intensity of support in LDS delivery / Local Action Groups - MAs - DG AGRI/FARNET - Experts
Introduction by representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Croatia: Directorate for Rural Development, Directorate of Fisheries and Paying Agency for Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development
Venues: Gervais Centre, 4th floor / Yellow Salon, Hotel Kvarner
Location3
Disscussion in LEADER/CLLD forum: Innovation in LEADER - a cross-cutting priority in integrated local development
- How to integrate the local community, how to support multi-sectoral joint projects, how to define and foster innovations, intensity of support in LDS delivery / Local Action Groups - MAs - DG AGRI/FARNET - Experts
Introduction by representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Croatia: Directorate for Rural Development, Directorate of Fisheries and Paying Agency for Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development
Venues: Gervais Centre, 4th floor / Yellow Salon, Hotel Kvarner
19:00 - 21:00
21:00
Thursday, 21st November
08:00 - 09:00
Registration of Participants
Gervais Centre - Lobby
09:00 - 11:00
Vedran Djulabic; Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb (Croatia)
- Administrative capacity as a prerequisite for absorption of ESI funds in Croatia - Multi-level governance and various actors
Gusztav Nemes; Centre for Economic and Regional Studies, Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Hungary)
- Modelling ‘the secret of LEADER’ - Integration and disintegration in rural development
Milford Bateman, Faculty of Economics and Tourism at Juraj Dobrila University of Pula (Croatia), International Development Studies at Saint Mary's University in Halifax (Canada)
- Financing Local Development in South-East Europe: Rediscovering the Crucial Role of Community-Owned and Controlled Finance
Katalin Kovacs, Gusztav Nemes; Centre for Economic and Regional Studies, Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Hungary)
- Considering resources at the border of two cycles – LEADER LAGs and their development agencies
Marija Roglic, Montpelier Management Institute, Unversity of Montpelier (France), International Institute for Island Development „MIRO“ (Croatia); Florence Palpacuer, Montpellier Management Institute, University of Montpellier (France); Claire Bernard-Mongin, Center for Research and Foresight of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food (France)
- Multi-stakeholder initiatives and grassroots participation – a Case study of the unfolding of the LEADER programme in Croatia
Lesson learned and Discussion; Q/A
11:00 – 11:30
11:30 – 13:15
Irma Potocnik Slavic, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana (Slovenia)
- Hidden impacts of LEADER in Slovenian rural areas
Snjezana Tolic, Tea Janus, Bojana Markotic Krstinic; Faculty of Agrobiotechnical sciences Osijek, University of J.J. Strossmayer in Osijek (Croatia)
- CLLD approach to local development programming in the LAG Strossmayer territory
Snježana Tolic, Olgica Klepac; Faculty of Agrobiotechnical sciences Osijek, University of J.J. Strossmayer in Osijek; Matija Japundzic, College of Applied Sciences in Slavonski Brod (Croatia)
- The Impact of Local Action Groups (LAGs) on Social Development of Brod-Posavina County
Tej Gonza, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana; Institute for Economic Democracy; Gregor Berkopec, Institute for Economic Democracy (Slovenia)
- The Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) Solution to the Succession Problem in Rural Industry
Tihana Sudaric, Jadranka Deze; Ivana Hrg Matusin; Faculty of Agrobiotechnical sciences Osijek, University of J.J. Strossmayer in Osijek (Croatia)
- Social entrepreneurship in the function of local development through a form of integrative workshops
Tihomir Zivic, Faculty of Agrobiotechnical sciences Osijek, University of J.J. Strossmayer in Osijek (Croatia)
- The Importance of Foreign Language Acquisition as an Empowering Social Capital Toolset
Lesson learned and Discussion; Q/A
13:15 – 14:15
15:00 – 19:00
- Eno-gastro Tour / Maritime Heritage Tour / Cultural Heritage Tour (LAG Terra liburna / FLAG Vela Vrata, Croatia) / Best Practice Tour (LAG between Sneznik and Nanos, Slovenia)
20:30
Friday, 22nd November
08:00 - 08:30
08:30 - 09:00
Irena Gluhak Forempoher; Croatian Institute for Local Government (Croatia)
- Departing from Community-Led Local Development (CLLD) to Local Distribution of Funds
Sanja Tisma, Anamarija Pisarovic, Iva Tolic; Institute for Development and International Relations (Croatia)
- Albergo Diffuso model for sustainable local development on the Elaphiti islands
Andrea Stefan, World Wide Fund for Nature, Adria; Sanja Tisma, Iva Tolic; Institute for Development and International Relations (Croatia)
- Stakeholders involvement for the sustainable integrated local development in the protected areas
Marijeta Calic, Local Action Group 5 (Croatia); Nives Mikelic Preradovic, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb (Croatia); Anabela Moura, Higher Schoool of Education, Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo (Portugal); Philine van Overbeeke, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (Netherlands)
- Rural 3.0: Service-learning for the rural development - The case study of Croatia
09:00 - 09:30
- Sessions outcomes and discussion
09:30 – 10:00
Networking at the SEE LEADER Fair / Cooperation projects exhibition / LAG2LAG meetings
10:00 - 11:00
- Presenting the overall outcomes of the conference and closing ceremony
13:00 – 14:30
11:30 – 20:00
Optional trip at Nature park Skocjan Caves, Slovenia (optional)
or Departure of Participants
20:00
Dinner at Hotels
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