www.sommenbygd.nu This is me ! Roger Silfver from the Leader area Sommenbygd in Sweden. Active in Leader since 1996. LAG chairman in Leader II Former project manager Leader+ Since 2004 responsible for transnational & interregional projects Main Goal : To keep on fighting the “LAW OF JANTE” E-mail : [email protected]Mobile: +46 706 376 684
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www.sommenbygd.nu This is me ! Roger Silfver from the Leader
area Sommenbygd in Sweden. Active in Leader since 1996. LAG
chairman in Leader II Former project manager Leader+ Since 2004
responsible for transnational & interregional projects Main
Goal : To keep on fighting the LAW OF JANTE E-mail :
[email protected] Mobile: +46 706 376
[email protected]
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www.sommenbygd.nu Sommenbygd where is it ???? In South East of
Sweden Area 3 802 km/2 50 400 Inhabitants 7 Municipalities 2
Countys 40 Parrishs
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www.sommenbygd.nu Governance of Leader + Sweden Swedish
National Rural Development Agency Carrying out implementation of
Leader+ I Sweden Swedish Board of Agriculture Official decision
making body, responsible for Eu: funding Leader+ Network
Cooperation and collaboration between LAG:s in Sweden and
Europe
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www.sommenbygd.nu The Local Action Group LAG- Sommenbygd A non
profit association Local Action Group of Sommenbygd LAG group
consists of 29 members: 7. community representatives - The chairmen
of the municipality boards 6. rural enterprises - representatives
from local enterprises and business advisers 6. local development
groups - grassroots local level- ordinary people. 5. youth
representatives ( under 25 years) 5. regional authorities &
other actors ( not decision makers )
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www.sommenbygd.nu Traditional Governance in Sweden Traditional
central top down system. The government sends rural development
money to the County Government County government officials finance
themselves. Then projects they think are important for the county.
County government makes a rural development plan No money to
develop much more but the plan itself, evaluation and a few
seminars A local development group can get 600 /year in so called
Village seed money
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www.sommenbygd.nu Governance of Leader + in Sommenbygd LAG's
local development plan is written in cooperation with ordinary
local people LAG invites groups and individuals to apply for
financial support for new and innovative rural development ideas
LAG's creates action with support for local projects that meets the
plan Local people co finance with voluntary work Leader is like
start gas for local processes
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www.sommenbygd.nu Private thoughts about future governance If
Leader goes from pilot project to common over all practise
Important to keep the small Leader areas and Lag's Establish local
partnerships nation wide Create sub regions in the Leader areas
encourage establishing of local Mini Lag's Allow the Mini Lag's to
nominate their own representatives into main LAG Employ rural
development workers to support local ideas and individual
initiatives More of training activities to raise awareness of
Leaders possibilities Separate the administration from project
development department