“FLAGs ON THE MOVE: the second wave” FARNET Seminar for FLAGs Sofia March 2010 Paul Soto Programme and objectives

2 Axis 4 in Europe CountryEFF Axis 4 Budget Poland Romania Spain Greece Germany Estonia Portugal Latvia Italy Denmark Bulgaria UK Sweden Lithuania France Netherlands Finland Belgium Slovenia Ireland Cyprus Total countries 13% EFF €826M public investmment

3 Country Average budget per FLAG (total public) /M€ Planned number of FLAGs FLAGs with selected strategy Latvia124 Germany Denmark2.317 Spain France111 Sweden1.514 Finland18 8 Portugal Estonia Netherlands Greece513 8 Poland Cyprus21 1 UK Italy Romania615 0 Lithuania Ireland Bulgaria46 0 Belgium Slovenia31 0 Total State of Play: March 2011

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5 Types of area. Types of strategy AREAS  More remote declining areas.  Areas undergoing restructuring  Growing, relatively rich areas From 50 to 9000 fishers per area STRATEGIES  Small, complementary pilot initatives.  Large, freestanding initiatives.

6 Lessons  More efficient joined-up delivery procedures. Need for capacity building and streamlining along the entire delivery chain EU-National-Regional-Local.  Innovation. Unleashing local ability to create quality projects that meet needs in a more sustainable way. Partnership – both the brain and the heart of the local development system Project selection – planting and nurturing seeds of development – among fishing community and other local stakeholders Growing the private sector – leveraging in resources and skills

7 Building on experience “Project selection” “effective partnerships” “private sector involvement” Gijon FARNET seminar March 2010 The goal of these two days: help you identify & adapt the success factors in each of these key steps  Key point from the author  Perspective from the ground  Dedicated working groups Sofia FARNET seminar March 2011 FARNET technical dossier

8 Agenda for the next two days Today – Plenary: Key steps for success Presentation of the guides developed by FSU based on Gijon Introduction to the working groups – Lunch – Working groups: Practical solutions: 3 parallel working groups on the themes partnership Project support and selection Involving and working with the private sector + “Message in a bottle” + Cooperation corner – Plenary: “Promising practices” – closing session, networking time, FLAG material exhibition – Official Dinner: hosted by the Bulgarian Ministry of Agriculture and Food / National Agency for Fisheries and Aquaculture : Bus departure from hotel.

9 Agenda for the next two days Tomorrow – Plenary. Bringing it together:  Feedback from the working groups on outstanding questions and needs  Feedback from message in a bottle – Working Groups: Thinking and networking nationally – Coffee break – Plenary: Feedback of actions per country in a “lighthouse format ” – Plenary: Official conclusions and next steps – lunch