1. Leader+ Observatory Seminar ‘The Legacy of Leader+ at local level: Building the future of rural areas’ 24-26 April 2007 Cap Corse, Nebbiù è Custera, Corse, FRANCE Mini-plenary J2 – Case Study: LAG Pillerseetal-Leogang, Tyrol, Austria Stefan Niedermoser European Commission

2. Description I  Cooperation Outdoor-Tourism Tyrol-Finland  Partners (LAG´s):  LAG Peräpohjolan kehitys ry (Finland)  LAG Mittleres Tiroler Oberinntal (Tyrol)  LAG Pendling (Tyrol)  LAG Pillerseetal-Leogang (Tyrol and Salzburg)  Action: Intensive, practical exchange of experiences between small companies in one specific thematic field: Outdoor and Adventure

3. Description II  Project partners:  funconnection (Fieberbrunn/Tyrol)  Climbing garden Kramsach (Kramsach/Tyrol)  feelfree (Ötztal/Tyrol)  Santa Clause Sports Institute Rovaniemi (Finland)  Arctic safaris (Finland)  Snow & River Adventures (Finland)  Budget:  Total budget: € 95.000,-  EAGGF: € 35.250,-  Public National Funding € 5.250,-  Private Funding € 54.500,-  Timetable:  Start date: January/2005  End date: July/2007

4. Cooperation Outdoor-Tourism Tyrol-Finland  Why did we start the cooperation?  No special focus on specific fields in the LAG – integral regional developement  No simple cooperaton between LAG´s but a cooperation between several small companies in case of sustainability  LAG should be a model in cooperation  Implementation of a common action  „friendship“ is neccessary for a future common action  Detailed project and budget plan  Implementation of the „LEADER-philosophy“  It often depends on the persons!

5. Cooperation Outdoor-Tourism Tyrol-Finland  Added value of a project  Because of the cooperation of companies many workplaces could be secured and some new workplaces were installed  New (touristic) attractions  Advertisement, Experiences, Networks  Bringing the idea of cooperation‘s to the people in the LAG  stronger coopertation projects  Project is in the focus, not the funds!  Exchange of persons and knowledge (LEADER- philosophy)