The framework of CLLD under the CSF
from a rural perspective
Pedro BROSEI
Ⓒ Olof S.
DG Agri G.1 Consistency of rural development
CEMR, 18 April 2012
Community-led local development (CLLD) in
the new framework
• Europe 2020 strategy: Territorial development on subregional level as a cross-cutting issue for inclusive
growth
• CSF addresses CLLD as a tool for territorial
development
• Partnership Contracts (PC) will have to address CLLD
• Common Provisions Regulation for the CSF Funds:
offers a common approach to support community-led
local development: single set of rules (art. 28-31), which
are complemented by fund-specific features (in case of
EAFRD and EMFF).
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Community-led local development in the CSF
• CLLD (based on the experience of LEADER under rural
development) can complement and enhance the delivery of
public policies for all CSF Funds.
• It aims at increasing effectiveness and efficiency of territorial
development strategies by delegating decision-making and
implementation to a local partnership of public, private and civil
society actors.
• CLLD should be implemented in the context of a strategic
approach, to ensure that the ‘bottom-up’ definition of local
needs takes account of priorities set at a higher level.
 Member States will therefore have to define the national
approach to community-led local development across the CSF
Funds…
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CSF: References to CLLD in the PC
• main challenges that MS intend to tackle, along with the
main objectives and priorities, and the types of
territories where this approach should be implemented
• which specific role will be attributed to the local action
groups in its delivery
• how the CSF Funds will be used together
• role envisaged for the different Funds in different
types of territories (rural, urban etc.)
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Correspondence between PC and RDP
Partnership Contract (Art. 14
Common Provisions Regulation)
Rural development programmes
(Art. 9 RD Regulation)
14 (b)(i): mechanisms ensuring
coordination between CSF Funds and
other Union/national policies and the
EIB
9(1)(m): focus on coordination first –
second pillar
14(b)(ii): arrangements for integrated
approach for the use of CSF Funds for
territorial development of urban, rural,
coastal and fisheries areas
9(1)(f): focus on coordination
mechanisms between LEADER and
other measures fostering local
development in rural areas
14 (c): integrated approach to address
specific needs of particular
areas/target groups (poverty, risk of
discrimination/exclusion, marginalised
communities…)
9(1)(b) : SWOT analysis (in particular
as regards Priority 6)
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Definition of the CLLD method – Art. 28.1 CPR
•
Focused on specific sub-regional territories, which should be rural
in case of LEADER/EAFRD, but can also be mixed with urban or
coastal in case of coordinated “multi-funding”)
 Requirements on the definition of the areas and the population in a delegated act (Art.
29.6)
•
Community-led, by local action groups composed of representatives
of public and private socio-economic interests, where at decisionmaking level neither the public sector nor any single interest group
shall represent more than 49% of the voting rights
•
Carried out through integrated and multi-sectoral area based local
development strategies
•
Takes into consideration local needs and potential, including local
innovation, networking, cooperation
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Definition of the CLLD method – Art. 28.2 CPR
• Support to local development shall be consistent and
coordinated between the CSF Funds
• Through i.a. coordinated capacity-building, selection,
approval and funding of local development strategies
and local development groups
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CSF key actions as regards CLLD in the
different Funds
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ESF: CSF Thematic Objective No. 9 - Promoting social inclusion and combating
poverty:
support the preparation, the running and the animation of local strategies; support
the activities designed and implemented under the local strategy in areas falling
within the scope of ESF in the fields of employment, education, social inclusion
and institutional capacity building
•
ERDF: CSF Thematic Objective No. 9 - Promoting social inclusion and
combating poverty:
fostering community-led local development strategies through support for the
capacity-building of the local action groups and the preparation, the running and
animation of local strategies, and through support for the activities designed and
implemented under the local strategy in areas falling within the scope of the ERDF in
the fields of social inclusion and physical and economic regeneration
•
EMFF: specific objectives for CLLD in the EMFF Reg., link to Thematic Objectives of
diversification, promoting employment in fisheries communities and therefore
indirectly also to No. 9
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CSF key actions as regards CLLD for the
EAFRD
CSF Thematic Objective No. 9: Promoting social inclusion and combating poverty,
which reflects RD Priority 6:
•
fostering local development in rural areas by promoting community-led local
development and social inclusion (LEADER local development strategies)
•
Independently from this CSF focus, all other RD priorities can be addressed with
LEADER !
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To be taken into account…
 As regards Thematic Objective No. 9, CSF makes specific reference
to Social Innovation for all the Funds
 Integrated territorial investments (ITIs) for the ERDF, ESF and
Cohesion Fund: integrated investment strategies for certain
territories or functional area to be implemented by local authorities;
certain components can be implemented through CLLD, combining
the two approaches
• Under the EAFRD, LEADER is compulsory with a minimum of 5%
of the EAFRD funding per programme. No ring-fencing for
community-led local development in the other Funds.
• Maximum co-financing rates in LEADER (Art. 65.4 EAFRD Reg.):
• up to 80% in “other regions” (instead of 50%);
• up to 90% in the less developed regions (instead of 85%)
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Legal basis for LEADER / Community-led local
development
Art. 28-31 CPR + Art. 42-45 EAFRD:
• Art. 28 CPR: Definition of method; consistency and coordination
between CSF Funds; possibility for „lead Fund“
• Art. 29 CPR: Local development strategies (Minimum requirements;
selection procedure – in view of „multi-funding“)
• Art. 30 CPR + Art. 42.1 EAFRD: Local action groups (division of
roles with authorities; minimum tasks)
• Art. 31 CPR: Operations that will be supported
– + Art. 43 EAFRD: Preparatory support
– Implementation of operations under the LDS
– + Art. 44 EAFRD: Preparation and implementation of cooperation activities
– + Art 45 EAFRD: Running costs and animation
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„Multi-funding“ of LDS/ „Lead-Fund“:
Art. 28.3 + 28.4 CPR
• Art. 28.3 CPR: Local development strategies are selected for
EU funding by a selection committee under the responsibility
of the relevant managing authorities (see Art. 29.3); can be
financed from several EU instruments in parallel … “Multifunding” as an option!
• Art. 28.3 + 4 CPR: If the decision of the selection committee
determines that the LDS requires multi-fund support (as
requested in the LDS, see Art. 29.1 c+g), MS can designate a
„lead Fund“ which covers all management costs (running
costs, animation and networking)– simplification in
management; choice of the “lead Fund” will probably depend
on the activities foreseen in the LDS and the area in question
• Art. 28.5 CPR: Local development carried out by the CSF
Funds shall be carried out under one or more priorities of
the programme.
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Example of a „multi-funded“ LDS
Project 1
ERDF
Running costs,
animation,
networking
possibly
through „lead
Fund“
Project 2
ESF
ESF
EAFRD
LOCAL DEVELOPMENT
STRATEGY
ERDF
Project 3
EAFRD
EMFF
Project 3
EMFF
Local action group
Local governments
Local entrepreneurs
Local NGOs, civil society
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Local development strategies:
Art. 29 CPR
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Art. 29.1: Minimum requirements for LDS
(a) the definition of the area and population covered by the strategy;
(b) an analysis of the development needs and potential of the area, including a
SWOT analysis;
(c) a description of the strategy and its objectives, a description of the integrated
and innovative character of the strategy and a hierarchy of objectives, including
clear and measurable targets for outputs or results.
(d) a description of the process of community involvement in the development of
the strategy;
(e) an action plan demonstrating how objectives are translated into actions;
(f) a description of the management and monitoring arrangements of the
strategy, demonstrating the capacity of the local action group to implement the
strategy and a description of specific arrangements for evaluation;
(g) the financial plan of the strategy, including the planned allocation of each of
the CSF Funds.
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LDS selection/approval process:
Art. 29.2 to 29.5 CPR
• Art. 29.2: MS shall define citeria for the selection of LDS. Fundspecific rules may set out selection criteria.  EAFRD Reg. is not
setting out selection criteria.
• Art. 29.3: Managing autorities have to set up the selection
committee  in case of „multifunding“, the authorities responsible
for the different Funds
• Art. 29.4: LDS should be approved by the end of 2015  to allow
sufficient time for implementation
• Art. 29.5: The decision to approve a local development strategy by
the managing authority should
– set out the allocations of each CSF Fund
– set out the roles of the authorities responsible for the implementation of the
relevant programmes for all implementation tasks relating to the strategy
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Local action groups:
Art. 30 CPR
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Art. 30.1: Principle that LAGs shall design and
implement the LDS as well as responsibility of MS to
define the roles of the LAG and the authorities for all
implementation tasks
•
Art. 30.2: Legally constituted structure or lead partner in
administrative and financial matters
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Art. 30.3: Minimum tasks of LAGs
(a) Building the capacity of local actors to develop and implement operations;
(b) Drawing up a non-discriminatory and transparent selection procedure and
criteria for the selection of operations, which avoids conflicts of interest,
that shall ensure that at least 50% of the votes in selection decisions are
from the non public sector partners, providing for the possibility of appeal
against selection decisions and allowing selection by written procedure
(c to g on next slide)
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Local action groups:
Art. 30 CPR
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Art. 30.3: Minimum tasks of LAGs (continued)
(c) Ensuring coherence with the LDS when selecting operations, by
prioritising them according to their contribution to meeting the
strategies‘ objectives and targets;
(d) Preparing and publishing calls for proposals or an ongoing project
submission procedure, including definition of selection criteria;
(e) Receiving applications for support and assessing them;
(f) Selecting operations and fixing the amount of support, and where
relevant, presenting the proposals to the responsible body for final
verification before approval
(g) Monitoring the implementation of the LDS and the operations supported
and carrying out specific evaluation activities linked to the LDS
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Eligible actions under Leader:
Art. 31 CPR + Art. 43-45 EAFRD
4 categories of actions:
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Preparatory support:
 Art. 31 (a) CPR + Art. 43 EAFRD
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Implementation of operations under the LDS:
 Art. 31 (b) CPR
•
Preparation and implementation of cooperation activities:
 Art. 31 (c) CPR + Art. 44 EAFRD
•
Running costs and animation up to 25% of the LDS budget:
 Art. 31 (d) CPR + Art 45 EAFRD
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Leader in the context of „multi-funded“ community-led
local development under the CSF
The challenges:
• To allow rural territories to implement really integrated and multisectoral strategies by benefitting from all EU-Funds  impacts on
„size“ of Leader?
• To improve rural-urban and rural-coastal relationships
• To improve intervention as regards the coverage of social issues in
the Leader territories
What we expect:
• 2014-2020 as „phasing-in“ for multi-funded CLLD
• Political will in MS to go ahead with the approach
..to be seen…
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Thank you very much for your
attention!
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