19.12.2016

Nearly 100 attendees gathered on December 13 at the headquarters of MAPAMA's National Rural Network (RRN) to share their proposals and ideas for LEADER cooperation projects for the 2014-2020 period, with the goal of finding partners to jointly implement these initiatives.

This is the third LEADER event organized by the National Research Network (NRN), which, as in the previous edition, focused on submeasure 19.3 "cooperation." During the meeting, the proponent local action groups (LAGs) presented their project proposals in various rooms, after which they held working sessions on their proposals with the other interested groups present.

During the plenary session, the NRN explained the latest developments of the LEADER Cooperation Working Group between management authorities and rural development networks, the NRN's upcoming actions aimed at LAGs, as well as the logistics of the meeting. After this, the Local Action Groups Ofycumi, MAIV-Baixo Miño and CEDER-La Serena, groups whose projects were presented at the previous LEADER event, presented their experiences, the status of their projects and their participation in the territorial experience exchanges organised by the NRN in Teruel and Pontevedra.

The remainder of the day was devoted to the presentation, in each room, of the 17 cooperation project proposals by the LAGs, giving them the opportunity to share them with other interested groups and connect with potential partners.

The proposing GALs and their projects can be consulted at this link: http://www.redruralnacional.es/-/evento-leader-2016 and they were the following:

• DELOA (Common framework of excellence in cultural events of intangible heritage)
• CEDER "ALCUDIA VALLEY" (Territorial Management of Rock Art. GESTAR 2020)
• SORIANAS DEL CID LANDS ASSOCIATION (Disused tracks and their potential for railway tourism while maintaining their railway infrastructure)
• APRODERVI (Network of Pilgrimage Routes to the Monastery of Guadalupe)
• ADRI MUNICIPIOS VEGA DEL SEGURA (Sharing our land)
• APRODERVI (UNESCO Global Geoparks)
• ADRI MUNICIPIOS VEGA DEL SEGURA (Rural women, employment and territory)
• ADESVAL (SENIOR Spaces)
• ADRI VALLADOLID NORTE (Rural Image)
• GAL "CONSORCI INTERCOMARCAL D'INICIATIVES SOCIOECONÒMIQUES" (COWOCAT RURAL)
• ASSOCIATION FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT OF CENTRAL CATALONIA (How to develop the circular economy from Leader)
• CEDER EASTERN ZONE HUESCA (Corporate Social Responsibility)
• GAL NORTHEAST OF THE REGION OF MURCIA Quality Products in the Mediterranean Basin
• ADRI JILOCA-GALLOCANTA (Maintenance of the Pollard Poplar as a means of creating sustainable employment in rural areas)
• SORIANAS DEL CID LANDS ASSOCIATION (Valorization of juniper wood)
• ASSOCIATION OF MOUNTAINS AND ORIENTAL VALLEYS - GDR3 – (Exquisite flavors of natural spaces - Fair trade with protected areas)
• CEDER "VALLE DE ALCUDIA" (Trees in the dehesa: diversity, thickness, regeneration and phytosanitary status).

After the presentations of the projects, the attendees divided into roundtables to discuss each cooperation project, with the goal of beginning to plan its implementation, defining its objectives, and the actions to be carried out.

In addition, attendees had the opportunity to propose other cooperation projects through a proposal panel where interested parties could leave their contact information.

Almost all of the proposals are active on the private application for local action groups on the RRN website: http://www.redruralnacional.es/area-privada-gal/inicio , in the project search engine, an application that also allows you to discuss proposed projects in their respective forums.

For all these projects, the National Research Network (NRN) will continue to provide support in fulfilling its objective of facilitating inter-territorial and transnational cooperation.

More information at this link