Effectiveness, efficiency and sustainability in local rural development partnerships

Effectiveness, Efficiency and Sustainability in Local Rural Development Partnerships

Due to the ever-increasing role the LEADER approach is playing in realizing rural development policy, Local Action Groups (LAGs) have become key actors in the institutional system of rural development. Through their activity in supporting and improving local development, they represent a spatial organizing force in rural regions. Their operation can effectively contribute to the competitive and...

Designing Social Partnerships for Local Sustainability Strategy Implementation

This chapter details the role of and design of cross-sector social partnerships (CSSPs) at the local level. It highlights the emergence and diffusion of CSSPs for solving community-wide social problems, by showcasing the role of partnerships for local sustainability and the uptake of collaborative community sustainability strategies (such as Local Agenda 21s). It contrasts a partnership (collab...

Rural Development: Participation and Diversity for Sustainability

Sustainability of Rural Development Projects in Swaziland

Sustainability Appraisal of Regional Development Assistance in Remote Rural Economies:

By using its Structural Funds to deliver a coherent programme of assistance based on logical principles, the European Union has taken a leading role in strengthening the capacity of the Scottish Highlands and Islands to deliver effective regional development strategies. This paper demonstrates how this has enabled the region to modify its policies, plans and programmes to satisfy the growing em...