Abstract In European Union member states, the community‐led local development (CLLD) approach implemented through Fisheries Local Action Groups (FLAGs) represents different social organisational and ...democratic traditions. Hence, FLAGs operate and apply local development strategies and strengthen the role of fishing communities and the fishing industry under the influence of nationally contingent factors. Based on document analysis and mixed methods data, this article addresses the role of input legitimacy in FLAGs in Denmark and Finland. The findings show that Danish FLAGs demonstrate input legitimacy, while the fishery sector's interests are relatively weakly represented on FLAG boards. In Finland, the FLAG institutional system is perceived to be more flexible, demonstrating a lower level of input legitimacy, while the fishery sector's interests are substantially represented on FLAG boards. The comparison provides an analytical basis for member states financing CLLD through EMFAF and paves the way for reflexion on the FLAG governance system based on different programming periods and institutional contexts.
The aim of the study is to examine how and at what stage in the evolution of the cohesion policy rural areas have been incorporated, thus gaining space for empowerment. The role of the territorial ...instrument, CLLD, will also be considered. The research problem was verified through a review of literature and EU legislative documents as well as empirical material from two evaluation projects. It was found out that the extension of the cohesion policy to include the objective of territorial cohesion was of particular importance for rural areas. In the 2014–2020 financial perspective, due to the territorialisation of cohesion policy – previously perceived as mainly urban – rural areas were considered for participation. CLLD has been proven to strengthen the sense of empowerment of local communities.
Abstract In comparison to the wealth of critical evaluation of LEADER (i.e., Liaison entre actions de développement de l'économie rurale ), there has been no consolidated attempt to reflect on the ...contribution of Fisheries Local Action Groups (FLAGs), now entering their third EU programming period. Set up in the image of LEADER, and a novel governance instrument within the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP), FLAGs aim to activate local responses that build resilience and adaptability within the fisheries sector and wider communities. In addition to introducing the accompanying articles that make up this special issue of Sociologia Ruralis , our article gives an account of the emergence of community‐led local development (CLLD) in fisheries and the attributes that have characterised the application of the LEADER approach within a fisheries‐territorial development context. In many cases, FLAGs have led to improved relationships between the small‐scale fishing sector and wider local social and economic networks, helping the sector reimagine its role within local economies. Yet outcomes vary as the FLAG approach has been applied across different cultural and institutional settings. There are indications that the system is becoming enveloped by wider priorities of coastal development and blue growth. Yet FLAGs may well provide a successful test case for widening participation in the CFP and upscaling integration of the fishing industry within local and regional economies. For CLLD in general, they are a reminder of the value of a differentiated CLLD approach tailored to different sectoral‐territorial contexts.
In rural areas, the fostering of new development paths requires a strategic planning process characterised by several kinds of uncertainties. The existence of multiple decision makers increases the ...complexity of the analysis, and it is difficult to identify a solution that is acceptable to the different stakeholders. This condition requires identifying appropriate methods to involve stakeholders and to reflect their different priorities. The objective of this paper is to test the suitability of an innovative methodological framework that integrates backcasting and multiple criteria decision-making tools. Backcasting would enable planners to acquire relevant knowledge of local stakeholders, while multiple criteria decision analysis (MCDA) methods would allow prioritising the alternatives. The results of the experiment offer technical advice to outline the development strategy of a Georgian Local Action Group. After a strategic analysis of the area, the Best Worst Method and the Measurement of Alternatives and Ranking according to COmpromise Solution (MARCOS) were used to prioritise the desired futures for the development of the territory and to rank the main obstacles and opportunities, while strategic actions were identified through a backcasting approach. The resulting strategy seems to reflect the vision of most of the participants and is proven to be an effective and approachable method for rural strategic planning. Nevertheless, the main strength of the approach lies in its transversality and in its applicability to face complex issues whenever different actors with different interests come into play.
•The paper explores an innovative methodology integrating backcasting and MCDA tools.•The proposed methodology involved rural stakeholders in strategic planning.•The approach is able to face complex issues with different actors and interests.
We provide a variety of empirical arguments in favor of a paratactic account of recomplementation constructions, in which a left-dislocated element appears in between two complementizers. Contrary to ...integrated analyses assuming Complementizer Phrase (CP) recursion or Rizzi’s split periphery, we assume that the dislocated phrase is structurally independent from the embedded clause it precedes, which in turn is an elliptical sentence fragment. The juxtaposed fragmentary sentences are linked by the doubled complementizer, which serves to overtly flag a ‘restart’ in discourse. We show that this account makes a range of welcome predictions while sidestepping non-trivial problems that arise for integrated/cartographic analyses, which assume that dislocated XPs are in left-peripheral positions (such as Spec-TopicP) and that the doubled complementizer spells out Topic0. A further advantage of the approach is that it provides a handle on recomplementation constructions beyond the core cases involving left-dislocation, which reduce to a mere subcase of the general phenomenon of elliptical ‘restarts’ in discourse.
The aim of the article is to develop a methodology for the creating decision support system by the integration of spatial, demographic and economic data and their processing with the use of game ...theory and spatial information modeling methods. The article proposes a novelty method for applying the mathematical theory of cooperative games to analyze the use of different types of public policy and shows which one is most profitable locally for a modern smart city and its three main stakeholders: Authorities, Business, and Citizens. The developed method supports effective cooperation in the “ABC triangle” – with EU funds reasonably. The research conducted on the illustrative construction of a local biogas plant in the commune of Żuromin showed the economic and social potential of the proposed model. Without loss of generality of the solution, the model may be used to support decision-making systems in the context of EU Policy Objective 5the thematically and spatially diverse CLLD instruments (Community-led Local Development, in regional development as well as the creation of smart cities and communities). According to our newest information within the commune of Żuromin, they are going to build two biogas plants. This situation is compliant with our findings.
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•Use of game theory, GIS, and spatial data in modeling of decision-making processes.•Development of social geo-participation and civil society.•Synergy rationalization of the local community, business and municipal authorities.•OR tools usage to rationalize the support with EU funds of regional investments.•Analysis of the Community-led Local Development model - EU Policy Objective tool.
Concerning the efficiency of the different development methods, especially the definition of added value, neither science nor practice has so far established a universally accepted opinion. A special ...report of the European Court of Auditors in July 2022 on the “other values” of the LEADER/CLLD development method also pointed out which factors that are closely linked to added value might be missing from an EU evaluation. These factors are the conditions that, in a highly logical correlation, can guarantee the success of a development method. The study, while presenting the most important conditions for the efficiency of the LEADER method, evaluates and responds to the Court of Auditors’ Special Report, which does not sufficiently address these issues. In doing so, it contributes to a multi-faceted presentation of the role of the LEADER method in development policy and to the formulation of the reader’s own, independent judgement.
The paper provides a theoretical contribution to the multi-level governance debate, discussing the role of the policy instruments in tailoring polities for local development strategies. To this ...purpose, it examines the Community-Led Local Development (CLLD), a policy tool of the EU Cohesion Policy 2014-2020, which has generated more than 3000 local initiatives across the EU. An institutionalist perspective enables a reflection on the multi-level normative dimensions of these local initiatives. A combination of the post-functionalist governance theory, the soft space debate, state-theory and strategic-relational approach provides an interpretative framework to be deployed for a dedicated research agenda. The interpretative challenge is about whether the CLLD enables spatial-temporal fixes in which a deliberative polity pursues a spatial imaginary for an ad-hoc territory. The consequent analytical dimensions can be found in (a) the relationship between attendant ad-hoc polity, policy agenda, territorial design and societal processes; and (b) the meta-governance dimensions that locate the bottom-up constituency of this institutional technology in the shadow of state's hierarchy. An overview of the CLLD implementation across the EU provides evidence on the latter.
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The present study examines the production and intuition of Spanish clitics in clitic left dislocation (CLLD) structures among 26 Spanish heritage speakers (HSs) born and raised in Brazil. We tested ...clitic production and intuition in contexts in which Spanish clitics vary as a function of the semantic features of the object that they refer to. Results showed overextension of object clitics into contexts in which null objects were expected. Furthermore, we found higher levels of overextension among the HSs with lower patterns of heritage language use. Results are discussed along the lines of the model of heritage language acquisition and maintenance.
Lokalna akcijska grupa (LAG) utjelovljuje pristup LEADER za razvoj ruralnih
područja. U hrvatskom kontekstu primjena pristupa LEADER u multisektorskom planiranju
lokalnog razvoja započela je pred ...kraj prvog desetljeća 2000-tih uz sudjelovanje organizacija
civilnog društva te se nastavila nakon ulaska u EU, tako da danas postoje 54 aktivna LAGa.
Kako njihovo djelovanje do sada nije sustavno istraživano, ovaj je rad koristeći mješovitu
metodologiju, koja je uključivala fokusnu grupu, anketu i studiju slučaja, sagledavao koje su
mogućnosti i ograničenja djelovanja LAG-ova u Hrvatskoj. Rezultati su pokazali da su ljudski
resursi LAG-ova uglavnom zadovoljavajući uz snažno naglašene potrebe za edukacijom i
potporom. Njihovi proračuni rastu, no vidi se još prostora i potreba za diversifikacijom izvora
financiranja te većom alokacijom financijskih sredstava. Ističu se veliki administrativni zahtjevi
koji su prepreka učinkovitom radu i razvoju LAG-ova. Naglašene su i neke potrebe poput
veće autonomije i fleksibilnosti, što bi pospješilo njihov rad u zajednici i podupiranje lokalnog
razvoja. Rezultati sugeriraju da LAG-ovi nisu prepoznati kao prioritet na nacionalnoj razini
politika, no ističe se i njihov potencijal kao dionika razvoja ruralnih područja prema vlastitim
potrebama i prioritetima.
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