SWOT ANALYSIS OF THE LEADER+ PILOT PROGRAMME'S IMPLEMENTATION - ON THE BASIS OF RESEARCH CONDUCTED IN TWO COMMUNES

• Authors: Hanke K. , Psyk-Piotrowska E.
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The LEADER+ Pilot Programme was included in Poland's structural funds as measure 2.7 of the Sectoral Operational Programme 'Restructuring and Modernisation of the Food Sector and Development of Rural Areas'. The filing of applications and the procedure of their formal evaluation took nearly a year. 174 applications were admitted to the implementation of Scheme I with the purpose of creating and registering a Local Action Group and preparing an Integrated Development Strategy for Rural Areas. The first agreements on subsidies to Scheme I were signed in August 2005. Some partnerships decided to start implementing the programme without financial assistance. What does the process of implementing Scheme I of the LEADER+ Pilot Programme look like? What, according to persons directly involved in the formation of partnerships and creation of the Integrated Development Strategy for Rural Areas, are the strong and weak points of the programme, and what opportunities and threats are connected with its implementation? These are the most important questions that the authoresses of the article are trying to answer. Their analysis is based on the results of research carried out in two Polish communes. The aim of research conducted with the help of participating observation and other techniques of collecting materials was to present the course and mechanisms of implementation of Scheme I of the LEADER+ Pilot Programme. The results of the conducted analysis provide material for considerations as to the chances for success and development of the 'common European initiative' in Poland.

Keywords

EN

COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY; LEADER+ PILOT PROGRAMME; LOCAL ACTION GROUP; RURAL AREAS (POLAND)

Discipline

• ECONOMICS: ECONOMICS

• Publisher: Institute of Rural and Agricultural Development, Polish Academy of Sciences; www.irwirpan.waw.pl
• Journal: Wieś i Rolnictwo
• Year: 2006
• Issue: 4(133)
• Pages: 77-89
• Document type: COMMUNICATION

Contributors

author

Hanke K.

author

Psyk-Piotrowska E.

• K. Hanke, Uniwersytet Lódzki, Instytut Socjologii, ul. Rewolucji 1905r. 41/43, 90-214 Lódz, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

07PLAAAA02264736