Assessment of the institutional and administrative background of the Local Development Strategy

Jela Tvrdoňová

2009

Implementation background of the strategy

• Institutional and administrative

• Professional

• Financial

7 features of Leader

The assessment of institutional backgound of the local development strategy must be connected with 7 important features of the Leader approach

7 features of the Leader approach

• Territorial development strategies

• „Bottom up“

• Public-private partnerships

• Innovations

• Integrated and multi-sector activities

• Networking

• Cooperation

Institutional background

• Organizational structure of LAG and its functioning

• Management

• Decision making procedures on strategy and projects

• Project implementation background

• Monitoring and evaluation background

Organizational structure of LAG

Partnership is composed of representatives of public, private and civil sector and membership is well balanced

Partnership reflects equal representation of all parts of the territory (territorial balance), social and gender balance

Structure of decisive bodies (presidium) enables effective implementation of the strategy (project cycle)

Decision making bodies are representing membership of LAG well

Selection committee is professionally well coveredStructure of LAG enables effective monitoring and

evaluation of the strategy

ManagementDecisions are effectively divided among LAG and its management

(Flexibility of decisions versus rules and procedures)Management has enough human capacities for the strategy

implementationManagement has (or has access to) sufficient professional capacities

fto help potential beneficiaries in project design and implementationManagement is well technically an financially equipped for the strategy

implementationManagement is recognized in the territory and is well accessible for allManagement has ability to create contacts and networks among

stakeholders within LAG and outside of it

Decisions on the strategy and projects

Strategy and its priorities is designed using the „bottom up“ approach

Strategy and its priorities is approved using the „bottom up“ approach

Projects are selected and approved in line with the strategy and its priorities

Approved projects are equaly distributed in the territory

Approved projects are innovativeApproved projects have high added value for the

territory

Background of the strategy and project implementation

The high independence of the LAG in the area of financial decisions exists

LAG has sufficient capacities for the identification, selection, and control of project implementation

The clear rules for implementation existPublic is informed sufficiently with the

implementation rulesThe sufficient amount of eligible beneficiaries exist

in the LAG territory for selected measuresEligible beneficiaries have the capacity to co-

finance and implement projects

Monitoring and evaluation system

LAG has sufficient human capacities for monitoring of the project implementation

LAG Management has enough experiences in monitoring of the project implementation

LAG has human capacities for the self-evaluation of the strategy implementation

LAG has the system of on-going strategy implementation evaluation

Thank you for your attention!

Thank you for your attention!

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