The Leader Approach Across The European Union: One Method of Rural Development, Many Forms of Implementation
After the accession of the ten new member states to the EU in 2004 and the following membership of Bulgaria and Romania in 2007, the (neo)endogenous development method LEADER has become pan-European. LEADER was implemented in all EU countries in the period 2007–2013, however, its application and pot...
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| description | After the accession of the ten new member states to the EU in 2004 and the following membership of Bulgaria and Romania in 2007, the (neo)endogenous development method LEADER has become pan-European. LEADER was implemented in all EU countries in the period 2007–2013, however, its application and potential to impact rural areas differed from country to country. Therefore, the aim of the article is to describe these differences on the basis of support outputs of LEADER under Axis 4 of the Rural Development Programs in 2007–2013. Respecting different path dependencies of the EU states, the article demonstrates the differences in the implementation of this method in two basic territorial units of the EU member states according to the length of the EU membership, as well as the length of experience in implementation of the LEADER method. The scope of LEADER implementation and the potential impact significantly differed between the old and new member states, and the internal heterogeneity of groups is also evident. On the one hand, lack of embeddedness of the method is manifested among the EU12 states (the need for dynamic growth of institutional capacity), on the other hand, socio-economic and political factors modify scope, potential impact and way of implementation of the method in individual countries. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fda09938b0084dd8b84dcca29016ee132022-12-22T03:13:33ZengSciendoEuropean Countryside1803-84172019-03-0111111610.2478/euco-2019-0001euco-2019-0001The Leader Approach Across The European Union: One Method of Rural Development, Many Forms of ImplementationKonečný Ondřej0Department of Regional Development and Public Administration, Faculty of Regional Development and International Studies, Mendel University in Brno, třída Generála Píky 2005/7, 613 00Brno, CzechiaAfter the accession of the ten new member states to the EU in 2004 and the following membership of Bulgaria and Romania in 2007, the (neo)endogenous development method LEADER has become pan-European. LEADER was implemented in all EU countries in the period 2007–2013, however, its application and potential to impact rural areas differed from country to country. Therefore, the aim of the article is to describe these differences on the basis of support outputs of LEADER under Axis 4 of the Rural Development Programs in 2007–2013. Respecting different path dependencies of the EU states, the article demonstrates the differences in the implementation of this method in two basic territorial units of the EU member states according to the length of the EU membership, as well as the length of experience in implementation of the LEADER method. The scope of LEADER implementation and the potential impact significantly differed between the old and new member states, and the internal heterogeneity of groups is also evident. On the one hand, lack of embeddedness of the method is manifested among the EU12 states (the need for dynamic growth of institutional capacity), on the other hand, socio-economic and political factors modify scope, potential impact and way of implementation of the method in individual countries.https://doi.org/10.2478/euco-2019-0001leaderneo-endogenous developmentlocal action groupeuropean unionthe program of rural development |
| spellingShingle | Konečný Ondřej The Leader Approach Across The European Union: One Method of Rural Development, Many Forms of Implementation European Countryside leader neo-endogenous development local action group european union the program of rural development |
| title | The Leader Approach Across The European Union: One Method of Rural Development, Many Forms of Implementation |
| title_full | The Leader Approach Across The European Union: One Method of Rural Development, Many Forms of Implementation |
| title_fullStr | The Leader Approach Across The European Union: One Method of Rural Development, Many Forms of Implementation |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Leader Approach Across The European Union: One Method of Rural Development, Many Forms of Implementation |
| title_short | The Leader Approach Across The European Union: One Method of Rural Development, Many Forms of Implementation |
| title_sort | leader approach across the european union one method of rural development many forms of implementation |
| topic | leader neo-endogenous development local action group european union the program of rural development |
| url | https://doi.org/10.2478/euco-2019-0001 |
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