8 November 2007 - 9 November 2007
Event background
Social capital and job creation in rural Europe, 8 - 9 November 2007, Lisbon, Portugal
Venue: Holiday Inn, Av. Antonio José de Almeida 28-A, Lisbon 1000-044, Portugal
Presentations
DAY 1: Thursday 8 November
Background and aims of conference
Jorma Karppinen, Director, European Foundation [presentation, pdf, 395kb]Quality of life in Europe: Urban/rural differences
Mark Shucksmith, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK [presentation, pdf, 115kb]Social capital initiatives and job creation in rural areas
Irene Mandl, KMU Forschung Austria [presentation, pdf, 345kb]Social capital initiatives – the Leader Programme experience in Portugal
Maria do Rosário Serafim, Leader+ Portuguese Network [presentation, pdf, 1363kb]
WORKSHOPS
Workshop 1: Creating/supporting public/private partnerships for employment
Examples:
- Germany: Joint policy-making Altmark region - Sibylle Paetow, Regional planning unit, Altmark [presentation, pdf, 5388kb]
- Poland: The Heatherland Partnership - Leszek Frackowiak, Municipality of Przemkow, Poland [presentation, pdf, 1239kb]
- Slovakia: Rural Parliament – Juraj Poledna, PERITUS s.r.o., Slovakia [presentation, pdf, 262kb]Workshop 2: Creating/supporting business networks promoting employment in rural areas
Examples:
- Bulgaria: Focus on individual target groups: young people and ethnic groups (Strumyani) - Elena Krastenova, Foundation for Entrepreneurship Development [presentation, pdf, 293kb]
- Portugal: Building on local production/services tradition - network of taverns in Alto Tâmega (funded by Leader) – Francisco Tavares, Associação de Desenvolvimento da Região do Alto Tâmega [presentation, pdf, 3911kb]
- Ireland: Martina Earley, Arigna Leader [presentation, pdf, 481kb]Workshop 3: Attracting new businesses to rural areas/entrepreneurship/ revitalising rural economy/ supporting enterprises
Examples:
- Slovenia: Implementation of rural heritage and creating new jobs in Town, Municipality of Ljubljana - Maruška Markovcic, Advisor for Rural Development, Office for Agriculture, Ljubljana [presentation, pdf, 3568kb]
- Spain: The Life Micovaldorba Project – José María Gallo [presentation, pdf, 1642kb]
- Denmark: Multifunctional meeting places for local businesses: economic sustainability and bridging social capital – Gunnar Lind Haase Svendsen, Danish Institute of Rural Research and Development [presentation, pdf, 1060kb]Workshop 4: Engaging NGOs in job creation/social capital in rural areas
Examples:
- Poland: The Active Village information society building e-VITA – Klara Malecka, Rural Development Foundation, Poland [presentation, pdf, 1639kb]
- Greece: Employment for women - Fouli Papageorgiou, PRISMA, Greece [presentation, pdf, 292kb]
- Finland: The role of local action groups – Sirpa Karjalainen, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry [presentation, pdf, 3381kb]
DAY 2: Friday 9 November - Policy implications
Current EU rural development policy and the Leader+ project for Portugal
Rui Veríssimo Batista, Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development [presentation, pdf, 667kb]Lessons learned from DAY 1 on practical experiences relevant to policy-makers
Deirdre Carroll, Conference Rapporteur [presentation, pdf, 29kb]
Agenda
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