Social capital and job creation in rural Europe - Presentations

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 - DAY 2

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]