The Nordic-Baltic LEADER Cooperation Award

Rural Development Programme 2007-2013

LEADER Transnational Cooperation conference

„Shared experience – multiple profit“

Tallinn University, Narva road 29, Tallinn

Thuersday 26. september 2013

Opening - plenary Room "Tallinn hall"

• Introduction and welcome - moderator of the day - Mr Illar Lemetti, Estonian Ministry of Agriculture

• "Estonian Leader TNC“  – Ms Anneli Kimmel Estonian Ministry of Agriculture
  

• "Leader and TNC"  - Mr Pedro Brosei, European Comission DG AGRI

• "The positive impact of transnational cooperation on European Leader areas"  - Mr Jean-Michel Courades, expert (France) 

• "Leader TNC – a positive impact in Estonia"  - Mrs Sirje Kuusik, Association of Estonian Rural Tourism

• Introduction to case sessions  - Mr Illar Lemetti

Coffee break 3. floor

A – Leader TNC – Enhancing local value
Room "Tallinn hall" simultaneous translation ENG-EST-ENG; ca 50 participants

Case studies of the Leader transnational projects from Nordic-Baltic region.

Moderator: Jolanta Vaičiūnienė, Ministry of Agriculture of Lithuania
Rapporteur: Hans-Olof Stålgren, Swedish Rural Network

• Mustaparta archipelago and Tornio Valley  (Tourism. Finland, Sweden)
  Mr Hannu Alatalo, Mustaparta Väärtit ry project manager
  Mustaparta song – “Vene”, duo Mustaparta Ensemble Esa Rautiainen and Elina Söderström

• Handicraft  (Culture. Finland, Estonia, Latvia)
  Ms Kaire Sardis, LAG Jõgevamaa Cooperation Chamber project coordinator

• My Fell Lapland  (Youth. Italy, Finland, France)
  Mrs Laura Vilander, LAG kyläkulttuuria tuntureitten maassa ry, LAG manager

• Villages Full of Treasures  (Local Area Development. Finland, Lithuania, Czech Republic)
  Ms Rosanna Telaranta, Project Manager

• Medieval festivals  (Culture. Estonia, Finland, Latvia, France, Portugal)
  Mr Toomas Abel, LAG Pärnu Bay Partnership, boardmember

B – Leader TNC – Encouraging local creativity

Room "Riho Pätsi auditoorium" (M213) language: EST; ca 50 participants

Case studies of the Leader transnational projects from Nordic-Baltic region.

Moderator: Mrs Anneli Kimmel, Ministry of Agriculture of Estonia,
Rapporteur: Mrs Silva Anspal, LAG Järva Development Partners

• A la Region - Upper Tampere & Hunsruck and Rhein Valley 
  (Local Area Development. Germany, Finland)
  Mr Achim Kistner, LAG Hunsrück project coordinator

• Re-creation of the Landscape / TEAM  (Tourism. Poland, Belgium)
  Mr Arkadiusz Misztal, LAG Bialskopodlaska

• Youth for Youth (Youth. Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia) VIDEO
  Mr Tiiu Rüütle, LAG Põlva County Partnership Board, LAG manager

• Cross-border Entrepreneurs Blekinge / Warmia-Mazury  (Local Area Development. Sweden, Poland)
  Ms Iwona Slojka and Ms Bodil Nilsson, LAG Leader Blekinge

• Growing Gastronauts  (Local Recourses and Environment. France, United Kingdom, Estonia)
  Ms Terje Aus, LAG West-Estonian Islands Partnership
  VIDEO 1
  VIDEO 2

Questions-answers

C – Leader TNC – Greening local issues

Room M225 - language: ENGLISH ca 50 participants

Case studies of the Leader transnational projects from Nordic-Baltic region.

Moderator: Mrs Anneli Ott, LAG Võrumaa Partnership Assambly
Rapporteur: Mrs Guna Sulce, Latvian Rural Advisory and Training Centre

• "The Planet said to me ... " text   photoshow
  (Youth. Finland, Luxembourg, Estonia, France)
  Ms Katariina Riikonen, member of Finnish project group

• Bees and Biodiversity. Together to Stop Pollinating Insects Decline and Protect Biodiversity  (Local Recourses and Environment. France, Slovakia, Germany, Belgium, Finland, UK - Wales, Denmark)
  Mrs Pirjo Heikkinen, LAG Living Kainuu LEADER Executive Director and Mr Finn Chemnitz, LAG Lolland Chairman of the Board

• Forest Trail  (Local Recourses and Environment. Finland, Luxembourg, Sweden, France)
  Ms Eira-Maija Savonen, The Finnish Forest Research Institute (Metla), project manager

• Loving Local Values  (Local Area Development. Estonia, Finland)
  Ms Eha Paas, LAG Development Center, project manager and Helena Pakkanen, ProAgria Kymenlaakso project manager

• Management Fishing in the Lakes Finjasjön and Bosarpasjön. The Transnational Project: Developing Methods of Management Fishery and Utilization of Haul (Local Recourses and Environment. Finland, Sweden)
  Ms Heléne Annadotter and Mr Johan Forssblad, Regito Research Center on Water and Health AB. Mr Kurt Hagenrud, consultant and project leader

Questions-answers