LOCAL AREA DEVELOPMENT

The LEADER Transnational Cooperation Awards collected 60 applications from participating countries.

The first selection of the nominated Nordic-Baltic Leader transnational cooperation projects is now done!

The finalists of the five categories were chosen out of 60 nominees in Roskilde, Denmark on the 6th June 2013. The evaluation committee included the representatives of Estonia, Lithuanian, Latvia, Swedish, Finnish and Danish rural networks.

LOCAL AREA DEVELOPMENT - A la Region - Upper Tampere & Hunsruck and Rhein Valley
		à la région- Upper Tampere & Hunsrück and Rhein valley is a cooperation project between 3 LAGs in Finland and Germany. The operators in the three LAGs have found several contacts and brought active people from different fields together and helped them to design and launch joint projects between the actors in Germany and Finland. After first contacts in 2009 through a finnish tourism project the three local action groups decided to start a co-operation and within that implement different co-operation projects between different groups within a variety fields.More info HERE
Leading partner: LAG Hunsrück (Germany)		Partners: LAG PoKo ry.(Finland), LAG Welterbe Oberes Mittelrheintal (Germany)
LOCAL AREA DEVELOPMENT - Cross-border Entrepreneurs Blekinge / Warmia-Mazury
		The transnational project aimed at business development through establishing business contacts between Polish and Swedish rural firms. Business contacts consist in reciprocal visits and study tours, organizing and participating at fairs in both countries that enable testing products and services. The testing groups from both countries visit each other for inspiration and business development, combining taking part in local fairs with testing local food and tourist offers like fishing. Evaluation of joint events is an im portant part of the project. The firms receive feedback needed to meet the expectations from potential business partners and visitors from the other country. More info HERE
Leading partner: LAG Leader Blekinge (Sweden)		Partners: Brama Mazurskiej Krain (Poland), Warmiński Zakątek (Poland)
LOCAL AREA DEVELOPMENT - Loving Local Values
		The project like its name „Loving local values“ focused on valuing local products and food in the district of Development Centre (LAG Arenduskoda) and Kymenlaakso county in Finland, where it involved the municipalities - Kouvola, Hamina, Kotka, Miehikkälä, Pyhtöö, Lovisa, Virolahti and Iti. Related to the goals and activities the focus of the project was to enhance cooperation between people who are active in the field of local food, rural tourism and handicraft to help them design their products and services, add extra value and arrange better marketing. The main focus was on food products! We have mapped the food producers in both regions (in Estonia and Finland), started common discussions between them and planned follow-up projects. The other important focus of the project was rising awareness about local and healthy food. Local food consuming is directly connected with the awareness of consumers. Through the open food days in regions everybody could participate for example in food cooking contests an also in the topic-related seminars. More info HERE
Leading partner: LAG Arenduskoda (Estonia)		Partners: LAG Development Association Sepra (Finland), LAG Pohjois-Kymen Kasvu (Finland), NGO ProAgria Etelä-Suomi Ry/Maa- ja kotitalousnaiset (Finland)
LOCAL AREA DEVELOPMENT - Villages full of Treasures
		The Villages Full of Treasures is an international project, which main objective is to promote cultural knowledge and develop tourism of villages. The project will inspire especially young people to try traditional skills. During the project partners will arrange different festivals on their area. Other partners have opportunity to take part to the festivals and send artisans to keep workshops of their home countries traditional crafts and food culture. Project will develop local tourism in our areas with different issues, geocaching, treasure hunting and all kind of activities. Every LAG´s do cooperation and learn from each other’s. More info HERE
Leading partner: LAG Karhuseutu (Finland)		Partners: LAG Kaunas District (Lithuania), LAG Zálabí, místní akční skupina (Czech Republic), LAG Říčansko (Czech Republic), LAG Krajina srdce(Czech Republic), LAG Podlipansko (Czech Republic),

	Date of nomination	Title	Nominees	Category	Countries	Leading partner
			Finalist Participant Special Price of ESTONIA Winner of Category Winner of People's Choice	Culture Local Area Development Local Recourses and Environment Tourism Youth
	(57) 2013-05-20	Old Crafts Today	Participant	Culture	Lithuania, Latvia	Latvia
	(54) 2013-05-20	Cooperation in Cultural Heritage Exploitation	Participant	Culture	Czech Republic, Estonia	Czech Republic
	(42) 2013-05-17	Woven Together	Participant	Culture	Finland, Austria	Finland
	(40) 2013-05-17	Traditions on the Market Square	Finalist	Culture	Finland, Italy	Finland - LAG Aktiivinen Pohjois-Satakunta
	(32) 2013-05-17	Polish and Swedish Trail of Local Product	Participant	Culture	Poland, Sweden	Poland
	(31) 2012-05-17	The Traditional Craft Skills Project	Participant	Culture	Finland, Ireland	Finland
	(29) 2013-05-17	Ecomuseum - from memories to future	Finalist	Culture	Italy, Finland	Italy - LAG Piceno
	(26) 2013-05-17	Connecting countryside cultures – forming Finnish-French fellowship	Participant	Culture	France, Finland	France
	(23) 2013-05-17	European Oral Singing Traditions – Leader project	Participant	Culture	Finland, France, Estonia, United Kingdom	Finland
	(20) 2013-05-16	Rising YOUTH BANDS	Participant	Culture	Finland, Scotland, Italy	Finland
	(19) 2013-05-16	Medieval Festivals	Winner of Category	Culture	Estonia, Finland, Latvia, France, Portugal	Estonia - LAG Pärnu Bay Partnership
	(15) 2013-05-15	Handicraft	Winner of People's Choice	Culture	Finland, Estonia, Latvia	Finland - LAG Karhuseutu
	(13) 2013-05-15	Finnish Sauna – Learning By Doing	Participant	Culture	Finland, Hungary	Finland
	(12) 2013-05-15	Leva i två världar (Living in two worlds)	Participant	Culture	Finland, Sweden	Finland
	(10) 2013-05-15	Slöjdkontakt och hantverksmöten (Handicrafts contacts and meetings)	Participant	Culture	Finland, Sweden	Finland
	(01) 2013-04-23	The many faces of wood – Insights into folk art and everyday creativity	Participant	Culture	Finland, Estonia, Lithuania, Poland, Italy	Finland - LAG Karelian Hills Leader Association
	(50) 2013-05-20	The transnational local food project	Participant	Local Area Development	Finland, United Kingdom, Sweden	Finland
	(49) 2013-05-20	Villages Without Fences	Participant	Local Area Development	Czech Republic, Finland	Czech Republic
	(38) 2013-05-17	Innovative Village	Participant	Local Area Development	Finland, Estonia, UK	Finland
	(35) 2013-05-17	Forest Project – Network of densely-wooded region in Europe	Participant	Local Area Development	Finland, Sweden, Luxembourg, France	Finland
	(34) 2013-05-17	Cross-border Entrepreneurs Blekinge/ Warmia-Mazury	Winner of Category	Local Area Development	Sweden, Poland	Sweden - Leader Blekinge
	(24) 2014-05-17	Loving Local values	Finalist	Local Area Development	Estonia, Finland	Estonia - LAG Arenduskoda
	(22) 2013-05-16	Villages Full of Treasures	Finalist	Local Area Development	Finland, Lithuania, Czech Republic	Finland - LAG Karhuseutu
	(06) 2013-05-14	A la Region - Upper Tampere & Hunsruck and Rhein Valley	Finalist	Local Area Development	Germany, Finland	Germany - LAG Hunsrück
	(60) 2013-05-20	Management fishing in the Lakes Finjasjön and Bosarpasjön. The transnational project: Developing methods of management fishery and utilization of haul	Finalist	Local Recourses and Environment	Finland, Sweden	Finland - LAG Etpähä
	(59) 2013-05-20	Local food for local development	Participant	Local Recourses and Environment	Finland, Austria, Cypros, Ireland, Sweden	Finland
	(58) 2013-05-20	Traditional sailing and maritime heritage	Finalist	Local Recourses and Environment	Finland, Estonia, Denmark	Finland - LAG Karhuseutu
	(56) 2013-05-20	Growing Gastronauts	Winner of Category	Local Recourses and Environment	France, United Kingdom, Estonia	France - LAG Pays Vallée du Loir
	(55) 2013-05-20	Ecoland LEADER	Participant	Local Recourses and Environment	Finland, Estonia	Finland
	(48) 2013-05-20	Forest Trail	Finalist	Local Recourses and Environment	Finland, Luxembourg, Sweden, France	Finland - LAG Aktiivinen Pohjois-Satakunta
	(44) 2013-05-20	Bees and Biodiversity – Together to stop pollinating insects decline and protect biodiversity	Finalist	Local Recourses and Environment	France, Slovakia, Germany, Belgium, Finland, United Kingdom - Wales, Denmark	France - LAG Pays Voironnais
	(07) 2013-05-14	Use of Local Resources for Energy and Construction Purposes	Participant	Local Recourses and Environment	Finland, Estonia, Germany	Finland
	(03) 2013-05-08	RUCOP – Supporting rural sustainability through Co-operation	Participant	Local Recourses and Environment	Scotland, Sweden	Scotland
	(02) 2013-05-08	Transnational Hunting	Participant	Local Recourses and Environment	Sweden, Estonia	Estonia - LAG Peipsi-Alutagusi Koostöökoda
	(47) 2013-05-20	International Theme Routes	Participant	Tourism	Finland, Estonia	Finland
	(45) 2013-05-20	Re-creation of the Landscape / TEAM	Finalist	Tourism	Poland, Belgium	Belgium - Leader Tielt-Plateau
	(39) 2012-05-17	Mustaparta archipelago and Tornio Valley	Finalist	Tourism	Finland, Sweden	Finland - LAG Outokaira tuottamhan
	(37) 2013-05-17	Development Of Local Identity Product By Using Innovative Marketing In Rural Tourism	Participant	Tourism	Lithuania, Latvia	Lithuania
	(17) 2013-05-16	Cultrural - international culture tourism project	Participant	Tourism	Finland, Lithuania	Finland
	(11) 2013-05-15	Konst-och kultursommar Österbotten (Art and culturesummer Ostrobothnia)	Participant	Tourism	Sweden, Finland, Germany	Sweden
	(05) 2013-05-08	Nature Tourism Project	Winner of Category	Tourism	Finland, Hungary, Scotland, England, France, Portugal, Cap Verde	Finland - LAG Karhuseutu
	(04) 2013-05-08	CULTrips. Creating a new concept for socio-cultural village trips in Europe	Finalist	Tourism	Luxembourg, Austria, Finland, Italy, Estonia	Luxembourg - LAG Redange-Wiltz
	(53) 2013-05-20	Quaint Village	Participant	Youth	Finland, Lithuania	Finland
	(52) 2013-05-20	The Planet said to me	Finalist	Youth	Finland, Luxembourg, Estonia, France	Luxembourg - LAG Redange-Wiltz
	(51) 2013-05-20	FENIX	Participant	Youth	Finland, Sweden, Estonia	Finland
	(46) 2012-05-20	IdeaCamp	Participant	Youth	Finland, Sweden	Finland
	(43) 2013-05-20	Giving young people the chance to preserve regional traditions	Participant	Youth	Poland, Lithuania	Poland
	(41) 2013-05-17	Wind for Youth	Winner of Category	Youth	Finland, Austria	Finland - LAG Aktiivinen Pohjois-Satakunta
	(36) 2013-05-17	International Youth Project – Learning by doing	Participant	Youth	Finland, Poland, Russia	Finland
	(33) 2013-05-17	Action and Interaction	Participant	Youth	Finland, Lithuania	Finland
	(30) 2013-05-17	Rural youth – Active, Creative and Humane Youth ACHY	Participant	Youth	Finland, Spain	Finland
	(28) 2013-05-17	Clower power! 4H twinning people	Participant	Youth	Finland, Estonia	Finland
	(27) 2013-05-17	Our Earth Hour	Participant	Youth	Finland, France	France
	(25) 2013-05-17	Villages on Move	Participant	Youth	Finland, Estonia	Finland
	(21) 2013-05-16	Mus jungia LEADER lanczy nas (LEADER unites)	Participant	Youth	Poland, Lithuania	Poland
	(18) 2013-05-16	Youth for Youth	Special Price of ESTONIA	Youth	Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia	Lithuania - Ukmerge region LAG
	(16) 2013-05-16	Finest Rural youth camps	Participant	Youth	Estonia, Finland, Russia	Estonia
	(14) 2013-05-15	My Fell Lapland	Finalist	Youth	Italy, Finland, France	Italy - GAL Sulcis Iglesiente Capoterra e Campidano di Cagliari
	(09) 2013-05-15	Bandcamp	Participant	Youth	Finland, Sweden	Finland
	(08) 2013-05-14	Ung Folkmusikbro/ Folk Summer School 2010	Participant	Youth	Finland, Sweden	Finland

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