Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2015, 63(5), 1769-1777 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun201563051769

Do the Czech Local Action Groups Respect the LEADER Method?

Hana Svobodová
Department of Geography, Faculty of Education, Masaryk University, ®erotínovo nám. 9, 601 77 Brno, Czech Republic

The article introduces activities of local action groups (LAGs) in the Czech Republic. Attention is focused on the history of LAGs, evaluation of LAGs' activities in the 2007-2013 period and preparation for the 2014-2020 period. Although this period has already started, drawing on subsidies is still lagging behind. Evaluation of LAGs is based on a questionnaire survey among LAGs, information on grants from "Axis 4 - Leader" of Rural Development Programme for the period 2007-2013, content analysis of several Strategies of Community Led Local Development prepared for the current programming period and experience from the creation of several Strategies. The paper also identifies problems of the LAGs (not only in the Czech Republic) and suggestions how to avoid them in the recent programming period.

Keywords: rural development, integrated approach, community led local development, local action group, strategy, programming period 2014-2020, Czech Republic

Prepublished online: October 29, 2015; Published: December 1, 2015  Show citation

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Svobodová, H. (2015). Do the Czech Local Action Groups Respect the LEADER Method? Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 63(5), 1769-1777. doi: 10.11118/actaun201563051769
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