What is available to this date?

EU CAP network ”cooperation landscape”: 64 factsheets on cooperation (2021)

You’ll find a certain amount of data tables containing:

  • Contacts, general information
  • Financial data
  • Elegibility criteria for preparatory cooperation activities
  • Elegibility criteria for cooperation projects

Tools & templates of the PAC network on the former ENRD website (archived) :

This contains:

  • DG-AGRI guidance
  • Cooperation landscape
  • Progress report 2014
  • TNC with third countries (2022) and tools (roadmap, checklist, ToR).
  • Information sheets

TNC with third countries (2022) – ENRD

This page contains :

  • Contacts
  • Progress reports
  • Third country LAG contacts

ENRD LEADER Cooperation Practitioner-led working group report

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You will find in this pdf :

  • Proposals – Recommendations for TNC projects.
  • Ideal Process-Procedure – Guidelines for TNC projects.
  • Templates – Common templates for cooperation agreements and application forms.
  • Common Project Information Sheet – Standardized information format.
  • Cooperation Agreement Template – Draft template for TNC projects.
  • NRN Contributions – Roles in harmonizing procedures.
  • Definitions – Clarifications on joint actions and common costs.
  • Added Value of Cooperation – Learning from TNC projects.
  • Preparatory Support – Examples of support in various EU countries.
  • Examples of EU Practices – Case studies on TNC projects and NRN roles.

Assessing the added value of LEADER

https://eu-cap-network.ec.europa.eu/publications/assessing-added-value-leader_en

The EU CAP network shows the guidelines for LEADER evaluation. This document contains :

  • Introduction to LEADER – Its role and challenges in assessing added value.
  • Evaluation Guidelines – Developed by the Thematic Working Group in 2023.
  • Concept of LEADER Added Value – Benefits of LEADER compared to other approaches.
  • Evaluation Framework – Options, key elements, evaluation questions, and success factors.
  • Indicators and Indicator Fiches – Definitions, objectives, measurement units, and data sources.

Avilés Decalogue on Translational Cooperation (2004)

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The decalogue contains:

  • Emphasis on the importance of cooperation in Leader+ and the need for support from European and National Leader+ units.
  • Recognition of cooperation as a key tool for rural development.
  • Role of European and national networks in facilitating rural cooperation within the EU.
  • Cooperation as a factor of European cohesion needing more resources.
  • Promotion of the “bottom-up” approach in cooperation projects.
  • Advocacy for more explicit inclusion of cooperation in new rural development regulations.
  • Call for increased budget for rural European policy and support for the Commission’s funding proposal.
  • Prioritisation of rural economic diversification and cooperation in resource allocation.
  • Inclusion of all rural actors in the Rural Development Consultative Committee.
  • Encouragement for states and regions to integrate cooperation into their rural development policies.