LEADER/CLLD funds enable first small steps in the local environment (The challenge: Access to Capital, Slovenia)
Sredstva LEADER/CLLD omogočajo prve drobne korake v lokalnem okolju
Several Slovenian new entrants tried to re-connect themselves in localities by applying for LEADER/CLLD (Community-Led Local Development) funds in period 2014-2020. The entire national territory is eligible for this rural development measure with 37 LEADER territories and new entrants might become members of the active network – named local action group. Since LEADER/CLLD supports innovative solutions, entrepreneurship, networking and cooperation in local territories, new entrants might find this as a good opportunity to find financial resources to support their ideas.
Alenka Zapušek (Farm Vrhivšek) in the eastern part of Slovenia is a new comer, focused on hemp, spelt, buckwheat production and processing. As a small organic farmer, she tried to diversify: she designed a rich herbal garden and wanted to share her experience on healthy living with different target groups. She needed the finance to set-up a processing unit and a place for presentations and workshops. Therefore, together with some private entrepreneurs and public institutions in the locality she developed project proposals. The later were chosen for LEADER/CLLD co-financing: the farm was allowed to purchase a distiller (for hemp and herb processing) and a yurt as a meeting and working place, where a combination of renewable materials (made of wood and isolated by hemp stem) were used.
Recommendations
- Get familiar with the Local Development Strategy being implemented by the local action group in your LEADER/CLLD territory.
- Make an operational network around an innovative idea.
- Provide a product or service attractive and useful for local institutions and inhabitants.
Več slovenskih novih pristopnikov se je v obdobju 2014-2020 želelo vključiti v lokalno skupnost preko programa LEADER/CLLD (lokalni razvoj, ki ga vodi skupnost). Celotno državno ozemlje je namreč upravičeno do financiranja iz tega programa, zato se lahko novi pristopniki preko lokalne akcijske skupine vključijo v eno (skupaj jih je 37) LEADER območje. Ker program LEADER/CLLD spodbuja inovativne rešitve, podjetništvo, mreženje in sodelovanje v lokalnem okolju, je ta program zanimiva in dobra rešitev za nove pristopnike, saj lahko z razpoložljivimi sredstvi sofinancirajo svoje ideje.
Alenka Zapušek (Kmetija Vrhivšek) iz Lindeka nad Frankolovim, je novinka v kmetijstvu, ki se ukvarja s proizvodnjo in predelavo industrijske konoplje, pire in ajde. Na majhni ekološki kmetiji so iskali ideje za diverzifikacijo: skupaj z možem sta oblikovala bogat zeliščni vrt in želela deliti izkušnje o zdravem načinu življenja z več ciljnimi skupinami. Potrebovala sta denar za vzpostavitev predelave na kmetiji ter prostor za predstavitve in delavnice. Skupaj z nekaj zasebnimi podjetniki in javnimi ustanovami v lokalnem okolju je Alenka prijavila več projektov. Le-ti so bili izbrani za sofinanciranje iz programa LEADER/CLLD: tako so nakupili destilator (za predelavo industrijske konoplje in zelišč) in iz naravnih materialov (les, konopljina stebla so uporabili za izolacijo) pa jurto, ki služi kot osrednji prostor srečevanja na kmetiji.
Priporočila
- Seznanite se z Lokalno razvojno strategijo, ki jo izvajajo lokalne akcijske skupine na vašem LEADER/CLLD območju.
- Oblikujete operativno mrežo, temelječo na inovativni ideji.
NEWBIE New Entrant netWork: Business models for Innovation, entrepreneurship and resilience in
European agriculture (2 of 2)
Ongoing | 2018-2021
European agriculture (2 of 2)
- Main funding source
- Horizon 2020 (EU Research and Innovation Programme)
- Geographical location
- Netherlands