LEADER Vorarlberg

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LEADER Vorarlberg
European Commission

• Entwicklungsverein Natur- und Kulturerbe
  Vorarlberg

Bgm. Rudolf Lerch, President
Andreas Neuhauser, Director LAG
Vorarlberg
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LEADER VorarlbergHistory

• LEADER II only Bregenzerwald
• LEADER Entwicklungsverein Natur- und Kulturerbe
  Vorarlberg founded in May 2001
• Cooperation of different valleys
• Communities, regional Managements, non-profit
  organisations, touristic organisations
• Well balanced managing committee

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LEADER VorarlbergFigures and facts

• 52 villages
• 70.000 inhabitants
• Area 1.716 km²
• Total budget 5 Million
• EU Funding 2.3 Million

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LEADER VorarlbergStructure

• Committee
• Leader circles
• Project groups
• LAG management

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LEADER VorarlbergKey projects

• Meeting wood
• Water source of life
• Culinary home
• Paths which connect
• From me to you
• Infranet
• Kooperation

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LEADER VorarlbergActions and output

• More than 50 projects initiated and supported
• Growing consciousness about ressources
• Thousands of people involved
• Situation of employment improved
• Attractive touristic and cultural offers created
• Innovative infrastructure built
• New networks and cooperations

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LEADER VorarlbergField Visits

• Some examples of good practice
• Bergholz Regional cooperation, local brand
• Holzbau Kunst Educational offers for young
  craftsmen and craftswomen
• Weißtanne Transnational Marketing cooperation
  for unique trees
• Werkraum Connecting handcraft with design
• Barockbaumeister Learning from the past
• Holzkultur Consciousness about ressources

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LEADER VorarlbergLessons learned

• Project hearing with authority
• Regional experts as consultants
• Webbased communication
• Projects need time and space to develop
• Cooperation needs patience
• Know how transfer into the next period

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LEADER VorarlbergContact

• Entwicklungsverein
• Natur- und Kulturerbe Vorarlberg
• Montafonerstraße 21
• 6780 Schruns, Austria
• Tel. [phone]
• e-mail leader_at_leader-vlbg.at
• www.leader-vlbg.at