Initiating Local Economic Development Initiatives in South Eastern Europe

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Content of the presentation

1. Who is mesopartner?

Partners

What products do we offer?

What is PACA?
Participatory Appraisal of Competitive Advantage

Until November 2005, PACA has been applied in more than 90 locations in
20 countries, among others:

2. Activities with LED and PACA Initiatives in SEE

LED activities and PACA initiatives in SEE

3. First LED experiences in SEE

General realities in smaller and rural towns in SEE

Economic local realities

Emerging experiences with LED
in SEE

Elements of LED best practices

The Hexagon as didactical tool to structure LED challenges

LED: a simple and difficult task

LED is about…

…but how to initiate LED?

Which focus for LED initiatives?

What is Participatory Appraisal for Competitive Advantages (PACA)

What are the specific features of PACA?

The sequence of activities in a PACA

Application of PACA

What about the fieldwork?

Who is involved in a PACA exercise?

Field work:
Typical interview situations

What does a mini-workshop look like?

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How the results workshop looks like in practice

What the Presentation Event looks like

Objective of PACA

Differences to the approaches presented in Retz

4. Outcomes from PACA in SEE

PACA results in Serbia

PACA results in Montenegro


Activities in the tourist sector in Serbia/Vojvodina

So what comes after PACA?

Using PACA to initiate a territorial change process

Success criterion of PACA

5. Lessons learnt in SEE

Positive experiences

Challenging experiences

Learning processes for SEE

Thank you for your attention!

Retz conference on small towns