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  Opening and Introduction
  Introduction ro Rural
Development Concepts (RDC)
and Local Development
Strategies (LDS)
  Participants' Experiences
in LDS / RDC
  Structure of Regional
Development Concepts
  Structure and Content of RDC/ LDS
  The Process of Elaboration
of a RDC / LDS
  Excursion to Skadar Lake
  Assessment of a Local
Development Strategy
  Actors and their Roles in
the Elaboration Process
  Cross-border Cooperation (CBC)
and Transnational Cooperation
(TNC)
  Final Evaluation and Closure
  List of Participants and
Seminar Team
 

4 Structure of Regional Development Concepts

4.1 Structure and Content of RDC / LDS

A central instrument for orientation in Regional Management is the Regional Development Concept (RDC) or Local Development Strategy (LDS). Being more and more required, e.g. for the application to European Development Programmes like LEADER+ or others, the elaboration and implementation of such a strategy reveals other important advantages. It gives a region the chance to define itself, invite and integrate all those who are actively engaged and look for new and innovative ways to strengthen its own socio-economic environment - without being dominated and controlled by higher political and administrative levels.

 
Promoting visions and objectives, elaborating the respective development strategy and defining areas of intervention and projects - these are prerequisites for an effective implementation of development measures.
It was clearely stated that the elaboration of such concepts requires action and investment by the region. Rural areas must not expect that urban centres would look after them. To the contrary, they might expect to get a well-functioning backyard for free.

   
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