and national actors, who can contribute by providing resources or facilitating practices. PHASE 3. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE LOCAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY Insights from the case-study
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MAIN ACTORS The 19 projects included in the strategy were managed by different public or private bodies that are responsible for the implementation of the projects and the economic resources allocated. Among them: Mountain Union of Municipalities, individual municipalities, the Local Health Authority, the Local Action Group, leader of the temporary joint venture, the National Park of the Emilian Apennines.
If the key actors involved in the process have proven to be collaborative and have resources and skills, they can be responsible for the implementation of the projects and the economic resources allocated.
Is it possible to make key actors involved in the design process responsible for the implementation of the planned projects?
MAIN RESOURCES After the approval of the strategy, a Framework Programme Agreement was signed by the focal person of the project area, by the regional government, by the national Ministries involved and by the Territorial Cohesion Agency, representing the binding agreement to provide the financial resources for the implementation of the strategy. It was necessary to ensure that the local administrations involved, such as the Mountain Union of Municipalities and each municipality, had the administrative resources to make the strategy operational. The success of the elaboration process required a great effort from the administrative structure, which has proved difficult to bear particularly for small municipalities.
Find local, national or international funds for each line of action chosen and sign binding agreements among all accountable institutions.
What kind of financial resources can be leveraged to fund the implementation of the strategy?
Provide institutional bodies with technical and administrative resources to follow up the implementation of the strategy.
Do the actors have the necessary resources and skills to be responsible for project implementation?
Ensure that the institutional bodies involved are able to cope with the effort required to implement the strategy.
Do public administrations have the resources and technical and administrative competences to deal with the implementation of the strategy?
MAIN ACTIONS The strategy includes 19 projects for the five thematic areas of intervention. -
The “health” area envisages 6 projects dealing with the clinical area, prevention, territorial assistance, wellbeing in general. Among others, the project
Ensure synergies among thematic areas are exploited during the implementation of each project.
Have any priority projects been established in case the available resources are initially insufficient to implement the whole strategy?
Establish an implementation order that leads to widespread immediate effects and involve
Have contingency plans been developed for the planned initiatives? 15
