LAG ECO Bugeac
The communities of Avdarma, Chiriet-Lunga, Joltai, Besghioz, Tvardita and Valea Perjei, located in the Bugeac steppe geographical area, work together in this LAG (22,369 inhabitants). All localities in the LAG territory have a strong multi-ethnic and multicultural tradition. Every village has a local museum and craftsmen representing distinct cultures: Bulgarian, Moldovan and Gagauzian. Avdarma is the historical and ecological heart of the Bugeac steppe, famous for its surrounding nature, old steppe springs and its different activities and initiatives, including a parachuting cup, a school robotics club and a local Media Centre. Tvardita, a small town, has great economic potential that can be used for local development, including a free economy zone. This historical and ecological potential provides a common basis for territorial cooperation.
The strategic mission of ECO Bugeac LAG is social and economic development by ensuring modern comfortable and safe living conditions while actively promoting organic agricultural production. The common vision is to develop the South Moldovan tourist centre through links between ECO Bugeac localities, aiming to promote rural and sports tourism and focusing on the development of ecological production in small farms.
Handbook on implementation of LEADER/CLLD – community-driven rural development initiatives, in the Republic of Moldova.
The European LEADER approach is based on seven specific principles, which must all be present simultaneously in order to apply the method correctly. It is these seven characteristics that define LEADER as a methodology and distinguish it from other funding programmes
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Everyone can do something to change his or her own life and this process will be more efficient and sustainable if potential change-makers in any given community are strengthened and empowered to be able to identify with the ‘culture of co’ – cooperation, co-creation, community leadership, caring for the commons and business collaboration. This approach is called community coaching. Through the SARD LEADER/CLLD community, coaching interventions have been employed to ignite the spirit of change in the targeted local communities and encourage them to be active in the implementation of current and future development programmes.
In November 2017, members of eight Local Action Groups (LAGs), created by local stakeholders with the assistance of SARD, signed the formal Partnership Agreements, which are the basis of their common work.
The SARD LEADER initiative supports the creation, functioning and management of the local stakeholder-created LAGs in the targeted regions and neighbouring districts. The programme helps with all necessary human resource development, technical assistance, legal aspects, co-financing and governance.
The SARD Programme aims to boost the collaboration between central and local authorities, as well as among the regional organizations from ATU Gagauzia and Taraclia district, so as to foster the social-economic development of the region and of the Republic of Moldova as a whole. The Programme will contribute to development of the agro-food sector, promotion of local entrepreneurship, creation of jobs, and increasing the incomes of the population living in ATU Gagauzia and Taraclia district.
This website was developed with the financial support of the European Union within the “Support for agriculture and rural development in ATU Gagauzia and Taraclia” (SARD) Programme, funded by the European Union and implemented by the UNDP. The content of this website does not necessarily reflect the official position of the European Union or of the United Nations Development Programme.
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