Regional Workshop on Integrated Community Development

Rural communities in Eastern Europe and Central Asia usually suffer at the same time from many needs and constraints. This was confirmed by recent country studies on needs and constraints of smallholders and family farms conducted by FAO in eight countries in the region.

FAO has in Europe and Central Asia for more than a decade supported different initiatives and projects related to local rural development / integrated community development including in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Albania, Serbia, Moldova and Azerbaijan and also the cross-border Area Based Development in the Western Balkan countries. Based on the country experiences, FAO is in the process of further developing the concept for integrated community development for Europe and Central Asia. This process is planned to continue in the next years. As part of the FAO Regional Initiative on Empowering Smallholders and Family Farms for Improved Rural Livelihood and Poverty Reduction and linked with the implementation of the United Nations Decade of Family Farming 2019 – 2028, FAO is establishing an informal regional technical network on community development. Participants are expected to be from Governments, civil society, academia and international organizations with an interest in and working with local rural development. The regional workshop in Budapest 23-24 October is the first workshop under the umbrella of the regional technical network.

The objectives of the workshop are to:

• Present and discuss different approaches to local rural development relevant for Europe and Central Asia;
• Disseminate practical experiences and lessons learned among the participating countries;
• Invite for a first reflection on the successes and areas for improvement of the experiences showcased;
• Contribute to the establishment of new partnerships between governments, international organizations, donors, civil society, academia and the private sector with interest in local rural development;
• Discuss policy options for supporting the development of rural communities in the region.

Presentations

• Hungarian Rural Development Program 2014-2020
  Attila Nagy, Head Of Department of EAFRD Strategy, State Secrtariat of Rural Development, Ministry of Agriculture

• LEADER Programme and its characteristics in Hungary
  Zsán-Klucsó Klaudia, Department of Rural Development Head of unit, Ministry of Agriculture

• Strengthening capacities for designing, implementing and evaluating multi-sectoral policies for poverty reduction and sustainable agriculture through territorial and landscape approaches
  David Conte, Senior Advisor, FAO Strategic Programme on Rural Poverty Reduction

• FAO experiences with territorial development – A global perspective
  Adriano Campolina, FAO-ESP

• Needs and constraints of small farms in Europe and Central Asia
  Morten Hartvigsen, Regional Initiative Delivery Manager, FAO REU

• Integrated Community Development - A civil society perspective
  Judith Hitchman, Regional CSO Facilitation Committee

• The need for and experiences with integrated community development in Serbia
  Natalija Bogdanov, Faculty of Agriculture,  University of Belgrade 

• The EU perspective to local rural development
  Inge Zaiser,  DG Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission

• Experiences with LEADER- Community-Led Local Development (CLLD) in Hungary
  Judit Rácz, Felső-Homokhátság Vidékfejlesztési Egyesület

• Experiences with the LEADER-like approach in Moldova and Georgia
  Kadri Tillemann, International Consultant, FAO

• Leaving no one behind – gender and socially inclusive community development
  Dono Abdurazakova, Senior Gender and Social Protection Adviser, FAO REU

• FAO approach to integrated community development / local rural development
  Katalin Ludvig, Rural Development Specialist, FAO REU

• Integrated local rural development in Georgia
  Beka Dzadzamia, FAO National Project Coordinator, Georgia

• FAO experiences with integrated community development in Moldova under TCP/MOL/3607
  Bianka Laskovics, Rural Development Junior Technical Officer, FAO REU

• Experiences with local rural development in Canton 10, Bosnia and Herzegovina
  Sabahudin Bajramovic, FAO National Consultant

• Развитие сообщества в Actala Кыргызстан
  Abdymalik Sulaimanov, Deputy Head of Ak-Talaa District Administration

• Farmers’ Development Projects
  Leyla Mammadova, Ministry of Agriculture of Republic of Azerbaijan

• Форум сельских женщин Казахстана « Bклад женщин в устойчивое развитие сельскиx территории и достижениe ЦУР - 2030 
  Saltanat Rakhimbekova, Chairperson of NGO "G-Global Coalition for Green Economy and Development"

• Area Based Development Approach and local community development in SEE region
  Boban Ilic, Regional Rural Development Standing Working Group (SWG)

• Organization of local food systems - Best practices and lessons to learn from Hungary
  Katalin Kujáni, Kislépték National Association of Interest Representations for Small-scale Producers and Service Providers

• Planned FAO support to smallholders in Albania
  Orjan Xhoxhi, FAO National Consultant

• Rural community development - Case study on the example of rural councils in Belarus /Развитие сельских сообществ: тематическое исследование на примере сельских советов в Беларуси
  Olga Pashkevich, FAO National Consultant
  

• Towards a regional technical network on integrated community development
  Morten Hartvigsen & Katalin Ludvig, FAO REU
  

• Hungarian National Rural Network - In the service of the rural areas
  Zsigmond Teglasy, Hungarian National Rural Network