THE ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF THE LEADER PROGRAMME IN HUNGARY
Jávor Szilárd Ágoston · 2013
The development of the hungarian LEADER programme was organized by the Institute of Rural development, Training and Consultancy under the control of the Ministry of Rural Development. Starting the programme without earlier experiences, lead to problems, but these were solved by the efficient work of the organizing institutions. The changing European economical situation makes it necessary to review and update the Local Development Strategies along with opening the programme again. This makes the programme work more effectively with every new turn. Continusing LEADER in Hungary after 2013, by using the hungarian and Western European knowledge, can bring economical and social benefits for rural areas and for the whole nation as well. With the upcoming 2014-2020 cycle in the European Union it is essential that Hungary acts accordingly to the actual challenges ont he field of rural development. Both in the EU and worldwide countries began to reconsider the role of rural areas and the people living there and the part they represent in the nations economy. This trend is the result of that people are starting to realize that the rural areas can be on of the key elements of the growth and rise of a nation. On of the assets for this is the LEADER program, which is a Community initiative in the EU. In Hungary it has been ongoing for several generations since it’s start in 2007. I will walk through this process in this article. All the data used was provided for me by the Institute of Rural Development, Training and Consultancy (IRDTC).