Biodiversity in the Atlantic Arc

Originally posted in Atlantic Cities blog (November 2012)  In an Atlantic context marked by the crisis, the measures proposed must point to a balanced development of the territories as whole, avoiding artificial differentiation. The definition of the Atlantic Strategy and its Action Plan should reflect the development strategies identified by the Atlantic territories, allowing for …

Some notes on Community Led for Local Development

Originally posted at Atlantic Cities’ blog (October 2012) Analysis of the COTER Commission (CoR’s) position on the proposal of the Commission Based on the LEADER experiences, and with the aim to foster the ownership of the EU 2020 strategy, to facilitate bottom-up and integrated  initiatives,  the Commission proposed new  tools such as “Community Led for Local …