Council of Europe

South East Europe: Local Development Pilot Projects (LDPP)

The Council of Europe’s Regional Programme for Cultural and Natural Heritage in South-East Europe has been implemented since 2003, with rehabilitation projects contributing to a certain idea of local development. Today it proposes to go further with an innovative process based on a multisectoral approach to territorial coherence and the active participation of all stakeholders involved in the positive development of territories.

The "Local Development Pilot Projects" target the adoption of strategies which set up the necessary convergence between economic efficiency, cultural diversity, social cohesion and ecological balance.

A pilot dimension to meet European challenges

The pilot dimension of the projects carried out by Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" and Kosovo* is based on the exploration and testing of the best management tools to ensure democratic commitment in the interest of the respect and well-being of all.

The development models thus defined will meet the combined challenges of economic growth, an improved quality of life, environmental issues relating to climate change, the management of resources and the impact of development, in a joint vision for the communities and a renewal of social bonds.

Click on the countries to discover the "pilot projects".

Activity report

2011

With the support of

The Flemish government

(2006-2012)

Slovenia (2010-2011)

Italy (2008-2010)

Programme

South East Europe

ICBP

IRPP/SAAH

LDPP

Contacts

List of contacts

Project Co-ordinators

Other projects

Black Sea and South Caucasus

Kosovo

Georgia

A long-term commitment

A "culture of development", fuelled by the consciousness of a common heritage and encouraged by a new governance enshrined in the long term, will be expressed in these regions at the end of the three years envisaged for completing these "pilot projects".

The communities will indeed be in a position to engage with all the public and private, national and international partners, in numerous cooperation activities set up throughout the process. The partners will come together around a shared vision of the future, guaranteeing sustainable development and exploitation of the resources of their cultural environment.

A regional political ambition

The ultimate political goal is a better coordination of the sectoral and territorial policies, as well as greater coherence in implementing European policies on sustainable development and territorial cohesion.

Development strategies chosen in the framework of the "Pilot projects" will increase the benefits of investments for people and will establish funding mechanisms based on public and private partnerships. The approach undertaken by the countries of South-East Europe will also allow a change in administrative structures, in order to overcome the structural compartimentalisation and to better reflect the cultural and functional realities of these territories.