LEADER local action groups and inner areas. An Italian case study

Vincenzo Barone; Giuseppe Lucio Gaeta; Stefano Ghinoi; Francesco Silvestri

doi:10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2023.102357

LEADER local action groups and inner areas. An Italian case study

Eval Program Plann. 2023 Dec:101:102357. doi: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2023.102357. Epub 2023 Aug 14.

Authors

Vincenzo Barone¹, Giuseppe Lucio Gaeta², Stefano Ghinoi³, Francesco Silvestri⁴

Affiliations

¹ eco&eco Economics and ecology Ltd., Bolonia, Italy.
² University of Naples L'Orientale, Department of Human and Social Sciences, Italy.
³ University of Greenwich, School of Business, Operations and Strategy, University of Helsinki, Department of Economics and Management, Trieste Laboratory on Quantitative Sustainability, Italy.
⁴ University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Department of Communication and Economics, CiMET, Trieste Laboratory on Quantitative Sustainability, Italy. Electronic address: francesco.silvestri@unimore.it.

PMID: 37647823
DOI: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2023.102357

Abstract

In this study we investigate marginality in European rural areas to understand how EU policies for local development can stimulate novel approaches to social innovation and economic growth. The method applied is a Social Network Analysis (SNA) on the call tenders of an Italian Local Action Group managing the LEADER programme in the Piacentino and Parmense Apennine (Emilia-Romagna). The implementation of the Inner Area Strategy in a part of the LEADER territory (11 out of the 59 municipalities of the LEADER area) allows to verify complementarities, interrelations and overlays between the two development policies.

Keywords: Case study; Inner areas, Social Network Analysis; Italy; Local Action Group.

MeSH terms

Economic Development*
Humans
Policy*
Program Evaluation