LOCAL DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION IN RURAL AREAS
WORKSHOP PROGRAMME & PAPERS
Chydenius Institute, Kokkola, Finland
Time: Saturday, November 26, 2005
Place: Kokkola, Lomakylä Trullevi
SESSION 1: RESTRUCTURING OF RURAL AREAS AND SMALL TOWNS
9:00 – 10:30
Opening
Seija Virkkala, Chydenius Institute
Rural development alternatives: innovative farm & rural business management approaches in Hungary
Mihály Vörös, College for Modern Business Studies (CMBS)
Restructuring of rural areas in Bulgaria: from old disparities to new development challenges
Mariana Draganova, Institute of Sociology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Is there a national need for Finnish rural areas to restructure themselves? evidence from a citizen’s survey
Jouni Kaipainen, Chydenius Institute
Discussion
10:30 – 10:45 Coffee break
SESSION II: POLICY (MACROLEVEL)
10:45 – 12:45
Regional development - decentralisation and new approach in restructuring and development of the local level: The case of Slovenia
Aleš Štrovs, Ministry of the Interior, Administrative Academy Slovenia
Rural development and innovative practices: the cases from Lodzkie voivodship territory
Andrzej Pilichowski, University of Lodz
Critical approach to the EU funded rural development programmes in Hungary
Éva Kruppa, College For Modern Business Studies (CMBS), Tatabánya, Hungary
Innovation system and restructuring of Upper Lusatia – a less developed border region in south-east of Germany
Jurgen Besold, Bautzen Innovation Centre, Germany
Discussion
12:45 – 13:30 Lunch
SESSION III: POLICY (Projects)
13:30- 15:30
The role of information and knowledge in rural development: A case from Slovenia
Ana Barbič and Andrej Medved, University of Ljubljana
Universities, the knowledge economy and rural development: developing social capital through the co-production of knowledge
Neil Ward, Centre for Rural Economy, University of Newcastle
Local governance, culture and social capital in the Lithuanian countryside
Emilija Kairyte, Rural Development Department, Lithuanian Institute of Agrarian Economics
Innovation activities in food sector in Central Ostrobothnia and The Food Project
Kristiina Niemi, Chydenius Institute
Discussion
15:30-15:45 Coffee break
SESSION IV: METHODS
15:45- 17:15
The catalyse methodology as an innovation for the innovation of governance in the European rural area. Experimentations in Romania (2001-2005)
Mihai Pascaru and Irena Vasiu, University “1 Decembrie 1918” Alba Iulia, Romania
A framework for understanding the processes involved in introducing an innovation
Elizabeth Oughton and Jane Wheelock, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Place as a cultural entity: Rural theme villages reviewed in Finland and Scotland
Ilkka Luoto, Chydenius Institute
Discussion
Coffee break
SESSION V: CONCLUSION
17:45- 18:25
Multilevel policy networks. transnational, national and local networking and innovation
Åge Mariussen, NIFU Step, Norway
Between people and Market. The Role of Local Government in Regional Development.
Jussi Vähämäki, Chydenius Institute
18:25 – 19:00
Final discussion and plans for the future: publication, possible proposal
Seija Virkkala and Jussi Vähämäki
20:00 Dinner
22:00 Transport to hotel