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THE MAREMMA RURAL DISTRICT

THE MAREMMA RURAL DISTRICT. Grosseto rural areas features. Agriculture’s role within the rural areas. CHANGES Agriculture loosing its economic weight (employees, revenue) becoming less central even in the rural areas. CHANGES IN AGRICULTURE AND IN THE RURAL AREAS. STARTING POINT

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THE MAREMMA RURAL DISTRICT

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  1. THE MAREMMA RURAL DISTRICT

  2. Grosseto rural areas features

  3. Agriculture’s role within the rural areas CHANGES Agriculture loosing its economic weight (employees, revenue) becoming less central even in the rural areas CHANGES IN AGRICULTURE AND IN THE RURAL AREAS STARTINGPOINT High importance of agriculture in the economic system New Needs FROM AGRI POLITIC TO RURAL POLITIC

  4. The main developments model CHANGES: Lack of consistency in the “modernization”, Disparities between the territories, specific territorial resources’ role CHANGES IN AGRICULTURE AND IN THE RURAL AREAS STARTING POINT Agricultural model of “modernizzazione produttivista”  cut out the territories that do not want to adapt themselves to the new process. NEW NEEDS: FROM ONE MODEL TO MANY (POSSIBLE) MODELS

  5. Society Needs CHANGES: Income Augument; Demand evolution either in social benefits or in quality products CHANGES IN AGRICULTURE AND IN THE RURAL AREAS STARTING POINT Not much differentiated demand , interested more in Items than services, consistent with mass standardization NEW NEEDS FROM LOW COST ITEMS TO QUALITY PRODUCTS AND CUSTOMER SERVICE

  6. Relationship with the Environment CHANGES: The “Developement limits” come up CHANGES IN AGRICULTURE AND IN THE RURAL AREAS STARTING POINT: Optimistic vision of environmental issuses NEW NEEDS LOOKING FOR NEW BALANCED RELATION AGRICULTURE/ ENVIRONMENT

  7. HISORICAL EVOLUTION TERRITORY RURALITY AGRICULTURE AND RURAL WORLD IN PROVINCIA DI GROSSETO • Environmental disvantages, low incomes, migration • Unstable Jobs, Agro-Reform • Late modernization and weak structures • Marginal position in the in the development process • Low Demographic density, low birthrate, population ageing • Light infrastuctures presence • Not dominant role of the main city (Grosseto) ; presence of many small villages • Great importance of agriculture in term of incomes, employment and land utilization • Cultural identity of local population …

  8. Raising competion for the commodities … Enterprises reduction Emplyers ageing MAREMMA RURAL WORLD Limited demographic density Weak organisation system Limited innvovation attitude Weak development structures WEAK POINTS OF MAREMMA RURAL ECONOMY

  9. Potentials for differentiation and services growth Importance of rural activities Disposition for high quality productions Importance of fishing and aquiculture Maremma rurality Great environmental value areas Specific products … STRENGHT POINTS OF MAREMMA RURAL ECONOMY RURALITA’ FROM WEAK FACTOR TO DEVELOPMENT FACTOR

  10. QUALITY RURAL DEVELOPMENT QUALITY RURAL DEVELOPMENT Revaluation of ruarl areas potentials Possible alternative development models Agriculture Multifuncionality Strong integration between agriculture and territory Evolution of Agriculture politics (new PAC) Strenghtening of rural and territorial politics

  11. Revenue Costs Modernization VS Quality Rural Developments Quality rural development Modernization

  12. QUALITY RURAL DEVELOPMENT QUALITY RURAL DEVELOPMENT • Within the other sectors: • Typical craft • Tourism • Public services • Services • Trade • … • Within the agro-food filière • - Typicality • Traceability • Environment • Guarantees • Enterprises relationships • Organisation • … • Within population’s quality of life • Integration with the local culture • Respect of the local resources • Environment quality • Services for residentials • Changing in generations • … • Within the territorial relationships: • Economic activities on the web • Local resources on the web • Integration among human resources and the territory • ….

  13. At the same time the rural district is: Rural economy organisation and development model A GOVERNANCE instrument, therfore a rural economy work method QUALITY RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL DISTRICT: ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT Rural Economy organisation’s model Governance

  14. We have a Rural district when the rurality : - is recognized as the development “engine” - is orientated toward the “Quality rural development” THE DISTRICT AS A MODEL OF RURAL ECONOMY ORGANISATION • Typical features: - Central role of small and medium enterprises - multi-functionality and integration among economics acticties - Agriculture central role for environmental and territorial management - Basket of territorial goods and services - Identity and sense of belonging of the local actors

  15. The Basic objective of a DR politic: -Definition of a uniform project -Promote and sustain the enterprises partecipation - Facilitate conflicts solution - Incentive production’s diversification - Guide the Agriculture toward integration - Sustain agriculture’s multifunctionality - Taking part in the territorial planning THE DISTRICT AS A GOVERNANCE TOOL The Principles: • “bottom-up” approach • Integration among the various economic activities • Sustainability of development process

  16. THE RURAL DISTRICT BY THE NATIONAL “GUIDELINE LAW” The national “Guideline Law “ says (art.12): • i RURAL DISTRICTS : as local production systems “characterized by an historic identity and territorial homogeneity stemming from integration among agro-fishing activities or other local activities and from very specific goods and services productions, consistent with traditions and the environmental and territorial vocations” • QUALITY AGRO-FOOD SYSTEMS : The local production systems “Characterized by a substantial economic value, by interrelationship and interdependence among agricultural and agro-food enterprises and by one or more certified productions (protected by the existing european or national regulation), or by typical or traditional productions”

  17. REGIONS’ ROLE • The Guideline Law estabilish that: The Regions have to identify the Ruaral Districts but do not specify: • Which are the tasks that they have to carry out within the context of the local planning tools • Whic are the Districts acknowledgement and delimitation standard • The Regions decisions (Piemonte, Toscana, Lazio, Basilicata, …) • Regione Toscana situation

  18. A RURAL DISTRICT FOR MAREMMA From being marginal to being competitive: WHICH STEPS? THREE INTERVENTION LEVELS • Elaborate a Development Model to pursue, through a collaboration process among citizens enterprises and local institutions • Support to the productive system and to the enterprises • Co-ordination of public operations already active within the Maremma territory as well as the realization of specific initiatives.

  19. OVER-SOCIAL LEVEL LAWS AND REGULATIONS CONTEXT REGIONAL PLANNING Maremma Rural District Governance LOCAL PLANNING LOCAL LEVEL LOCAL COLLABORATION EXPERIENCES Rural System REALIZED EXPERIENCES AGRICULTURE FISHING AND MAREMMA RURAL WORLD TOWARD THE MAREMMA RURAL DISTRICT

  20. COHERENCE WITH LOCAL PLANNING OBJECTIVES LIVELLO SOVRA-LOCALE QUADRO ISTITUZIONALE E NORMATIVO PROGRAMMAZIONE REGIONALE Governance PROGRAMMAZIONE LOCALE LIVELLO LOCALE Distretto Rurale della Maremma ESPERIENZE DI CONCERTAZIONE LOCALE • REGIONAL PLANS • Regional Developments Plan • Regione Toscana Rural Development Plan • Objective 2 (DOCUP 2000-2006) • Districts Regional Law Sistema rurale ESPERIENZE CONDOTTE AGRICOLTURA, PESCA E MONDO RURALE DELLA MAREMMA

  21. COHERENCE WITH LOCAL PLANNING OBJECTIVES LIVELLO SOVRA-LOCALE QUADRO ISTITUZIONALE E NORMATIVO PROGRAMMAZIONE REGIONALE Governance PROGRAMMAZIONE LOCALE LIVELLO LOCALE Distretto Rurale della Maremma ESPERIENZE DI CONCERTAZIONE LOCALE • LOCAL PLANS • Strategic Plan • Terriorial Provincial Plan • Natural Park Plan • Fishing Provincial Plan • General Provincial land reclamation , Rural Territory Protection Plan and Reclamation Consortium Sistema rurale ESPERIENZE CONDOTTE AGRICOLTURA, PESCA E MONDO RURALE DELla Maremma

  22. COHERENCE WITH LOCAL PLANNING OBJECTIVES • LOCAL CONDUCTING EXPERIENCES • General Territorial Pact • Territorial pact for Agriculture and Fishing • Rural Development local Plan of Provincia di Grosseto • Leader Project • Green Table • Definition of FSE and FSR programme LIVELLO SOVRA-LOCALE QUADRO ISTITUZIONALE E NORMATIVO PROGRAMMAZIONE REGIONALE Governance PROGRAMMAZIONE LOCALE LIVELLO LOCALE Distretto Rurale della Maremma ESPERIENZE DI CONCERTAZIONE LOCALE Sistema rurale ESPERIENZE CONDOTTE AGRICOLTURA, PESCA E MONDO RURALE DELla Maremma

  23. COHERENCE WITH LOCAL PLANNING OBJECTIVES • MANAGED EXPERIENCES • Valorization of agricultural and fishing typical quality products ( 9 DOC,2DOP oil,5 among DOP e IGP for aquiculture and zootechnic products ) • Identification and archiviation of more than 100 traditional food products • Valorization of the relations among typical productions and the Interreg Projects • Learning and cultural activities • Research initiatives and experimentations for the sustainable development LIVELLO SOVRA-LOCALE QUADRO ISTITUZIONALE E NORMATIVO PROGRAMMAZIONE REGIONALE Governance PROGRAMMAZIONE LOCALE LIVELLO LOCALE Distretto Rurale della Maremma ESPERIENZE DI CONCERTAZIONE LOCALE Sistema rurale ESPERIENZE CONDOTTE AGRICOLTURA, PESCA E MONDO RURALE DELLA MAREMMA

  24. Objective To Encourage the development from the agriculture and fishing context of Provincia di Grosseto to a quality rural development model , so that it will : Improve the local population’s quality of life Sustain employment Raise the added value Improve the system compatibility MAREMMA RURAL DISTRICT Objective Resources Il funzionamento Gli assi Gli inputs Le attività I “SOGGETTI”

  25. MAREMMA RURAL DISTRICT AXES Reinforce the elements of the system Sustain the quality orientation Develop the vertical inetgration and the importance of the territorial filière Make the most of the multi-sectors intagration Promote the multifunctionality L’obiettivo Resources Il funzionamento Gli assi Le attività Gli inputs I “SOGGETTI”

  26. MAREMMA RURAL DISTRICT L’obiettivo Le risorse • Activities • Internal and External Communication • Services for local enetrprises • Collaboration e co-ordination of operations on the territory • Co-ordination of planning and financial toolds • Monitoring and Evaluation Il funzionamento Gli assi Le attività Gli inputs I “SOGGETTI”

  27. MAREMMA RURAL DISTRICTS L’obiettivo Subjects Local Community: Enterprises Public Institutions Orgsanizations Organized Societies Resources Il funzionamento Gli assi Le attività Gli inputs I “SOGGETTI”

  28. What has been done What need to be done • The Provincia di Grosseto carried on a pilot experience for the whole regional territory • The Regione Toscana , on the basis of Grosseto experience , subscribed the Regional Law n.21 of the 5th of April 2004 which define “The Rural Districts Regulation” ; • On the basis of the Regional procedures definitions the Provincia should provide the Projects subscription and the following acknowledgement request at Regione Toscana • Taking in consideration that the process results to be already defined it just need to be revised on the basis of the Regional Regulations

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