ENRD Workshop on LEADER/CLLD and Networking in Support of Social Inclusion

• Agenda 
• List of participants 
• Workshop summary report

• What can LEADER/CLLD and other bottom-up initiatives do?
• How to support the social inclusion of young people? 
• How to support the social inclusion of migrants and asylum seekers?
• Social inclusion of Roma through LEADER and CLLD 
• What can National Rural Networks do to support social inclusion?

• Introduction to the workshop and participants, ENRD CP 

Opportunities for improving social inclusion in rural areas

• Rural poverty and social inclusion in Europe, Séamus Boland, Irish Rural Link & European Economic and Social Committee 
• The World Bank work on Community-Driven Development, Dan Owen, World Bank 
• Supporting social inclusion through the Rural Development Programmes, Paul Soto, ENRD CP 

Integrated strategies towards social inclusion

• The ESF perspective on social inclusion, Vincent Caron, DG Employment 
• The Human Capital Operational Programme and social inclusion in rural areas of Romania, Elena Iordanescu, Ministry of European Funds & Raluca Elena Irofti, Managing Authority of the Human Capital Operational Programme 

Local territorial approaches for social inclusion & integration of marginalised groups

• LAG-managed social inclusion programmes in Ireland, Ian Dempsey, West Cork Development Partnership
• The experience of multi-funded LAG strategies & the case of care farms in Tuchola region, Poland, Ryszard Kaminski, Kujawsko - Pomorski Advisory Centre

Working groups (WG)

WG 1: Integration of migrants & refugees

• Integration of migrants in Sweden, Nils Lagerroth & Asha Ismail Mohamud, Swedish Network Support Unit

WG 2: Integration of young people

• Integrating youth in rural areas, Julia Falkman, Member of the Thematic Group on Youth in Sweden 

WG 3: Integration of Roma people

• Transnational cooperation on Roma integration (Serbia-Romania), Ivana Stefanovic Ristin, National LEADER Network Serbia

WG 4: Integration of women

• Integration of women in rural areas, Marta Rosa, COPA-COGECA 

How Networks can contribute to enhancing social inclusion?

• The role of the Swedish National Rural Network in supporting social inclusion, Nils Lagerroth & Asha Ismail Mohamud, Swedish NSU
• Learning Network on Poverty and Vulnerability, Alexander Spriet, Flemish NSU 
• Monitoring the quality of CLLD interventions targeting Roma, Ruus Dijksterhuis, ERGO Network