IDARI Workshop Tartu, June 2005

Welcome & Opening AddressProfessor Michael Cuddy

National University of Ireland, Galway

The IDARI project is financed under the FP5 Quality of Life and Management of Living Resources, Key Action 5

Welcome & Opening Address

Policy context Project framework Way forward

Policy Context Enlargement Budgetary constraint CAP reform: 2007-2013: Competitiveness;

environment and quality of life in rural areas Pillar I Pillar II LEADER - institutional and governance issues

Structural and cohesion funds

Project Framework - themes Context

EU Policy CE socio-economic-institutional context

WPI: Biological diversity and environmental sustainability; social capital; rural entrepreneurship; migration

(Bio-diversity, environment,organic farming, success of rural SMEs, networks/partnerships,migration) WP2: Learning for social-ecological resilience and

innovation diffusion (Agent-based model of innovation adoption, social networks, common pool resources, agri-tourism)

WP3: Social capital, governance and institutional innovations

(Co-operation for market development (producer groups, land fragmentation and consolidation), co-operation between communities (rural tourism, regional labels, producer groups),and in environmentally protected areas)

Some comments Context

EU Policy CE socio-economic-institutional context

3 Research Teams

NUIG Team Multiple themes

Environmental, Organic farming Entrepreneurship Social capital/partnerships Labour migration

Irish template --> CE cases

Project framework - research teams

Research teams (3) - NUIG, HUB, LEEDS Researchers

Senior and post-doctoral researchers Doctoral students

Collaborators - sub-contractors

Towards a conclusion Project extension Delivery of outputs and integration of

results Dissemination of results Future co-operation