Creation of new employment opportunities for people living in rural remote areas through designing and piloting village community services

Programme 2014 - 2020 INTERREG V-A Finland - Estonia - Latvia - Sweden (Central Baltic)

Date of latest update: 2023-11-11

Description

Description (EN):

Persons living in rural remote areas far from city centers are in weaker position to find a job. It is mainly related to family responsibilities and to long distances. There are different groups who have difficulties to find a job away from their home, like families with young children, single parents, persons taking care of their family members, young people with lower education level, seniors etc. In many villages local people are ready to contribute to better living environment. At the same time the cooperation between the municipality government and local NGOs/people is the best solution for ensuring the quality, flexibility and accessibility of public services. Partners will encourage and support local peoples cooperation, so they could join their forces for creation of new employment opportunities for themselves. A new solution is designing “community services” needed for local people and for visitors. These can be for example: home care of elderly people, youth work, youth/children hobby and leisure activities, cultural services etc. As all involved municipalities from Estonia and Lavia are locating in regions, which are attractive for tourists, then another catergory of community services could be developed for visitors (community based tourism services). These services can be: providing local food, cultural entertainment, excursions, events, handicraft workshops etc. As a result of the project in Setomaa, Alutaguse, Ape and Engure communities the social-well being of local people living in 17 rural villages has been improved through higher employment. By the end of the project period ca 25 persons living in rural villages have got (mostly part-time) job in their home area related to providing community services to local people and visitors. Ca 10-15 persons are expected to find the job after project end. The provision of the services can be arranged via local NGOs, newly established companies or local people becoming self-employed.

Achievements (EN):

Act Local improved local employment possibilities in rural areas: The project improvement local labour market opportunities by implementing community service pilots based on local development plans. The development plans and pilots were implemented in four regions – Ape, Alutaguse, Engure and Setomaa. The development plans and pilots were supported by several practical and theoretical trainings which were targeted towards local people. Altogether over 400 participants took part in the trainings. Local community service pilots were implemented in 15 rural village communities in above mentioned regions. Pilots took several different forms based on the local needs which were found through the development process of the development plans. As an example, pilots included local market days, cultural events, recording studio, outdoor cinema and beach volley activities.

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Expected Results (EN): R4.1. Communities with improvements

Expected Outputs (EN):

Partners expect that ca 10 rural village communities are able to pilot the designed community services already during project implementation period. Other communities (ca 7) will start offering the services after project implementation period. As a result of the project Setomaa, Alutaguse, Ape and Engure communities are stronger, as the social-well being of local people living in 17 rural villages has been improved through higher employment and incomes. It is expected that in average 1 new full time jobs will be created in each invovled rural community, which will be shared between 2-3 persons. By the end of the project period ca 25 persons living in rural villages have got part-time job in their home area related to providing community services to local people and visitors. Ca 10-15 persons are expected to find the job after project end. The provision of the services can be arranged via local NGO's, newly established companies or local people becoming self-employed. Other persons involved to project activities will contribute to the designing, piloting and further implementation process as volunteers. Most of the communities are expected to be actively involved in providing public services to their members in close cooperation of local municipality. This will strengthen the social inclusion of local people, who are ready to take more responsibility for the future of their home village. Also more people with high motivation and better knowledge and skills have learned from the experiences of other people/rural villages being in similar situation. Using the potential of people living in Setomaa, Alutaguse, Engure and Ape communities improves the regional cohesion of these areas and affects its social capital. For socio-economical situation in rural areas it is very important that the population in viable rural villages will not perish as a result of emigration of local people, who are looking for jobs in bigger cities or abroad.

Thematic information

Labour market and employment New products and services Community integration and common identity

Specific Objective: More people benefiting from stronger Central Baltic communities

Thematic Objective: (10) investing in education, training and vocational training for skills and lifelong learning by developing education and training infrastructure

Investment Priority: (10 ETC) ETC specific, for cross-border cooperation: investing in education, training and vocational training for skills and lifelong learning by developing and implementing joint education, vocational training and training schemes

Partners (4)

Lead Partner: MTÜ Setomaa Liit

Department: N/A

Address: Obinitsa N/A, 65301 Setomaa municipality, Võru county, Estonia

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.setomaa.ee

Total budget: EUR 89 156.23

ERDF budget: EUR 70 433.42

Engures Novada Dome

Name: Engures Novada Dome

Department: N/A

Address: Jauna iela 9, LV-3129 Smarde, Engure municipality, Latvia

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.enguresnovads.lv

Total budget: EUR 56 844.95

ERDF budget: EUR 44 907.51

Alutaguse Vallavalitsus

Name: Alutaguse Vallavalitsus

Department: N/A

Address: Tartu mnt. 56, 41101 Iisaku, Alutaguse municipality, Ida-Viru county, Estonia

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.alutagusevald.ee

Total budget: EUR 68 512.80

ERDF budget: EUR 54 125.11

Apes Novada Dome

Name: Apes Novada Dome

Department: N/A

Address: Stacijas iela 2, LV-4337 Ape, Latvia

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.apesnovads.lv

Total budget: EUR 50 273.05

ERDF budget: EUR 39 715.71

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Engure Municipality Council

Creation of new employment opportunities for people living in rural remote areas through designing and piloting village community services

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Alutaguse Municipality Government

Creation of new employment opportunities for people living in rural remote areas through designing and piloting village community services

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Ape Municipality Council

Creation of new employment opportunities for people living in rural remote areas through designing and piloting village community services

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The Union of Setomaa

Creation of new employment opportunities for people living in rural remote areas through designing and piloting village community services

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Summary

Project name (EN): Creation of new employment opportunities for people living in rural remote areas through designing and piloting village community services

Project acronym: Act Local

Project start date: 2019-05-01

Project end date: 2021-04-30

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 264 787.03

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 209 181.75

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, EUR 209 181.75.

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Financing programme

2014 - 2020 INTERREG V-A Finland - Estonia - Latvia - Sweden (Central Baltic)

Last month that data in keep.eu was retrieved from the Programme's website or received from the Programme

2023-11-11

No. of projects in keep.eu / Total no. of projects (% of projects in keep.eu)

137 / 137 (100%)

No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)

663 / 663 (100%)

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Information provided by the Programme. Achievements were retrieved by Interact from the Programme website (http://centralbaltic.eu/), or a website directly linked from it, on 2021-11-08, 2023-01-12 and 2024-03-08.

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Creation of new employment opportunities for people living in rural remote areas through designing and piloting village community services

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