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APPENDIX 1

21 June 1995

Ms. Cliona O’Rourke

Clerk to the

Committee of Public Accounts

Leinster House

Dublin 2

Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Value for Money Examination of the LEADER Programme

Dear Ms. O’Rourke

With reference to the discussion in the Committee on 26 May 1995 on the above Report, I have been asked by the Secretary, Mr Michael Dowling to enclose the extract from the Operational Programme for LEADER II in Ireland indicating the type of targets and output indicators which approved groups will be required to set for themselves at the outset of the programme. It is intended to publish the Operational Programme as quickly as possible and copies of the full document will be forwarded to the Committee when it becomes available.

Yours sincerely

M. Ruddy

Private Secretary

Table 8.1

LEADER II Operational Programme

Activity, Output and Impact Indicators by Measure

Measure	Activity	Output	Impact
Subprogramme 1
Acquisition of Skills
Establishment of local action groups	Composition of the group	Creation of Board and Administrative Structure Training of Directors	Acquisition/identification of leadership and management skills.
	Animation	Promotion campaigns Public Meetings, Workshops etc. Resource Audits	Improved awareness and understanding of local needs. Community involvement in development process.
			Identification of potential for development.
			Adoption of innovative approaches to development.

Measure	Activity	Output	Impact
Subprogramme 2
Rural Innovation Programmes
Technical Support
a) Animation and Capacity building	Facilitation of local development process	Support, advisory, guidance service to local community and small entrepreneurs.	Assistance and encouragement to project promoters, especially for community based activity
		Promotion campaign, public meetings, workshops etc.	Improved awareness of potential for development
	Co-ordination	Contacts with/between Agencies, other programmes and project promoters	Optimum use of resources Elimination of duplication/overlap
b) Administrative Structure	Appointment of competent staff structure	Administration of group’s business plan	Animation of local communities and projects assisted
c) Technical support for rural development	Acquisition of essential research or expertise	Feasibility studies, surveys, market research	identification, quantification of opportunities for development especially for innovative projects.

Measure	Activity	Output	Impact
Training and Recruitment Assistance
a) Training	Provision of training for group’s board and administration, community activists and project promoters	Training courses	Numbers trained, skills acquired in administration, local and community development
			Project skills (management, production, financial, marketing)
b) Recruitment	Employment grants to assist job creation	Payment of grants to entrepreneurs	New jobs created Trainees in employment
Rural Tourism
a) Promotion	Development of local rural tourism products	Facilitation and co-ordination of existing activities, identification of needs and potential for development	Creation of new rural tourism groups, new products, encouragement of innovation
b) Improvement of existing facilities and amenities	Support and assistance to expand, improve standards	Payment of grant aid to promoters	Improved facilities to attract tourists Additional jobs and income
c) Development of new facilities and amenities	Support and assistance promoters of new projects	Payment of grant aid to promoters	New facilities to attract tourists Additional jobs and income Diversification of the rural economy
d) Marketing	Promotional campaigns to “sell” existing and new rural tourism products	Brochures, books maps, omputerised reservation systems.	Co-operation between groups and travel agents. Increased number of visitors. Increased income in rural areas.
Small Firms, Craft Enterprises and Local Services
Support for - identifying potential - expansion of existing business - establishment of new business	Support, guidance, advisory service Financial assistance	Advice to entrepreneurs, project promoters Payment of grant aid	Jobs maintained New Jobs created Improvements in efficiency Increases in output New investment in the area Innovation Diversification of the local economy

Measure	Activity	Output	Impact
Exploitation and marketing of agricultural, forestry and fishery products
a) Promotional Activity	Facilitation of development to encourage identification of project promoters’ new ideas	Advice and guidance to promoters	Identification of new products and processes
b) Aid for improving quality of existing products and for developing new products including alternative enterprises	Financial assistance for investment	Payment of grant aid to projects	New and improved products, new and improved processes, increased efficiency. Innovation, new jobs, additional income. Diversification of the local economy.
c) Marketing	Aid for marketing programmes for local products	Marketing strategies Payment of grant aid	Market sales Co-operative marketing Branding
Preservation and improvement of the environment and living conditions
a) Improving environmental awareness	Information, publicity campaigns	Information, workshops, seminars, conferences	Improved local awareness Local environmental action plans
b) Protection and restoration and enhancement of small towns, villages and local architectural heritage	Identification of local heritage	Payment of aid to maintain key buildings and structures, provide public access	Preservation of local heritage improved streetscapes, footpaths, access to historic sites etc.
c) Waste Disposal	Encourage collection and disposal and consideration of alternative sources of energy	Payment of aid to project promoters	Increased waste recycling new jobs, additional incomes.