Rural Alliances (Proposed Interreg IVB NWE) Project Management

Descriptions

As Lead Partner, Brecon Beacons National Park Authority (BBNPA) submitted a funding application to the Interreg IVB North West Europe (NWE) Programme for a partnership project called Rural Alliances in the 8th call for proposals. The Programme Steering Committee met on 28 June 2011 and gave the project conditional approval. The project has 2 months to fulfil these conditions and applicants will be informed of the decision by 12th September 2011. Tenders for project coordination, promotion and financial management are invited subject to the project being fully approved. The partnership consists of twelve organisations from six different North West European countries. The Rural Alliances project aims to address urgent challenges caused by rapid demographic change in rural areas by putting into practice a completely new alliance building concept, combining enterprise & community interests to strengthen NWE’s rural competitive & cohesive position & countering the negative effects of demographic change. It also aims to produce a new common method to measure rural vibrancy and support alliances to forge new relationships with the public sector to safeguard & enhance rural resources/services.The partners will work together from the final approval date of the application to July 2015 to deliver 3 comprehensive work packages which will require complex project/financial management and communication delivery.