Public hearing on Community Led Local Development (CLLD)

Community Led Local Development (CLLD) is a specific tool for use at sub-regional level, which is complementary to other development support at local level. CLLD can mobilise and involve local communities and organisations to contribute to achieving the Europe 2020 Strategy goals of smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, fostering territorial cohesion and reaching specific policy objectives.
The Greek and Italian Presidencies attache great importance to cohesion policy as a valuable means for boosting sustainable growth and for overcoming the current economic crisis in Europe. The new CLLD Mechanism, included in the European Common Strategic framework for Structural and Cohesion Funds, can have a real added value in the efforts to promote economic and social cohesion throughout the European Union and achieve long lasting growth.
In order to deliver the most pertinent opinion possible, a hearing will be organised on 29 September 2014 at the EESC headquarters in Brussels, bringing together different actors in the field who will share their experience and positions regarding this new tool. This hearing will be very helpful for the drafting of this exploratory opinion and will deliver an overview of the position of civil society.