Rural Aberdeenshire Local Action Group
LEADER will be delivered by the Rural Aberdeenshire Local Action Group (LAG), a partnership comprising representatives from community, business, land based, youth, and women's groups in the area, together with representatives from public sector organisations.
Details of the LAG Partnership are located in the Document Library.
Aberdeenshire Council is the lead partner in the Rural Aberdeenshire LAG.
The area covered by the Rural Aberdeenshire LAG is the Aberdeenshire local authority area minus the western part, which is covered by the Cairngorms LAG, and settlements with a population of over 5,000.
In 2007, the Rural Aberdeenshire LAG undertook a series of community consultations and surveys, with the aim of identifying key issues and priorities, which would help shape the Local Development Strategy to deliver LEADER in rural Aberdeenshire.
The two key themes the Rural Aberdeenshire LAG Strategy will focus on are:
Revitalising Communities and Progressive Rural Economy.
The priorities the Rural Aberdeenshire LAG Strategy will focus on are:
- Sustainable Communities
- Sustainable Energy
- Innovative Value Added Products and Markets
- Sustainable Tourism Development
- Innovative Micro Enterprise
- Versatile Rural Workforce
The overarching Community Planning Themes of Community Wellbeing, Jobs and the Economy, Lifelong Learning and Sustainable Environment are core to the partnership and establishment of the Rural Aberdeenshire LAG.
Members of the Rural Aberdeenshire LAG include:
- Aberdeenshire Council
- Scottish Enterprise
- Forestry Commission Scotland
- Scottish Natural Heritage
- VisitScotland
- Aberdeenshire Community Councils
- Aberdeenshire Councils for Voluntary Service
- Aberdeenshire Local Rural Partnerships
- Scottish Women's Rural Institute
- Scottish Association of Young Farmers Clubs
- National Farmers Union Scotland
- Scottish Rural Property & Business Association
- Federation of Small Businesses
- National Health Service
