Evaluation: LEADER strategies and management of Austria (2014)

Client: Austrian Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry

In this study the organizational structures of the LAG management, the implementation of their areas of responsibility and the achievement of the objectives of all Austrian local development strategies were analyzed and evaluated. For this purpose the background to the choice of organizational structure and its continuity in the funding period 2007 - 2013, the management of the areas of responsibility of the LAG management and their cost structures were queried, presented and evaluated using an online questionnaire. In addition, the achievement of the objectives of the local development strategies was checked by comparing the submitted local development strategies with the projects actually implemented.