The 13th OECD Rural Development Conference was held in Cavan, Ireland on 28-30 September 2022 under the theme "Building Sustainable, Resilient and Thriving Rural Places". These are the presentations from the Conference parallel session "Rethinking Rural Development: Effective Solutions for Bottom-Up Rural Economic and Community Development". For more information visit https://www.oecd.org/rural/rural-development-conference/.

1. Rethinking Rural Economic & Community Development
Dingle Peninsula

2.  Local producers facing issues (e.g. prices, short food chains, quality).
Pat O'Shea, hill sheep farmer - idea for an area food brand.
Visited Ballymaloe Cookery School to explore his idea.
 Researched other approaches.
 LEADER-funded training programme
to develop a food branding strategy.
 Replicable in other areas.
Effective Solutions from the Bottom-up

3.  Local stakeholders - training course & Steering Group.
 Farmers, fishers, retailers, hospitality, chefs, …
 Agency stakeholders involved - Advisory Group.
 LA, tourism, enterprise, agriculture, education ...
 Delivered modular programme over 12 months.
Aligned with government policies.
Brand being launched 1/10/2022 at theDingleFood Festival!
Community-Led Local Development … CLLD

4. Public / Statutory
Private
Community
Local
Development
Partnership
Animation & Capacity Building
need toberesourced.
Rethinking what bottom up looks like?
Go raibh maith agaibh / Thank you!