FARNET
Fisheries Areas Network

Cooperation by Member State

The Member State factsheets below explain how FLAG cooperation, as foreseen under EMFF Articles 62 and 64, is being implemented around Europe. The information includes any thematic focus foreseen at national level; budget details, when available; and any specific cooperation procedures and rules established by the national and/or regional authorities.

  • bg-eu-bulgaria-map

    15/01/2019
    Bulgaria
    Cooperation projects in Bulgaria are likely to emerge later in the programming period, towards the end of the programming period as FLAGs started the implementation of their strategies later than most Member States.
  • 16/12/2020
    Croatia
    The 2014-2020 programming period is the first time that Croatia has Fisheries Local Action Groups, which started to implement their strategies in 2019.
  • 09/12/2021
    Cyprus
    Cooperation is strongly encouraged in Cyprus, both at the inter-territorial and the transnational level. The call for FLAG strategies included a specific section for cooperation plans and all three Cypriot FLAGs, therefore, received provisional approval of their cooperation proposals when selected.
  • dk-eu-map-denmark

    02/02/2017
    Denmark
    FLAG areas in Denmark are focused on the few remaining small-scale fisheries communities. As such, cooperation activities are expected to focus on supporting small-scale fisheries businesses, attracting young people to work in fisheries and diversifying activities.
  • ee-eu-map-estonia-

    15/01/2019
    Estonia
    Cooperation in Estonia will focus on three main areas: joint marketing, knowledge transfer and promotion of fisheries and maritime activities.
  • 15/01/2019
    Finland
    FLAG cooperation in Finland’s EMFF programme is considered to be a way of bringing new ideas and innovations to the country in order to address some specific challenges. In particular, cooperation is sought to increase the profitability of small-scale coastal fisheries and make the sector attractive as a career for young people, as well as combatting the issues posed by seals and cormorants in fishing communities. However, cooperation is not limited and other ideas and networking can be developed among the FLAGs.
  • fr-eu-map-france

    07/12/2020
    France
    Cooperation is strongly encouraged by the programme authorities in France and FLAGs were required to lay out their plans for cooperation within their local development strategies in their bid to gain EMFF funding. In some cases, cooperation is viewed as a transversal tool to strengthen the impact of all areas of FLAG work and, in other cases, cooperation is programmed as an area of work in its own right with specific objectives.
  • de-eu-germany-map

    09/12/2021
    Germany
    FLAG cooperation in Germany is mainly viewed as a transversal tool to strengthen the impact of other areas of FLAG work. It is included in the German EMFF Operational Programme (OP) but is not an operational priority.
  • gr-eu-map-greece

    16/12/2020
    Greece
    Cooperation is strongly encouraged in Greece and the proposal of at least one (inter-territorial or transnational) cooperation project was a compulsory element of the application process for candidate FLAGs to receive EMFF funding. Some of the themes emerging most strongly from the Greek local development strategies include cooperation around tourism, thematic trails (e.g. around gastronomy, archaeology…) and diving parks.
  • ie-eu-map-ireland

    02/02/2017
    Ireland
    The first cooperation initiatives in Ireland are expected to emerge in 2017 following a national call for cooperation projects, which the Managing Authority (MA) plans to launch mid-2017. Although cooperation was not a strong element of the 2007-2013 Axis 4 programme in Ireland, the MA hopes that the call in the current programming period will result in at least one cooperation project per FLAG.