IDARI Workshop, Tartu, June 2005 WP 1 (NUIG) Research Activity WP 1- Future actions to June 2006 (16.00 Friday 3 rd June)

IDARI Workshop, Tartu, June 2005

WP 1 (NUIG) Research Activity

WP 1- Future actions to June 2006 (16.00 Friday 3rd June)

WP 1. Thematic Fields

1 Biological Diversity & Environmental Sustainability

2 Rural Entrepreneurship

3 Social Capital

4 Population and Migration

The IDARI project is financed under the FP5 Quality of Life and Management of Living Resources, Key Action 5

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1. On farm Crop Diversity• Land Fragmentation and Crop Diversity

– Land Reform– Research group: EST, LT, BG, NUIG– Research group leader: SDF– Research question: to evaluate the effects of land

fragmentation on genetic crop diversity

• Council regulation No 870/2004 establishing a community programme on conservation, characterisation, collection and utilisation of genetic resources in agriculture and repealing regulation (EC) No 1467/94



1. On farm Crop Diversity

• Schedule– Schedule: Surveys (100 per country) to be completed by November

2005, Data Analysis by February 2006 • Publications (4 WP):

• Production and property right fragmentation and biodiversity conservation• Farm productivity, rural development and the scope for biodiversity

conservation

• Dissemination & Policy Relevance– Working group on crop diversity (on farm) involving

stakeholders



1. Organic Farming (DT)• Modelling the transition to organic agriculture in Estonia

– Research group: EE, NUIG– Research group leader: TvR– Doctoral Student: Ahto Oja– Research question: to identify formal and informal

institutional factors which influence the adoption of organic farming

• Council Regulation (EEC) NO 2091/91 on organic production of agricultural products and foodstuffs.



• Schedule– Schedule: Surveys to be completed by August

2005, Data Analysis by February 2006

• Publications (2 WP)• Assessing the determinants of organic farming in Estonia

• Dissemination & Policy Relevance– Network of stakeholder interests in organic farming

NGO’s & state sectors)


1. Organic Farming (DT)


1. Carbon Tax Policy

Redistributive Impact of Carbon Taxes – Research group: EST, NUIG– Research group leader: CD– Doctoral student: Silja Lupsik– Research question: to evaluate the effectiveness of

environmental taxation and alternative policies on their primary objective of pollution reduction.

The IPPC directive – integrated pollution and prevention control (96/61 EC). ( Council regulation N 761/2001.



• ScheduleModel Completed - September 2005

Interviews with Policy Makers Autumn 2005• Publications (3 WP)

• Distributional Impact of Tax-Benefit Policy in Estonia• Distributional Impact of Environmental Tax Policy • Spatial Impact of Environmental Tax Policy

• Dissemination & Policy Relevance: – Model Developed Currently in use by Estonian Ministry of Environment.– Set up of Working Group on Social Protection Policy- Estonian Policy Makers

Social Affairs Ministry– Presentation of Model at Latvian Statistical Society, current interest in Latvian

adoption of the Model– Silja involved in new EC 6th Framework Project to continue this work


1. Carbon Tax Policy


2. Rural Entrepreneurship • Factors that influence success of rural SMEs in Poland

– Research group: NUIG, PL– Research group leader: MC– Doctoral student (Wadim Strielkowski)– Research question: to identify factors that influence the

success of Polish rural SMEs– Paper on measuring elasticities of labour supply for Polish

rural entrepreneurs. Olsztyn, Poland (conference, 19-20 May 2005), will be published in September 2005.

• Multi-annual programme for enterprise and entrepreneurship – council decision (2000/819/EC) for SMEs (2001 – 2005)



• Schedule– Literature review and model completed , surveys to be

completed by October 2005, deliverables by April 2005

• Publications (3 WP)– Publications: 2 papers: Should I work or should I go?

(Conference in Olsztyn, 19-20 May 2005) and Ready to go? (with Cathal O’Donoghue)

• Dissemination & Policy Relevance: – Measuring economic policy impact on Polish rural SMEs,

relevance for Polish Ministry of Agricutlure


2. Rural Entrepreneurship


Partnerships as Communities of Practice for Rural Devt. in Latvia – Research group leader: MC– Doctoral student: Liga Paula– Research question: what is the role of learning as social

participation in building social capital in rural partnerships?– Surveys


3. Social Capital & Partnerships (DT)

• Schedule– Survey completed by November

• Publications (3 WP) – Learning, participation and partnerships for rural

communities– Learning in doing: participation of rural communities for a

common future.

• Dissemination & Policy Relevance: – Leader Plus initiatives



• Governance & Participative Community Devt. in Lithuania– Research group leader: Chris Curtin– Doctoral student Áine Macken Walsh– Research question: The local determinants effecting the

operation of partnership and participative community development in the context of the post-socialist countryside.



• Schedule– June 2005-June 2006: Data Analysis, Write up

• Publications (3 WP)– “Governance and Rural Development in the Post-Socialist Countryside: a case study of the

Rural Partnerships Programme in Lithuania” Papers for presentation at Fulbright Seminar on Regional Development, Vienna, July 2005 & ESRS Annual Conference, Hungary, August 2005.

– “Community Participative Devleopment in Practice: the case of Lithuania” ESRS Annual Conference, Hungary, August 2005.

– One further paper

• Dissemination & Policy Relevance: – Presentation to Expert Committee on Communties at Lithuanian Parliament, May 12th

2005– Visit of members of Expert Committee to Galway, 1-5th August 2005. – Meetings with Policy Officials in November 2004 & Communities in April & May 2005.



3. Social Capital & Partnerships • Partnerships and Social Capital

- Research group: LT, LAT, NUIG

- Research group leader: TvR

- Research question: does the emergence of partnerships through conflict enhance cooperation

between multi - stakeholder interest groups in the

management of natural resources.

- Pilot survey, main survey

- Publications


• Schedule– Schedule: Surveys to be completed by November 2005,

Data Analysis by February 2006

• Publications (3 WP)• Environmental partnerships, property rights, recreation and tourism

• Dissemination & Policy Relevance: – Local government, Leader initiatives, stakeholder initiatives

(countryside council)– Working group on partnerships


3. Social Capital & Partnerships

4. Population and Migration • Rural Population and Migration

- Research group: (TS, MV, NUIG)

- Research group leader: CD

- Research topic: Factors influencing inter-

regional and inter-national migration


• Schedule– Model Developed Jan 2006– Comparative Analysis March 2006– Initial Projections June 2006– PhD Completion Dec 2007

• Publications (3 WP)– Population Dynamic Microsimulation Model– Rural Population Change in Czech Republic– Rural Population Change in CEC

• Dissemination & Policy Relevance:– Meeting with Statistical Office and Ministries in Lithuania


4. Population and Migration

Documents

IDARI Workshop, Tartu, June 2005 WP 1 (NUIG) Research Activity WP 1- Future actions to June 2006 (16.00 Friday 3 rd June)