The strategy

The guidelines set by the EU outline the strategy of LAEDER + in a way to make it a unique and innovative programme.
- Synergy between operators, sectors and projects working on a central theme that is typical of the area and its know-how, which becomes the focus of the development strategy:
Identifying the focus
- Consistency and sustainability in the use of resources
- PILOT strategy: new products and services, new methods to connect local resources to favour the development of local potential
- Transferability of the proposed methods
- Complementarity with other interventions to be carried out in the area

The LAG DELTA 2000 has identified its strategy, which focuses on the fourth theme of the EU guidelines: enhancement of natural and cultural resources, including the sites of EU environmental interest of NATURE 2000. At local level the focus theme is the enhancement of natural and cultural resources of the Delta in Emilia-Romagna.

Main objectives:
- Support the safeguard and sustainable use of local resources
- Widen the boundaries of protected natural areas protecting and supporting biodiversity
-Develop nature-oriented activities
- Increase the employability of the area
-Involve local communities in the creation of a "culture of the Park"
- Contribute to the creation of a system of local offer.
The GAL developed a strategy that is not the outcome of theoretical discussions but rather the result of long consultations at local level. Then strategy focuses on the following priorities, which in turn become primary objectives:  
- Reinforce the environmental heritage of the Delta embedding it in the structure of an ecosystem-territorial model
- Improve, organise and create a network of all resources in terms of environment, history, culture and landscape
- Support the differentiation and improvement of the entrepreneurial offer in all its aspects
- Support the access of the local system of the Po delta to national and foreign markets
- Reinforce and widen cooperation networks.

The development of each of these priorities calls for a series of interventions to be carried out through the integration between different planning tools and financing measures for the Delta territory. The LEADER + and the GAL will grant homogeneity in the strategy, in close contact with all institutional levels - regional, provincial, local, as well as with an active participation on the part of the private sector.