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Project
period has been 08/03/2004—31/12/2007 and field
of intervention has been promoting the adaptation and the
development of rural areas.
The funding of DESERVE Finland has been secured by NPP (74,9%), Ministry of Interior (in connection with Nordic-Sottish action plan ~21%), and Regional Council of North Karelia, Joint authority of Kainuu Region and Rural Advisory Center.
Summary
The DESERVE project sought to establish the transferability of models
of service delivery to remote and rural areas among the
participating partner regions within the Northern Periphery. Each
participating region have implemented a project in their native region
utilising a model, or elements of various models, previously tested
by partners in their own regions. The emphasis has been on models
of service delivery to remote and rural areas rather than on the specific
services provided in these areas. The rationale for this being that
sectors may be able to learn lessons from one another. Partners has
also been keen to establish the extent to which models must be adapted
to suit local contexts. The long term view has been that the models
‘borrowed’ from partners are mainstreamed across the Northern
Periphery partnership.
DESERVE Finland, Summary
The Finnish DESERVE partners targeted agencies which were
involved in the development and delivery of rural services and worked
closely with the LEADER groups that were active in their areas. Academic
staff from the two universities of Oulu and Joensuu arranged joint
workshops attended by officials from administrative level and local
associations at which improvements for local strategies through the
transfer of models from the DESERVE partners were discussed. In order
to become better acquainted with the models, representatives from
the targeted group from rural associations, rural development projects,
LEADER programmes and regional bodies participated in a series of
study trips/international conferences. A total of 120
individuals participated in these experiences.
The second target groups were the inhabitants in the villages in the
rural regions of Kainuu and North Karelia who would be able to benefit
from ITC points and alternative delivery methods of health and social
services in their villages. Six mini pilots were developed in Kainuu
which contributed to the improvement of access to services at a local
level. The Pro Agria Kainuu developed the Expert Register of Kainuu
women, 
improving
it based on a customer survey and developed training modules. A number
of these mini projects have been mainstreamed and the rural
communities continue to receive the benefits of innovative manners
of delivery of services developed from the NPP DESERVE models. Kainuu
and North Karelia LEADER programmes both financed new examples of
service delivery which borrowed from DESERVE models. A total of 1,855
individuals were directly involved in the activities and study trips
during the period of the project.
Finnish team has also provided inputs to the for the monitoring and
evaluation system for the entire transnational project.
Lead Partner: Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations, Scotland, UK
Partners:
2. Argyll And Bute Council, Scotland UK
3. Scottish Executive, Environment and Rural Affairs Department, Scotland
UK
4. County Administrative Board of Västerbotten, Sweden
5. The Icelandic Regional Institute, Iceland
6. Kajaani University Consortium, University of Oulu, Finland
7. ProAgria Rural Advisory Centre of Kainuu, Finland
8. Karelian Institute, University of Joensuu, Finland
Associate Partners
9. Joint Authority of Kainuu Region
10. Regional Council of North Karelia
Objectives
of the Project
The main objectives of the project have been:
- To improve the viability of service provision
- To test the transferability of models of rural service delivery among partners by implementing models employed in other partner regions: transferring and testing ideas and practices
- To establish the extent to which these models must be adapted to suit regional contexts: how flexible they are and what barriers to success exist
- To improve the delivery of services to remote and rural areas within the northern periphery region
- To improve accessibility of services within
the northern periphery region by mainstreaming the new approaches
across the transnational partnership area
Equal opportunities
The project has been contributing to equal opportunities
Equality of access to rural services has been the ultimate aim of
this proposed project. An important element of the testing of models
of service delivery will be ensuring gender equality.
In DESERVE Finland particularly the gender aspect will be considered
at several levels:
- Women experts have been involved in project
management, design and implementation
- Special measures will be designed and implemented for home economies.
DESERVE generally, and especially DESERVE Finland and DESERVE Scotland are strongly connected to the Nordic-Scottish Action Plan for regional co-operation, relating to practical co-operation in regional development, regional policy in rural and peripheral areas.
Contact information
| University of Oulu, Kajaani University Consortium,
Lönnrot Institute (co-ordinator) PO. Box 51, 87101 Kajaani, Finland Andra Aldea-Partanen andra.aldea-partanen@oulu.fi Mob +358 505 147 097 Phone +358 8 632 4803 |
University of Joensuu, Karelian Institute PO. Box 111, 80101 Joensuu, Finland Esko Lehto esko.lehto@joensuu.fi Phone +358 13 251 4661 |
ProAgria Kainuu Osmonkatu 9 87100 Kajaani, Finland Marjatta Pikkarainen marjatta.pikkarainen@proagria.fi Phone +358 44 320 1585 |
Deserve Finland final presentation
(19,2 Mt) (pps), pdf-versio
(1,03 Mt)
Deserve Finland, January 2008:
Mini projects/pilot activities in Finland (pdf)
Deserve Finland leaflet
in English, Sept. 2007 (pdf), Kainuu
Pilot projects Sept. 2007 (pdf)
Deserve Suomi, esite suomeksi 2007
(pdf), Kainuun Pilottiprojektit
2007 (pdf)
Deserve päätösseminaari
/ final seminar 27.9.2007, Sotkamo: Seminaariohjelma
/ Final
seminar program (pdf)
Deserve Finland: Learning and
Piloting Village Services, May 2007, Scotland
Bottom Rules study trip/opintomatka 12.4.2007: Programme/Ohjelma
(pdf) ja Participant list/osallistujalista
(pdf)
Kainuu XIV Village
Days, broadcasted by youth of Nakertaja-Heteenmäki, under Deserve
pilot project (Finnish) 26-27.1.2007
Deserven esite 30.10.2006 (pdf)
ja juliste 30.10.2006 (pdf)
NPP DESERVE: International
seminar and steering group meeting
in Finland 27. – 30.9.2006
CIVICUS
Gathering, 21 June 2006 - Finnish Deserve. Increasing Access to Rural
Services
Scotland
International Steering Group Meeting, 20 June 2006 - Transferability,
first conclusions
Innovation Seminar Sweden
30-31 March 2006 - Deserve as Social Innovation
16.2.2006
Kainuun pilottihankkeet esittäytyivät
12.9.2005 DESERVE -hanke
tarjoaa kylille pienhankerahaa kylien palvelujen saatavuuden parantamiseen
Deserve leaflet in Finnish / Esite
(pdf)
Deserve presentation
in Finnish 12.08.2005 (pps)
Deserve presentation
in English 22.11.2005 (pps)
Deserve project summary in
Finnish / Tiivistelmä (pdf)
Tampere International Summer School
on Europhean Peripheries
Linkki Deserven esittelysivuun Joensuun yliopiston Karjalan tutkimuslaitoksessa