Welcome to Leader Bergslagen
We are the local action group Leader Bergslagen. Please contact us for collaboration and study visits. We speak Swedish, Finnish, English, Spanish and some French.
Looking for collaboration?
We participated in the Poitiers Leader Congress 2024.
At the congress we met many other Leader representatives.
Our aim is to develop collaboration during 2025 and 2026.
Please read the summary of our local development strateg in order to see if our areas of interest match.
The first step would be to arrange a meeting in Teams. PLease contact our LAG manager Vivi Båvner. Vivi speaks Swedish, Finnish, English, Spanish and some French.
Leader Bergslagen’s vision for the programming period 2023–2027 is:
Together we make Bergslagen a better place to visit, live and work.
To achieve our vision, we have chosen the following overall goals:
1.Strengthened entrepreneurship
2.Increased quality of life
3.Care for the environment
The three focus areas are:
1.Promote entrepreneurship in Bergslagen
2.Improve living conditions for the people in Bergslagen
3.Protect the natural environment in Bergslagen
Summary
LEADER is a European programme with the aim to involve local groups in rural areas in the economic development of their own regions by forming Local Action Groups (LAGs) and by designing and implementing strategies. This is the local strategy for Leader Bergslagen in Sweden for 2023-2027.
Leader Bergslagen includes ten municipalities within three regions. Smedjebacken and Ludvika in southern Dalarna, Skinnskatteberg, Fagersta, Norberg and Surahammar in northern Västmanland, and Hällefors, Ljusnarsberg, Nora and Lindesberg in northern Örebro region.
The history of mining unites the area and there is a strong common identity among Bergslagen’s over 100,000 inhabitants. The nature is similar throughout the area with extensive forestry, hundreds of lakes, and various areas for recreation. The population density is low outside the municipal capitals. Historical traces from the industrialisation and mining era are present in all villages.
We wrote our development strategy in broad cooperation with the groups in Bergslagen. We have organised many workshops and meetings. All through the strategy process we have worked according to the Leader approach with representation from the public, private and non-profit sector. The seven features of the Leader approach are Bottom-up perspective, Innovation, Integrative initiatives, Networks, Cooperation, Local Action Groups (LAG) and local strategy.
