The role of European fisheries funds for innovation and regional development in Galicia (Spain)

M. Ángeles Piñeiro-Antelo and Rubén C. Lois-González

European Planning Studies, 2019, vol. 27, issue 12, 2394-2410

Abstract: Social innovations are recognized as a pillar of sustainable rural development processes and are strongly conditioned by territorial capabilities. The objective of this study is to analyze the social innovations that have arisen in the coastal community of Lira (Galicia, Spain) since the early 2000s to provide a better understanding of the role of European fisheries policy on regional and local development. This study shows that the social innovations related to shared fishery resources management in protected areas, new tourism products linked to maritime heritage, or empowerment of women’s work in shellfish farming, were strongly conditioned by the volume of public funds invested in the community. They have provided progress that needs to be consolidated through reinforcing the capabilities of fisheries local action group (FLAG) structures, which have become examples of social innovation that strengthen the RRI paradigm. Nevertheless, the FLAGs must overcome limiting factors, such as the resistance to change from the local community, the difficulty in integrating the weakest actors or regional and local governments’ attempts to control the decision-making bodies of the FLAG.

Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1080/09654313.2019.1635996

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