General Information

Association Local Action Group AGRO LIDER Krivogashtani is an independent, non-governmental, non-political and non-profit organization founded on 15 of August 2014. The organization attempts to increase opportunities for people from rural areas in the field of socio-economic development, education, culture and sport. The Local Action Group Agro Lider acting as an association of CSO's in partnership with Local Government on Municipalities of Krivogashtani, Krushevo, Dolneni and Prilep. Since its founding in 2014, LAG AGRO LIDER is a bridge between local government, public institutions, business entities and civic sector, actively working to encourage all relevant actors to work together for the benefit of the whole community.
The core values of the organization are: Active participation, democracy, equal opportunities, transparency, solidarity, tolerance, understanding, mutual support and collaboration.
The organization uses a holistic approach to undertake development initiatives to cater to the protection of human rights, attainment of sustainable livelihoods and empowerment of the people in rural areas. Main areas of work – sustainable rural development, social justice, gender equality, youth, environmental protection, sport, and culture.
The organizational activities and operations are organized by the LAG Agro Lider staff. It has 3 employees, 2 women and 1 man.
The main components which LAG Agro Lider are comprised of are: its membership, decision making bodies and its professional staff team. LAG Agro Lider' membership is open to individuals and representatives of public bodies, civil society organizations, businesses and people living and/or working within the LAG Agro Lider boundaries.
Organizational structure of LAG Agro Lider:
General Assembly – 29 members (16 Men/13 Women; Age up to 29 – 4; Age up to 60-23; above 60 years -2). AGRO LIDER' General Assembly reflects that set out in the Statute and internal organizations document and no more than 49% of the membership of any decision-making body may come from a single interest group. Community-led local development must be led by local action groups composed of representatives of public and private local socio-economic interests, in which, at the decision-making level neither public authorities, as defined in accordance with national rules, nor any single interest group (farmers, women’ associations, etc.) represents more than 49 % of the voting rights .
LAG Agro Lider implements age, gender and diversity approach in order to ensure that all persons/members fully participate in decision processes within the organization. It is represented by President of the organization (woman), Management Board – 11 members (4 men and 7 women) and Advisory board – 3 members (1 representative of public sector, one of private sector and one of civic sector 3 men/0 women)
The agenda based on sustainable rural development is a basic principle in our activities, while the right to choose - our key message. We promote and contribute to sustainable rural development through initiatives, partnerships, and the use of endogenous community potential with aim to promote the use of existing resources and values within communities to support the management of local traditions and natural resources. We are focused on positive environmental, social, and demographic trends, network cooperation, establishment and participation of civic platforms and strengthening solidarity between citizens and CSOs in promoting rural development policies.

LAG Agro Lider values are:
- Encouraging the sustainable development of agriculture and the rural environment is fundamental to everything we do.
- We value and appreciate the contribution of all our associates. Our success depends on the strong individual commitment and our ability to work as a team.
- We strive to develop and maintain good working relationships with organizations and people with whom we share common interests.
- We are focused on achieving results and efficient use of available resources.

By practicing rural development policy, we encourage the diversification of economic activities, promote local and regional initiatives, thus providing a unique approach within the single development concept.