110653 20220817094821.0 doi 10.30827/cuadgeo.v60i3.17750 sideral 126810 ART-2021-126810 spa Serrano Andrés, A. Universidad de Zaragoza Multilevel governance as a key feature within the LEADER programme for territorial development and the empowerment of local actors: The cases of aragón and midi-pyrénées 2021 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted The LEADER methodology has become the main territorial approach tool to support the development of rural areas. However, the incorporation of LEADER as another measure within the rural development programs has increased the influence of the Managing Authorities (MA), which, together with the different interpretation of the instrument by the LAGs (Local Action Groups), generates differences in the application of its basic principles at the local and regional levels. Based on surveys and interviews, the impact of these influences on the LEADER governance model is analyzed comparatively in Aragon (Spain) and midi-Pyrénées (France). The results show that the tools to channel the proposals of the LAG technicians have not been devel-oped. In addition, the MA are not open to the empowerment of local actors for the construction of the action frameworks, which are therefore experienced as too rigid and bureaucratic. These problems in multi-level governance have significant consequences for the implementation of the other key specificities of the LEADER approach. © 2021, Universidad de Granada. All rights reserved. info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by-nc http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/es/ 1.0 2021 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Hernández Navarro, M.L Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0003-4037-6902 Barthe, L. 3006 010 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Geograf. Ordenac.Territ. Área Análisis Geográfico Regi. 60, 3 (2021), 192-211 Cuad. geogr. Univ. Granada Cuadernos Geograficos 0210-5462 410696 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/110653/files/texto_completo.pdf Versión publicada 1801201 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/110653/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Versión publicada oai:zaguan.unizar.es:110653 articulos driver 2022-08-17-09:36:35 ARTICLE