Local partnership LAG Kozjak – Pohorje

The Kozjak-Pohorje Local Action Group (LAS Kozjak-Pohorje) is a public-private contractual partnership with open membership, which can be joined by representatives of the public, economic and social sectors with the aim of implementing projects to achieve the objectives of the Local Development Strategy for the Kozjak-Pohorje Local Action Group (SLR). LAS KP operates in the area of five municipalities, two from Koroška (Radlje ob Dravi and Podvelka) and three from the Podravina region (Lovrenc na Pohorju, Ruše and Selnica ob Dravi).

Project info card

Project name: Local partnership LAS Kozjak – Pohorje
Akrim: LAS KP
Lead partner: RRA Koroška doo
Project partnership: Municipality of Radlje ob Dravi, Municipality of Podvelka, Municipality of Lovrenc na Pohorju, Municipality of Selnica ob Dravi, Municipality of Ruše
Period: 2023-2027
Project value: EUR 1,899,410.96
Source of funding: European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD): EUR 945,345.34; European Regional Development Fund (ERDF): EUR 954,065.62
Contact person: Jasmina Pungartnik, Danijela Uran, Andrej Erjavec

The purpose of the project is to promote the comprehensive and balanced development of local areas of all five municipalities participating in the Kozjak-Pohorje LAG.

The project's goals are environmental connectivity and economic development, new innovative offers for the quality of life and health of residents, strengthening existing and new forms of assistance and support for vulnerable groups, greater resilience of the area to climate change, and better conditions for protecting nature and the environment.

Who is the project intended for:

Individual entrepreneurs.
To natural persons with an activity.
Legal entities under public and private law.
Young people (school dropouts, addicts, juvenile delinquents, children and adolescents from families where violence is present, etc.).
Other vulnerable groups (elderly people, female victims of violence, migrants, members of ethnic minorities, etc.).
Long-term unemployed people.
To the elderly.
Non-governmental organizations.
Local interest or other associations.

Individual entrepreneurs, natural persons, and legal entities under private and public law from the Kozjak-Pohorje LAG area can apply for co-financing of selected projects.

Project benefits:

By implementing the Kozjak-Pohorje LAG projects, we promote development opportunities in the local area of Kozjak-Pohorje LAG by supporting and creating conditions for the economic, social and sustainable development of the local community by involving the residents of the KP LAG area.