The 8th LSG meeting held in Alajärvi, Finland on September 5th at the JPYP’s premises. The meeting was organized by JPYP and had 7 participants. This was the first LSG meeting held during the monitoring phase and its main purpose was to give updates on the actions included in the Action plan of the Region of South Ostrobothnia.

As an outcome, it can be said that one third of the actions are moving forward very well, one third of the actions are still waiting for getting started but have good change of doing so and one third of the actions still lack more concrete plans. The LSG was also informed about the pilot project in more detailed way.