The Pielach Valley LAG is made up of the mayors of 8 Pielach Valley communities, the responsible regional managers as well as 11 other representatives from commerce, tourism, agriculture and conservation.

The development strategy, which is built up on natural space strengths from the projects that have already been started, like Perma-Culture the “Huchen Habitat” project, the numerous co-operations in the initial production and in the areas of processing and marketing respectively, targets the closing of regional economic cycles in the valley and builds upon the development of an “integrative” tourism from one of these projects, which processes the beauty, natural specialities and strengths of the valley in a high quality way.
An integrated valley economy should be achieved in which the citizens are optimally integrated.
Built upon this, an integrative tourism that uses the natural space and strengths of the valley, that were processed in the framework of the LEADER+ strategy, makes an additional development effect with lasting results in a commuter region possible.
In this sense, the sustainability of the project is guaranteed. The valley resources will be maintained for future generations.

-Expansion and increase of the economic cycle and with that the regional added value and the establishment of revenue in the region
-Preparation of sustainable projects using the endogenous potentials of the region to secure the revenue of the inhabitants of the Pielach Valley.
-Implementing synergies between various economic areas in the sense of the largest possible resource protection.
-The support of innovation and also the willingness of the population to participate in projects – especially in the endangered economic area of traditional agriculture and/or in the area of small business services
-Preservation and protection of the intact natural and cultural landscape in the region as a pre-requisite for a clear positioning of the region to the public
-Establishing an “integrative tourism“ as an “up-gradable” economic pillar of the region and at the same time as an ambassador for the services and products of the Pielach Valley
-Embedding tourism in the Pielach Valley in a sector-spanning and regional specific networked regional economy
-Guaranteeing the quality of life and awareness training of the citizens for the quality of life in the region
-Reaching a self determined cultural dynamic and social satisfaction in the living and holiday regions of the Pielach Valley
-Strengthening the regional identity and regional awareness in the Pielach Valley
-Intensifying co-operations with the neighbouring regions of Mariazellerland and Lower Austria. Eisenstrasse (Iron Street) in the project development.