Projects & Practice

High quality pension offering beer wellness services in Rajecke Teplice

Keywords:: Entrepreneurship, Food & Drink, Healthcare, Job creation, Rural business, Rural SMEs, Tourism
Countries:: Slovakia

The reconstruction of an old villa to create high quality tourist accommodation offering spa and beer wellness services.

Diversifying a national cultural monument into a recreation centre

Keywords:: Culture, Diversification, Entrepreneurship, Job creation, Rural SMEs
Countries:: Slovakia

unique military fortress complex, listed as the national cultural monument, was turned into an attractive recreational and relaxation centre Kortina.

Setting up a business incubator in an area suffering from high unemployment

Keywords:: Diversification, Entrepreneurship, Job creation, Rural business, Rural SMEs
Countries:: Slovakia

A company that was focused on field crops diversified its activities by setting up a business incubator to boost the economic development of an area with high unemployment.

Purchasing a stone cutting machine

Keywords:: Competitiveness, Job creation, LEADER/CLLD, Rural business
Countries:: Estonia

A small rural business used RDP support to purchase new stone-cutting equipment in order to expand its range of products.

Integrated veterinary services using a mobile lab

Keywords:: Animal welfare, Entrepreneurship, Job creation, Rural business, Rural services
Countries:: Romania

Responding to clients’ needs by offering new integrated veterinary services using a mobile laboratory.

Expanding the Uuskaubi herb business in Estonia

Keywords:: Added value, Farm restructuring/modernisation, Rural SMEs
Countries:: Estonia

A small Estonian organic farm used EAFRD funding to scale up its production of herbs by investing in new machinery and upgrading buildings to help the business to grow.