Projects & Practice

E-bike charge stations generate new rural tourism potential in Austria.
 

The project converted a mobile container into a spectacular learning and meeting space to cooperate with companies and young people and improve job opportunities.
 

Slow Trips unites partners from six EU Member States to communicate and market innovative tourism products characterised by sustainability and participation and to attract new target groups of tourists who are dissatisfied with superficial sightseeing.
 

A young unemployed resident of a poor rural area used support from the LEADER measure to create a business that provides a renewable energy source (firewood).

A female entrepreneur set up a company to produce high quality fashion products made of natural material.

A project that aimed to mobilise society, build inter-generational cooperation and promote the region’s culinary tradition as means to preserve its cultural heritage.

Many small towns have the problem of vacant sales spaces and an innovative concept  to revitalise city centres is to offer flexible rental options to pop-up shops. This was the winning initiative of the 2019 Rural Inspiration Awards in the 'Popular Vote' category.

A bottom-up project that mobilised the inhabitants of a small town to create their own development plan.

A LEADER project that promoted the use of the local natural heritage as a lever for sustainable local development.

An intercultural youth event that allows young people from neighboring countries to learn about each other’s language and culture and to exchange experiences.