Projects & Practice

A Local Action Group (LAG) helps coordinate the climate and energy strategies of its municipalities.

The Flemish NSU organised a series of Learning Networks for LEADER meetings focussing on specific topics, in order to support the exchange of information, invite topic experts and improve LEADER and CLLD implementation.

The Walloon RDP supports the provision of quality healthcare services for ageing inhabitants of rural areas in Belgium.

Promoting the sustainable management of small, privately owned forests. This is the winning initiative of the 2019 Rural Inspiration Awards in the 'LEADER' category.

‘Nos Oignons’ is an association that supported the preparation and implementation of three RDP funded projects that promote social farming in Wallonia.

Supporting vulnerable people and facilitating their re-integration into society through small volunteer jobs on local farms.

An environmental NGO implemented a project to preserve and maintain an old clay pit that provides shelter to a number of rare and endangered species.

The project considered built heritage as a development lever for a rural area and relied upon the younger generation to raise awareness about it and to take care of it in the longer term.

Supporting the preparatory work for the creation of a 41 km green lane linking up bends the Meuse river between the municipalities of Yvoir and Huy in Wallonia.

Restoring a wetland ecosystem and creating an observation area, for ecological, hydrological, educational and touristic purposes.