Projects & Practice

Chrysoloras Winery – Winery establishment and farm modernisation

Keywords:: Competitiveness, Energy efficiency, Job creation, Organic farming, Product quality
Countries:: Greece

Vineyard expansion project supports employment in organics sector on small Greek island.

Sloga Kranj cooperative – Setting up producer groups of potato, vegetable and fruit growers

Keywords:: Cooperation, Direct marketing, Information & promotion activities, Job creation, Producer groups
Countries:: Slovenia

Slovenian smallholders cooperate to strengthen their collective competitiveness.

Development of Popsi Kitchen in Estonia

Keywords:: Entrepreneurship, Job creation, LEADER/CLLD, Local food, Rural business, Women
Countries:: Estonia

A bakery and patisserie in rural Estonia used CAP funds through the LEADER measure to realise a series of investments, making the business more competitive and attractive to customers.

Refurbishment of the family-owned dairy processing plant in Romania

Keywords:: Competitiveness, Farm restructuring/modernisation, Job creation, Product quality, Rural business
Countries:: Romania

CAP funds were used by a family-owned dairy processing plant to modernise its production facilities and introduce a merchandise management software.

Setting-up of wooden toy manufacturing workshop in rural Romania

Keywords:: Entrepreneurship, Job creation, Product quality, Rural business
Countries:: Romania

EAFRD support enabled a pair of entrepreneurs to harness their experience to establish a wooden toy manufacturing business, stimulating diversified economic activity and creating jobs in a rural area.

“Fro de Bauer” / “Ask the farmer”

Keywords:: Agriculture, Information & promotion activities, Job creation, LEADER/CLLD, Sustainability
Countries:: Luxembourg

An EAFRD funded awareness raising LEADER project to address the increasing knowledge gap in society about agricultural production systems and the shrinking appreciation for foodstuffs.

Farmer Audrius Juška's investments in winter greenhouses

Keywords:: Agriculture, Climate change adaptation, Competitiveness, Energy efficiency, Farm restructuring/modernisation, Job creation, Renewable energy
Countries:: Lithuania

An EAFRD funded investment in high-tech greenhouse horticulture based on renewable energy.

Ju & Me - A youth mentoring project in the LEADER regions "Wesermünde-Süd" and "Leipziger Muldenland"

Keywords:: Job creation, Knowledge transfer, Networking, Rural Inspiration Awards: nominees, Youth
Countries:: Germany

Fostering new forms of youth civic participation

‘ΑξίΖΩ’ (axiZO)

Keywords:: Job creation, Rural Inspiration Awards: nominees, Social inclusion, Social services, Youth
Countries:: Greece

Promote access to work for disabled people in rural Greece

Krásne Sady - Developing a traditional forest education facility in Slovakia

Keywords:: Education & lifelong learning, Forestry, Job creation, Rural Inspiration Awards: nominees, Sustainability, Youth
Countries:: Slovakia

The traditional forest education facility of Krásne Sady aims to raise awareness and connection with the natural environment in Slovakia through experiential learning.