Projects & Practice

Gunzesried alpine dairy - Utilising whey to generate energy

Keywords:: Added value, Animal husbandry, Climate change adaptation, Energy efficiency, Entrepreneurship, Environmental sustainability, LEADER/CLLD, Producer groups
Countries:: Germany

A dairy cooperative used LEADER support to set up a biorefinery plant for recovering energy from whey.

Klixbüll’s community electric car sharing scheme

Keywords:: Climate change adaptation, LEADER/CLLD, Renewable energy, Rural services
Countries:: Germany

Using LEADER support to set up an electric car sharing scheme in a rural community.

Terroir Moselle - Wine and architecture route

Keywords:: Bioeconomy, Cooperation, Culture, Inter-territorial/Transnational cooperation, LEADER/CLLD, Market development, Tourism
Countries:: France, Germany, Luxembourg

The ‘Terroir Moselle wine and architecture route’ is a ‘preparatory’ cooperation project gathering six LEADER areas, five wine growing areas from four regions and three countries.

Café Edelstein – designing a village’s meeting point

Keywords:: Culture, Demography, Diversification, LEADER/CLLD, Local food, Social inclusion
Countries:: Germany

In order to strengthen and expand the function of a community café as a focal point of the village community, the outdoor area of the old school hosting the café was rebuilt and designed in such a way that community events can be held outdoors.

Setting up a cheese experience centre in Woerden

Keywords:: Food & Drink, LEADER/CLLD, Market development, Vocational training & skills acquisition
Countries:: The Netherlands

Setting up an innovative enterprise in a historic building to strengthen the regional and local agricultural economy, while promoting employment and tourism.

Conservation of natural heritage - Biodiversity and wood fuel

Keywords:: Biodiversity, Bioeconomy, Climate change adaptation, Protected areas, Renewable energy
Countries:: Germany

Testing the transferability of landscape management to other Natura 2000 sites.

Green Well Westland

Keywords:: Cooperation, Producer groups, Renewable energy
Countries:: The Netherlands

This multi-million Euro project helped harness geothermal energy to produce heat and power by drilling wells into reservoirs of hot water that are found deep underneath the earth’s surface.