Projects & Practice

Developing a traditional forest education facility in Slovakia

Keywords:: Culture, Education & lifelong learning, Environmental protection, Forestry, Job creation, Youth
Countries:: Slovakia

Harnessing forest education and culture as a rural development resource.

Young Farmer Vladislav Paľurik

Keywords:: Agriculture, Competitiveness, Family farming, Job creation, Young farmers
Countries:: Slovakia

CAP funds support generation renewal in rural Slovakia.

Rural Slovakia’s House of Folk Clothing

Keywords:: Culture, Job creation, Tourism
Countries:: Slovakia

Harnessing cultural heritage as a rural development tool in Slovakia.

A young farmer modernised his family’s farm located in a remote mountainous area

Keywords:: Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship, Family farming, Farm restructuring/modernisation, Job creation, Mountain area, Young farmers
Countries:: Slovenia

CAP funds for a young farmer support rural revitalisation in the Slovenian mountains

Rural Youth in focus

Keywords:: Demography, Inter-territorial/Transnational cooperation, LEADER/CLLD, Local Development Strategy, Networking, Social inclusion, Youth
Countries:: Finland

Youth strategy tackles rural depopulation challenges in western Finland.

Rural Working Hubs

Keywords:: Demography, Digitisation, Entrepreneurship, Inter-territorial/Transnational cooperation, LEADER/CLLD, Rural services
Countries:: Finland

Demonstrating the feasibility of rural working hubs in Finland and Ireland

Rural Future Makers project

Keywords:: Demography, Entrepreneurship, Local Development Strategy, Youth
Countries:: Finland

A Local Action Group (LAG) in Central Finland created a new network and the enabling conditions for young people to plan and implement their own local development ideas.

A lavender and herb farm creates employment for people with disabilities

Keywords:: Agriculture, Competitiveness, Job creation, Organic farming, Social inclusion, Young farmers
Countries:: Czech Republic

A young farmer with reduced mobility used support from the Rural Development Programme (RDP) to expand his organic lavender farm and create jobs for people with disabilities.

Producing pellet from horse manure

Keywords:: Animal husbandry, Competitiveness, Diversification, Entrepreneurship, Renewable energy
Countries:: Slovakia

A farm used Rural Development Programme (RDP) support to produce horse manure pellets that can be used as an organic fertiliser as well as a source of renewable energy.

The ‘MAJNIKA’ herb garden and farm, Slovenia

Keywords:: Agriculture, Family farming, Organic farming, Women, Young farmers
Countries:: Slovenia

A young farmer created a new business model that combines organic farming and environmental protection with job creation and socially inclusive educational services.