Projects & Practice

Using support from the LEADER measure supported the provision of basic healthcare services to a deprived rural community.

Setting up a milk collection and processing plant to create added value and enable the farm to diversify its products and respond better to consumers’ needs.  

Connecting local know-how and artistic creativity to promote wine production in three rural regions.

Communities in Romania, Flanders (Belgium) and Scotland worked collectively to create a model for community-led sustainable tourism development.

A young entrepreneur used RDP support to build a state-of-the-art greenhouse for growing cherry tomatoes, using an innovative hydroponic system.

In order to contribute more effectively to combating climate change, a Romanian LAG included energy adaptation and mitigation projects in its local development strategy. This case study looks at the role of LEADER in promoting renewable energies and energy efficiency.

EAFRD support enabled a young person to start his own commercially-oriented farm, thus contributing to the generational renewal of the sector.

Turning a subsistence family farm into a dynamic agri-business through modernization and adoption of affordable new equipment.

RDP support financed a series of restoration and basic works on a historic monument church in rural Romania.

Using RDP support to establish an agricultural holding, purchase agricultural machinery and launch a young farmer’s career .