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Projects & Practice

Total results: 130.

The Potato backyard, entrepreneurial training for immigrants

Keywords:: Education & lifelong learning, Job creation, LEADER/CLLD, Migrants
Countries:: Sweden

A small successful food market initiative in Sweden used EAFRD funding to help migrants develop their skills, find employment and set up their own business.

Cooperation in Nature conservation

Keywords:: Biodiversity, Cooperation, Nature conservation
Countries:: Germany

EAFRD funding helped set up associations that bring together local stakeholders with diverse interests to manage the implementation of Nature 2000 conservation rules.

Suderbyn - Community-led development of an ecovillage in Sweden

Keywords:: Bioeconomy, LEADER/CLLD, Nature conservation, Organic farming, Smart Villages, Tourism
Countries:: Sweden

An ecovillage was developed on Sweden’s Gotland island using EAFRD funding, providing a model for environmentally-friendly accommodation, waste water treatment, food and energy production. The site is also a template for non-consumerist approaches.

Exchanging good practices on integrating immigrants in rural areas across the EU

Keywords:: Inter-territorial/Transnational cooperation, LEADER/CLLD, Migrants, Social inclusion
Countries:: Austria, Finland, Sweden

A Finnish NGO used EAFRD funding in a transnational project to exchange and develop best practices for integrating immigrants and refugees in rural areas.

Café and kitchen at the village shop on Dyrön

Keywords:: Job creation, LEADER/CLLD, Rural SMEs, Tourism
Countries:: Sweden

A very small island in Sweden used EAFRD support to broaden the range of services offered by a village shop by building a café area and a kitchen.

Lake Lappajärvi – Europe’s largest crater lake

Keywords:: Culture, Information & promotion activities, Tourism
Countries:: Finland

A feasibility study was launched in order to set the foundations for turning an ancient crater lake into a driver for local development.

‘Summer in the Valley’ music festivals in Sweden

Keywords:: LEADER/CLLD, Migrants, Social inclusion, Youth
Countries:: Sweden

A series of locally organised music festivals to promote social cohesion, youth engagement and community spirit.

Community-led nature conservation in Austria

Keywords:: Biodiversity, Environmental protection, Information & promotion activities, Nature conservation
Countries:: Austria

Austria`s western Vorarlberg region used EAFRD funding to develop a support network to help its communities protect local wildlife and natural habitats.

A cheese processing facility on an Alpine pasture

Keywords:: Direct marketing, LEADER/CLLD, Mountain area, Tourism
Countries:: Austria

An Austrian farmer used EAFRD funding to build a cheese processing facility on an Alpine pasture offering tours and events to learn about cheese and Alpine farming.

Bühübl - Horse-assisted therapy centre for children

Keywords:: Healthcare, LEADER/CLLD, Social inclusion, Youth
Countries:: Austria

An Austrian farm used EAFRD funding to convert the holding into a horse-assisted therapy centre for children and adults with special needs.