Projects & Practice

The Walloon RDP supports the provision of quality healthcare services for ageing inhabitants of rural areas in Belgium.

This project is an example of how villagers can get access to high-speed broadband networks even in remote and sparsely populated rural areas. It is the winning initiative of the 2019 Rural Inspiration Awards in the 'Rural Revitalisation' category.

A newspaper offered training and mentoring, so that local people could become correspondents and give visibility to the daily life of small rural communities.

SILTA supports entrepreneurship among young people by providing a cooperative structure through which they can grow their business ideas and receive training, mentoring and peer support.

Promoting the sustainable management of small, privately owned forests. This is the winning initiative of the 2019 Rural Inspiration Awards in the 'LEADER' category.

Construction of a new, versatile building consisting of a coworking space, a cultural hall and a tourist office, enhancing the services offered to the residents of a rural municipality.

RDP support helped a young entrepreneur to acquire the necessary equipment in order to start his own wood construction business in an area of high unemployment.

Supporting vulnerable people and facilitating their re-integration into society through small volunteer jobs on local farms.

A small, remote rural community of around 1 300 inhabitants in Finland launched a Digi-Hub for the elderly.

At a time when news reporting is often controlled by a few, large media channels, a LEADER project gave voice to small local communities.