Projects & Practice

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

In response to increasing demand for wood fuel, a wood processing company in Greece, used support from the LEADER measure to set up a new pellet production line.

Creating a testing area for young entrepreneurs wishing to work in organic market gardening or horticulture, where they can receive training and advice.

Developing an area-specific vision on hedgerows and coaching farmers to manage and integrate hedgerows into their farming activities.

This case study illustrates how LEADER can respond to local development needs. 

Targeted advice on climate mitigation actions for individual farms provides farmers with consultant support to effectively reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
 

Offering a coordinated multi-stakeholder approach in terms of training, technology transfer and decision making to finding alternative approaches to pest management and reducing pesticide use in the wine-producing sector of Tuscany.
 

Elevated growing trays and the automation of some management tasks has enabled strawberry production to be less reliant on external inputs and to re-use irrigation water.
 

A transnational cooperation project to promote DIY solutions for renewable energy production in rural communities.
 

Refurbishment of a mountain path to stimulate economic activity and thus contribute to the revitalisation of the neighbouring rural areas.