Projects & Practice

The project considered built heritage as a development lever for a rural area and relied upon the younger generation to raise awareness about it and to take care of it in the longer term.

A LEADER project used artistic creations to increase the attractiveness of a remote rural area and stimulate economic activity.

LEADER support for an arts in education project that promotes gender quality among school children in rural areas.

Supporting the preparatory work for the creation of a 41 km green lane linking up bends the Meuse river between the municipalities of Yvoir and Huy in Wallonia.

A mini-foodtruck called GAL’otte is fostering citizens’ exchanges and social cohesion in Pays de Herve, by preparing and baking pizza together with the citizens.

A cultural association in remote rural Latvia used LEADER support to foster co-creation in the local community, resulting in a museum exhibition that is unique in the Baltic States.

An association working in a remote village in rural Latvia, used RDP support to set up a wood and glass workshop thus creating new employment and income opportunities for the local people.

LEADER support helped establish a web school for local businesses providing them with the tools to better organise their work and market their services and products.

RDP funding helped improve a meat supply chain in Aude, France, boosting breeders’ income.

An all-day bus tour to another country with 24 agri-food entrepreneurs and about ten experts and advisors has proved an innovative way of developing business ideas and the skills and confidence to implement them.