Projects & Practice

The Rural Broadband project is a national intervention to close the digital divide in remote and sparsely populated rural ‘white areas’.

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

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

A company that produces ice-cider in northern Sweden, combined RDP support and crowdfunding to plant an apple orchard that would support its production needs.

‘Nos Oignons’ is an association that supported the preparation and implementation of three RDP funded projects that promote social farming in Wallonia.

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

An environmental NGO implemented a project to preserve and maintain an old clay pit that provides shelter to a number of rare and endangered species.

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.

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

In order to take advantage of the enormous potential of outdoor tourism, fostering cooperation and networking among the local actors is essential.