An example on how the process of preparing a local development strategy was used for stakeholder consultation on key rural development issues.
Projects & Practice
Supporting regional planning using transnational cooperation, with a particular focus on local public-private partnerships

Development of an online platform and an app that allows beekeepers to more efficiently maintain their intervention records and exchange know-how.

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

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.

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.

Setting up a micro-fund as an alternative way to provide guarantees or loans for small, local organisations.

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.