An initiative to promote young farmers participation entrepreneurship and innovation
for sustainable rural areas
Projects & Practice
An example on how the process of preparing a local development strategy was used for stakeholder consultation on key rural development issues.
LINC stands for Leader Inspired Network Community, an initiative of Local Action Groups and Network Support Units.

The largest inter-territorial cooperation project in Finland for 2014-2020, aims to promote cultural heritage as a vehicle for tourism development.

A Finnish NGO used EAFRD funds to develop a network of nature-based service providers and activities to support their development such as study trips and work groups.

Three Finnish artists used EAFRD funding to transform a remote former school in rural Finland into a residence for international artists, now the largest in all Scandinavia.

A feasibility study was launched in order to set the foundations for turning an ancient crater lake into a driver for local development.

Identifying village tourism experiences that have resulted in successful practices to share and replicate them in other territories.