Projects & Practice

Setting-up of wooden toy manufacturing workshop in rural Romania

Keywords:: Entrepreneurship, Job creation, Product quality, Rural business
Countries:: Romania

EAFRD support enabled a pair of entrepreneurs to harness their experience to establish a wooden toy manufacturing business, stimulating diversified economic activity and creating jobs in a rural area.

Equipping the healthcare centre in Biertan, Sibiu County, Romania

Keywords:: Demography, Job creation, LEADER/CLLD, Social services
Countries:: Romania

Using support from the LEADER measure supported the provision of basic healthcare services to a deprived rural community.

‘Užimtumo namai’ - social enterprise development

Keywords:: Entrepreneurship, Job creation, LEADER/CLLD, Social inclusion
Countries:: Lithuania

Setting up and expanding modular containers as workspaces where people from vulnerable groups in Lithuania carry out manual work, gaining an income and valuable social connection.

Start-up support for a young veterinary physician

Keywords:: Animal husbandry, Entrepreneurship, Job creation, LEADER/CLLD, Rural business, Rural services, Women
Countries:: Lithuania

A young entrepreneur received LEADER support to buy modern veterinary equipment that enabled her to provide farmers and pet owners with high-quality services.

‘Off-Grid DIY’ –renewable energy manual and online platform for rural communities

Keywords:: Climate change adaptation, Communication, Cooperation, Energy efficiency, Information & promotion activities, LEADER/CLLD, Renewable energy
Countries:: Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Sweden

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

Establishment of a health center in Švėkšna village

Keywords:: Entrepreneurship, Healthcare, Rural services
Countries:: Lithuania

A project used Rural Development Programme (RDP) funding to ensure easy access to medical and aftercare services for rural residents.

Littles Ltd. – Setting up a new production line

Keywords:: Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship, Farm restructuring/modernisation, Job creation, Product quality, Rural business, Sustainability
Countries:: United Kingdom

A family business, trading high quality instant coffee, used EAFRD support to expand its business by installing a new more efficient production line.

Tackling Dementia in a rural area

Keywords:: Demography, Healthcare, Rural services, Social inclusion
Countries:: United Kingdom

A community centre used support from the rural development programme to enhance its services and premises in order not to exclude people with Dementia.

Restoration and preservation of St. Nicholas Church, in Telesti, Gorj County

Keywords:: Culture, Job creation, Tourism
Countries:: Romania

RDP support financed a series of restoration and basic works on a historic monument church in rural Romania.

Treak Cliff Cavern

Keywords:: Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship, Farm restructuring/modernisation, Job creation, Rural business, Rural SMEs, Tourism
Countries:: United Kingdom

A project to enhance the facilities on a geological site, enable new visitor-based activities and attract more visitors who will spend more time in the area.