Start-up courses designed specifically for new entrants to farming ensure a strong grounding in both agricultural and business principles in the Flanders region of Belgium.
Projects & Practice
The Flemish NSU organised a series of Learning Networks for LEADER meetings focussing on specific topics, in order to support the exchange of information, invite topic experts and improve LEADER and CLLD implementation.

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 historic Chateau was restored to its initial state and turned into one of the most modern wine-producing facilities in Slovakia.

A dairy farm in Wallonia invested in renewable energy production from manure and produced milk using a more environmental friendly process.

A bakery company producing high quality traditional bakery products used support from the rural development programme to modernise and expand its production capacity.

Information and promotion activities on direct marketing by the Slovak National Rural Network.

A permanent local international market established on a village at the Slovak-Hungarian border enabled local producers from both countries to sell their products more effectively.

The development of an online platform helped stimulate and support rural enterprises to turn to e-business.

The National Rural Network of Slovakia used RDP funds to support the organization of farmers´ markets in different Slovak regions.