Projects & Practice

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

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

EAFRD funding helped expand and develop a social enterprise in rural Scotland. A new training centre is built, a visitor centre expanded and more jobs for adults with special needs created.

A local association used EAFRD support to get broadband coverage in a rural area which was previously lacking any access to internet or telephone connection.

Setting up a house locating system in the rural areas of Formentera island, Spain, made it easier for emergency services and other service providers to access isolated rural homes.

Thanks to a LEADER supported investment, a shoe repair and manufacturing enterprise constructed its own production facility benefiting from savings on rent and easier access to the market.

EAFRD funding enabled setting up a sawn timber production company in northeast Greece that employs modern equipment and contributes to the local economy by using local resources.