Projects & Practice

Introducing the Sámi food culture into public kitchens

Keywords:: Cooperation, Food & Drink, Local food, Rural business, Social inclusion
Countries:: Finland

Socially inclusive food supplies for the Swedish Sámi community.

Setting up a microbrewery in Latgale

Keywords:: Entrepreneurship, LEADER/CLLD, Market development, Product quality, Rural business, Tourism
Countries:: Latvia

LEADER support enabled an entrepreneur to establish a microbrewery in south-eastern Latvia.

Pedal on the railroad! A new active tourism product in Zilaiskalns

Keywords:: Culture, LEADER/CLLD, Sustainability, Tourism
Countries:: Latvia

Cultural heritage and leisure activities in Latvia revitalise a small rural community

Promoting the ‘Rural Quality’ trademark in Hungary

Keywords:: Cooperation, Entrepreneurship, Information & promotion activities, LEADER/CLLD, Local food, Product quality, Rural business
Countries:: Hungary

Expanding the Rural Quality brand in Hungary

Rural Youth in focus

Keywords:: Demography, Inter-territorial/Transnational cooperation, LEADER/CLLD, Local Development Strategy, Networking, Social inclusion, Youth
Countries:: Finland

Youth strategy tackles rural depopulation challenges in western Finland.

Rural Working Hubs

Keywords:: Demography, Digitisation, Entrepreneurship, Inter-territorial/Transnational cooperation, LEADER/CLLD, Rural services
Countries:: Finland

Demonstrating the feasibility of rural working hubs in Finland and Ireland

Rural Future Makers project

Keywords:: Demography, Entrepreneurship, Local Development Strategy, Youth
Countries:: Finland

A Local Action Group (LAG) in Central Finland created a new network and the enabling conditions for young people to plan and implement their own local development ideas.

Drainage Plus – Promoting controlled drainage

Keywords:: Agriculture, Knowledge transfer, LEADER/CLLD, Water management
Countries:: Belgium

Using LEADER support to promote innovative water management techniques among the farming community in Flanders.

The start-up of the Kring boutique in the Hageland region of Flanders

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

A social enterprise used LEADER funding to set up a stylish boutique selling quality second-hand items, supporting both reuse and the long-term unemployed.

Agrinew - Belgium

Keywords:: Agriculture, Biodiversity, Cooperation, Environmental sustainability, LEADER/CLLD
Countries:: Belgium

The project focuses on improving access to agricultural land for new farmers and on adapting conventional agriculture to new agricultural systems based on the production or maintenance of biodiversity through profitable and innovative practices.