Projects & Practice

Communities in Romania, Flanders (Belgium) and Scotland worked collectively to create a model for community-led sustainable tourism development.

Strong underlying values and connections to academic institutions support LEADER/CLLD in Croatia, where the LEADER network is convinced that the LEADER/CLLD approach is of significant relevance at all levels of rural development. 

Spain’s national rural network (REDR) have used a participative process to inform LEADER design for the 2021-2027 programme.

A case study about animation, networking and cooperation in LEADER.

A TNC cooperation project in which partner areas with long coastlines worked together to strike a balance between protecting the environment and opening up their areas to tourists in a sustainable way.

A local action group set up the Acción Sierra Norte platform to protect the groups most at risk from the spread of COVID-19.

Local renewable energy opportunities generated through knowledge exchange, capacity building and training on sustainable forest management and energy transition.
 

The GrowBiz approach to enterprise support is based on building long-term relationships with businesses and encouraging them to connect, collaborate, share and network with other enterprises in their local community and further afield.

Rural coworking spaces create opportunities for cooperation and innovation in rural areas while helping to attract new professionals to settle in the countryside.

Turning an abandoned park area and its gardens into a community hub to create opportunities for social interaction, training and employment.