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.

Restoration of four traditional houses on Nisyros island

Keywords:: Entrepreneurship, Job creation, Tourism
Countries:: Greece

Rural Development Programme (RDP) support contributed to the revitalisation of an almost abandoned village in the small Aegean island of Nisyros.

Eliana bakery upgrade

Keywords:: Entrepreneurship, Food & Drink, Job creation, Rural business
Countries:: Greece

A bakery in a small Aegean island used Rural Development Programme (RDP) support to modernise its workshop and expand its production capacity to provide high quality local products.

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.

Aurimas Macnorius – Supporting a young entrepreneur

Keywords:: Demography, Diversification, Entrepreneurship, Job creation, Rural business
Countries:: Lithuania

RDP support helped a young entrepreneur to acquire the necessary equipment in order to start his own wood construction business in an area of high unemployment.

Purchasing a stone cutting machine

Keywords:: Competitiveness, Job creation, LEADER/CLLD, Rural business
Countries:: Estonia

A small rural business used RDP support to purchase new stone-cutting equipment in order to expand its range of products.

Integrated veterinary services using a mobile lab

Keywords:: Animal welfare, Entrepreneurship, Job creation, Rural business, Rural services
Countries:: Romania

Responding to clients’ needs by offering new integrated veterinary services using a mobile laboratory.

Laastu farm - Generating solar power on a strawberry farm

Keywords:: Agriculture, Job creation, Renewable energy
Countries:: Estonia

A family-owned strawberry farm in Estonia used EAFRD funding to develop the generation of solar power, enabling the farm to expand and increasing their profits.