Projects & Practice

The future-proof peat meadow polder ‘Lange Weide’, is unique bottom-up initiative and the largest submerged drainage project in the Netherlands.

Adjustments to water management and remedial measures help to preserve protected areas and conserve the landscape of the Western Langstraat.

Helping a new type of rural enterprise that can support a transition towards a green, diversified rural economy. Coillte Sláintiúil provides services to protect, rejuvenate and replace native woodlands.

An initiative to sensitise companies in the Northern Eifel region to the problem of management succession at an early stage.

An investment project that allowed a company to fill the gap in the local supply chain for wood chips in the north-west of Ireland.

Development of an online platform and an app that allows beekeepers to more efficiently maintain their intervention records and exchange know-how.

A project to enhance the facilities on a geological site, enable new visitor-based activities and attract more visitors who will spend more time in the area.

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.

Many small towns have the problem of vacant sales spaces and an innovative concept  to revitalise city centres is to offer flexible rental options to pop-up shops. This was the winning initiative of the 2019 Rural Inspiration Awards in the 'Popular Vote' category.

A family business, with a long-standing tradition of producing denim clothing, used support from the LEADER measure to establish a modern workshop and increase its share in domestic and international markets.