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EU Rural Review 29 LEADER achievements

LEADER is one of the longest standing, most successful and popular European-wide initiatives.

This EU Rural Review explores how the seven LEADER principles are interpreted today by people who have been deeply involved with implementing LEADER in rural communities across Europe.

The articles show how the principles work in practice, how they deliver results and ensure sustained performance over time, and how they are adaptable to deal with the emerging challenges and opportunities facing rural areas.

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This issue of the EU Rural Review showcases rural communities across Europe taking the initiative to find practical solutions to challenges they face and seize new opportunities.

It explores how digital and social innovation can be used in new, creative ways to improve basic services in rural areas. It further looks at national and regional approaches to creating an enabling environment, as well as how the Rural Development Programmes can catalyse rural service innovation.

The content of this edition has been informed by the broader ENRD thematic work on ‘Smart Villages’.

This guidance is intended to facilitate the implementation of LEADER Cooperation activities under the 2014-2020 Rural Development Programmes (RDPs).
It was issued by the European Commission's DG AGRI in 2013 and was updated in 2017 to include the input and recommendations of the Practitioner-led Working Group on LEADER Cooperation run by the ENRD Contact Point.
This guidance is intended to provide those directly involved in Local Action Groups some practical tools and suggestions for implementing CLLD in a range of contexts.
It was issued at the start of the 2014-2020 programming period and complements the guidance on 'Community-led Local Development in European Structural and Investment Funds'.