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Suderbyn - Community-led development of an ecovillage in Sweden
An ecovillage was developed on Sweden’s Gotland island using EAFRD funding, providing a model for environmentally-friendly accommodation, waste water treatment, food and energy production. The site is also a template for non-consumerist approaches.
- CAP Implementation
Promoting traditional food products in Mazovia region, Poland
A Polish NGO used EAFRD funding to promote local traditional foods from the Mazovia region through a culinary trail, a food contest and a series of educational courses.
- CAP Implementation
Developing mushroom production in Finland’s forests
The Finnish Natural Resources Institute used EAFRD funding to develop the production of mushrooms for food and medicine to give forest owners an alternative income source.
- CAP Implementation
Developing local food sales through knowledge and skills
A Finnish University used EAFRD funding to organise information days, pilot projects and professional tours to enable food processing companies to develop their local sales.
- CAP Implementation
Exchanging good practices on integrating immigrants in rural areas across the EU
A Finnish NGO used EAFRD funding in a transnational project to exchange and develop best practices for integrating immigrants and refugees in rural areas.
- CAP Implementation
GreenCareLab - A support network for nature-based businesses
A Finnish NGO used EAFRD funds to develop a network of nature-based service providers and activities to support their development such as study trips and work groups.
- CAP Implementation
- Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
Arteles Creative Center - Transforming a former school into an artists’ residence
Three Finnish artists used EAFRD funding to transform a remote former school in rural Finland into a residence for international artists, now the largest in all Scandinavia.
- CAP Implementation
Upgrading a forestry company’s machinery in order to produce biomass in Czech Republic
A company managing publicly-owned forests purchased new machinery to turn forest residues and logging waste into valuable biomass fuel.
- CAP Implementation
Café and kitchen at the village shop on Dyrön
A very small island in Sweden used EAFRD support to broaden the range of services offered by a village shop by building a café area and a kitchen.
- CAP Implementation
Lake Lappajärvi – Europe’s largest crater lake
A feasibility study was launched in order to set the foundations for turning an ancient crater lake into a driver for local development.
- CAP Implementation
