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Smart Rural 27: outcomes and recommendations
The final report of the Smart Rural 27 project clearly underlines the importance of LEADER as the main tool to implement Smart Villages in many Member States.
- CAP Implementation

ARIA 2024 prize winners showcase LEADER’s inspirational value
LEADER co-financed ten out of the 24 finalists of ARIA 2024 across all the award categories, including some of the winners, thus showing its potential to support a wide range of CAP objectives.
- CAP Implementation

Demonstrating LEADER’s added value: new assessment tool in Luxembourg
A new simple tool co-designed by the Managing Authority and Local Action Groups in Luxembourg demonstrates the added value LEADER can produce.
- CAP Implementation
- Evaluation

New LEADER calls: the state of the art in Austria, Italy and Lithuania
Managing Authorities and National Networks in Austria, Italy and Lithuania share their views on the selection process of Local Development Strategies, expectations and good examples.
- CAP Implementation

Lump Sums in LEADER: Insights from Estonia
Estonia is one of the countries that has adopted lump-sum payments for LEADER in the 2023-2027 programming period and has already gathered valuable experiences from its implementation.
- CAP Implementation

EU CAP Network's work on youth: perspectives from young LEADER stakeholders
The involvement of young people in LEADER is not just a question of representation—it is a crucial factor for the long-term sustainability and innovation of rural development.
- CAP Implementation

Setting the scene for the future of EU agriculture
The year has started with a series of important strategic announcements and actions from the European Commission to set the scene for the future of agriculture.
- CAP Implementation

Have your say on the next EU long-term budget
The European Commission has launched a Europe-wide outreach campaign encouraging all stakeholders, institutions and citizens to have their say on the next Multiannual Financial Framework.
- CAP Implementation

Young farmers, what are the challenges to accessing the farming sector? Have your say!
Young farmers are invited to answer a survey as a part of a study on generational renewal in agriculture. You can participate until 31 March!
- Evaluation

Evaluating CAP simplification: Member States are embracing the challenge within CAP Strategic Plans
The report from the eighth Good Practice Workshop in Budapest offers insights on how to improve the assessment of administrative burden and overregulation.
- Evaluation
