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15 Mar 2023

LEADER’s capacity for community-led agri-food development

LEADER has a long track record in successfully supporting new collaborative initiatives through agri-food projects aimed at strengthening the resilience of rural Europe’s economy.

15 Mar 2023

Community-led transnational cooperation project boosts local rural tourism offer

TNC partnerships help communities achieve results that they could not have achieved by working alone. The LEADER TNC project ‘Living Museums’ shows how this works in practice.

15 Mar 2023

Support from LEADER expanding across Sweden

Expanding the benefits of LEADER is a key goal for Sweden in the context of the new CAP. More rural areas are now included in LAG territories and the country’s new LAGs are already operational.

15 Mar 2023

LEADER providing inspiration for future rural entrepreneurs

BIZnet, a Polish LEADER project, has successfully used fun and engaging innovative digital tools to promote youth entrepreneurship.

14 Mar 2023

Network to Innovate

The National Rural Networks of Estonia and Finland have published videos from their online webinars “Network to Innovate”.

14 Mar 2023

Did you know?

The EIP-AGRI Support Facility provides news updates, publications and networking opportunities to help EU Member States set up efficient Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems (AKIS).

14 Mar 2023

Save the date!

The Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU) has published its Annual Work Programme for 2023 with information about its next call for project proposals.

14 Mar 2023

7 million euros for forestry projects

New Horizon Europe project ForestValue2 will launch a call for proposals to fund transnational collaborative R&I projects: all about the best possible use of forests and forest resources, their multiple benefits for society and the economy.

14 Mar 2023

Inspirational ideas: Climate-adaptive soil moisture management

Hoeksche Waard is an island located in the south of the Netherlands. This rural area lies below sea level, and controlling water on agricultural fields is a major issue, especially in the case of heavy rainfall. An Operational Group was set up to test and optimise a sub-soil system to control soil moisture levels from underground.

14 Mar 2023

Working towards agriculture of the future – EIP-AGRI in Germany

Since 2014, more than 320 Operational Groups have been implemented in Germany. They have a new brochure ‘Working towards agriculture of the future – EIP-AGRI in Germany’.