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LEADER projects inspire rural Europe
The eight LEADER-funded projects at the Agricultural and Rural Inspiration Awards (ARIA) 2025 showcase LEADER's value for inclusive rural communities and more competitive rural businesses.
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Meet the winners of ARIA 2025!
Meet the winners and highly commended projects of the Agricultural and Rural Inspiration Awards - ARIA 2025 and relive the emotions of the closing ceremony!
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Rural women shaping the future: ARIA 2025 Gender Equality awards
The special awards help foster a new mindset, whereby any project is analysed in terms of how much it promotes gender equality – and vice versa, how equality can be embedded in any CAP-funded project.
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Latest publications
ARIA 2025 - Projects Brochure
Discover the finalists of the Agricultural and Rural Inspiration Awards 2025 and learn how the CAP is supporting projects and communities that are shaping tomorrow together.
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Improving the competitiveness of rural businesses: lessons from the Rural Inspiration Awards 2019
Three winners of the Rural Inspiration Awards 2019 share how they have developed over the past five years, continued networking and contributed to making rural areas more resilient and competitive.
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Roots in nature: local projects bringing hope and change
Discover how three finalists of the 2019 Rural Inspiration Awards in the Environment and Climate Action category have been gradually transforming rural landscapes, lives and livelihoods, for a lasting impact on communities and ecosystems alike.
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