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LEADER

LEADER is the EU’s participatory and bottom-up approach to involve rural people in community led local development through local strategies, local projects, and decision-making processes.

Latest news

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18 Jun 2025

Bringing the EU to the kitchen table: communicating LEADER

Rural development tools like LEADER are more than funding mechanisms - they are bridges between the European Union and citizens. Effective communication can bring the EU to the kitchen table!

  • CAP Implementation
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18 Jun 2025

The present and future of the rural world

The latest edition of the European Public Mosaic journal focuses on the current and future challenges of rural development.

  • CAP Implementation
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18 Mar 2025

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

Latest publications

Leader Evaluation Support
Member State Evaluation |

LEADER evaluation report: support for LAGs to monitor evaluation progress and self-assessment activities

This report is intended to assist LAGs in implementing the self-assessment methodology developed as part of LEADER's first evaluation activity, which is reflected in 'Part II' of the analysis.

  • Evaluation
Report - Subgroup on LEADER and territorial development
Event Reports |

3rd meeting of the Subgroup on LEADER and territorial development

The meeting offered a rich and balanced mix of presentations and interactive discussions, reaffirming the role of LEADER for rural areas, presenting updates from Members States and identifying topics of relevance for future EU CAP Network activities.

  • CAP Implementation
Report - Study on simplification and administrative burden for farmers and other beneficiaries under the CAP
Reports |

Study on simplification and administrative burden for farmers and other beneficiaries under the CAP

The study has investigated the challenges faced by farmers and other beneficiaries when applying for CAP support and complying with environmental and sanitary requirements within and outside the CAP.

  • Evaluation

Latest good practice

apple juice norbert metz llfra gmbh
Inspirational Idea | 05 Jun 2025

Traditional local apple varieties provide economic and environmental benefits for farmers

  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
Five different professional cleaning equipment machines
A group of women listening to a talk by a female speaker in the project building