Latest news
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
Latest publications
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
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
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
Traditional local apple varieties provide economic and environmental benefits for farmers
- Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
Establishing an innovative and professional cleaning company in rural Romania
- CAP Implementation
Better social services for children and the elderly from Romania's Revărsarea community-led development project
- CAP Implementation