Latest news
Award winning rural cooperation projects from LEADER
This year's European LEADER Congress included an ELARD awards ceremony showcasing cooperation projects, which attracted a high-quality collection of LAG entries. Find out more about the winners here.
LAGs learn from producer organisations' best practices
Local Action Group representatives attended the EU CAP Network’s 4th meeting of the Forum on Best Practices in the Agri-Food Supply Chain to network with stakeholders involved in local food systems.
Young LEADER Forum impacts
LAG Manager Matthias Wagner from Germany shares his insights and experiences about using LEADER to help support young people’s rural ambitions in the Leipziger Muldenland LAG territory.
Latest publications
Analysis of interim evaluations of 11 Catalonian LAGs
This evaluation examines how the local assessment guide tool empowers LAGs to enhance resource utilisation and accountability while providing training for effective rural development strategies and supporting the LEADER approach for 2021-2027.
Annual Evaluation Report 2021: National Rural Network
The evaluation is carried out in the framework of the 2014-2022 National Rural Network Programme (NRNP) and focuses on the continuation and results of the evaluation activities launched in 2019.
2022 Annual Evaluation Report of the Marche RDP
The document, covering 2021, reports the results of the LEADER approach, more specifically on the support activities to Local Action Groups (LAG) on the self-assessment of Local Development Strategies and the evaluation of local integrated projects.