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.
- CAP Implementation
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.
- CAP Implementation
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.
- CAP Implementation
Latest publications
Harnessing the economic and social potential of rural heritage
Heritage represents an asset for Europe’s countryside in terms of its social significance and rural development potential. Opportunities are available via the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).
- CAP Implementation
EU CAP Network Magazine - Issue 3
The third edition of the EU CAP Network magazine highlights the economic, social and environmental dimensions of climate adaptation, along with sustainable ways of empowering farmers, foresters and rural communities to become more climate-resilient.
- CAP Implementation
- Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
- Evaluation
Support for services and infrastructure in Swedish rural areas: a follow-up based on 2014-2022 RDP support data
The Report analyses five support measures for services and infrastructure in rural areas.
- Evaluation
Latest good practice
Better social services for children and the elderly from Romania's Revărsarea community-led development project
- CAP Implementation
LEADER focuses on reimagining rural areas and rejuvenating small-town centres in France
- CAP Implementation
LEADER helps design and deliver services supporting older people in rural Ireland
- CAP Implementation