Smart Villages
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Smart Villages

Smart Villages are communities in rural areas that use innovative solutions to improve their resilience, building on local strengths and opportunities.

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View of village with its fortress
18 Nov 2024

LEADER success stories across the CAP

LEADER can co-fund a variety of projects supporting many different CAP objectives and this article shows the scope of LEADER's rural development potential.

Aerial satellite view of cultivated agricultural farming land fields
18 Oct 2024

Water efficiency benefits flow from CAP Strategic Plans

Water efficiency is the topic of a new Policy Insights article which highlights how the CAP can help rural Europe use water wisely by better protecting the quality and quantity of EU water reserves.

A rural community showing traditional buildings and countryside in Spain
13 Sep 2024

LEADER impact report on balanced territorial development

A recently published European Commission evaluation exploring LEADER impacts on balanced territorial development shows LAGs created nearly 60 000 jobs and much more during the previous funding period.

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Member State Evaluation |

Annual evaluation report of Aosta Valley's Rural Development Programme

The aim of the report is to highlight the main results of the evaluation activities on the effects of the Aosta Valley Rural Development Programme (RDP) on environmental agri-climate components and the results of the LAGs’ self-assessment.

Aerial view of a small village in Upper Franconia/Germany in spring
Member State Evaluation |

Results of investment support in small farms in Baden-Württemberg

This report presents the results of supported investments in small farms carried out as part of the ongoing evaluation of the 2014-2020 Rural Development Programme (RDP) in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Houses at the Coast of Ireland
Member State Evaluation |

Evaluation of the Traditional Farm Buildings Grant Scheme

The evaluation analysed the Traditional Farm Buildings Grant Scheme which is designed to value traditional farm buildings by supporting their restoration for renewed agricultural use.