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.

Latest news

Group picture from the Bobrza River Basin LEADER LAG, Poland (c) Bobrza River Basin LAG
13 Nov 2025

What are LAGs working on? Episode 2

We continue our series with a look at Local Development Strategies by two LAGs in Poland and Denmark, where LEADER is enabling Smart Villages, social capital and economic innovation.

  • CAP Implementation
A view of Smart Village in Kaisiadoriu, Lithuania (c) Kaisiadoriu district LAG
19 Jun 2025

Smart Villages in Lithuania: innovations for rural future

Lithuania’s journey towards smarter and more resilient rural communities is gaining momentum with the introduction of the Smart Villages (SV) in the Lithuanian CAP Strategic Plan (CSP).

  • CAP Implementation
Rural businesswoman working in the countryside
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
Final Evaluation Report of the Rural Development Programme 2014-2020 Thematic Evaluation of the Rural Development Programme
Member State Evaluation |

Contribution of RDP Priority 6 measures on the promotion of social inclusion and poverty reduction

The evaluation analyses the contribution of Priority 6 of the Hungarian 2014-2020 Rural Development Programme (RDP) to promoting social inclusion and poverty reduction.

  • Evaluation

Latest good practice

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La Vache Qui Meulles logo
Project | 08 Oct 2025

An inspired community-run grocery store for Meulles

  • CAP Implementation
Close up of frozen mixed fruit - berries