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The European Commission reaffirms the importance and effectiveness of LEADER for European rural areas
The European Commission’s Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development has published a special report on the European Rural Development LEADER Program, entitled “Evaluation support study of the costs and benefits of the implementation of LEADER”, which stresses the importance and effectiveness of the implementation of this program in Europe. The Read more…
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ELARD’s French Presidency – interview with our President
At the occasion of the start of the French Presidency of our network, we interviewed Thibaut Guignard, President of LEADER France and mayor of Ploeuc-L’Hermitage (Brittany, 4 103 inhabitants), freshly elected president. You’ve taken the presidency of the ELARD network through your presidency of LEADER France. What were your motivations to Read more…
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The place of development and LEADER in European policies
What needs changing? Rural areas encounter a number of difficulties that were put aside for a long time, such as: a shutdown of public services, lagging behind in terms of economic development, a lesser access to culture, only to name a few. In 2022, the Commission came up with the Read more…