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LEADER (local rural development, EAFRD)
AuthorityNGOSupport / worksRecurringJ-4Subsidy
European programme funding development projects led by rural territories.
In detail
LEADER funds, via the EAFRD, local development projects led by rural territories organised into Local Action Groups (LAGs). Each LAG steers a local strategy and selects projects from local authorities, associations or actors. The programme is managed by the Regions, EAFRD managing authorities.
Eligibility conditions
Project located in a territory covered by a LAG and consistent with its local development strategy. Beneficiaries: local authorities, associations, intercommunalities, local actors.
How to get it
- Identify your territory's LAG
- Check the project's fit with the local strategy
- Submit the file to the LAG
- Go through the programming committee
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