European LEADER Awards 2023

Winners announced in the Hemicycle of the European Parliament

In November 2023, ELARD, in collaboration with the national federations of LAGs, launched the European LEADER Awards.

This award ceremony aims to reward the most impactful and Continue reading →

European rural communities take the hemicycle of the European Parliament and call on the EU to strengthen rural development policies

At the European Congress of rural areas involved in the LEADER rural development program on the 18th and 19th of Continue reading →

On 31st October, the Bureau of the Committee of the Regions met in Logroño, Spain on the occasion of the Spanish Presidency of the EU Council.

The meeting brought together experts, policymakers, and leaders to exchange best practices and Continue reading →

The LEADER European Congress is the first event aimed at bringing together as many European LAGs as possible in more than 15 years. It is also the first organized by an institution outside the European Commission!

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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 Continue reading →

Euroscepticism, approach to extremist positions and parties… the geography of discontent has become a problematic issue for, among others, European governments, which are unable to understand how, despite progressively increasing the investment of their economic and cohesion policies in all Continue reading →