Abstract Local Action Groups (LAGs) are multi-sectoral, area-based partnerships operating
throughout the European Union to support participatory local development in rural areas …

Entrepreneurship initiatives that could have an impact in rural areas are embedded in
broader agricultural, rural development or structural policies at the European Union level …

LEADER is an EU development method that aims to stimulate local actors to cooperate and
co-produce ideas and projects that otherwise would not be possible. Therefore, the Local …

Coastal and terrestrial fisheries communities in Europe, often economically marginalised,
are likely to face severe impacts as climate change becomes more acute. Although progress …

Multifunctionality embedded in the neo-endogenous model of rural development and
manifested through the LEADER approach typifies a new rural development paradigm …

The 1990s saw a considerable facilitation of the concept of area-based cooperation
between stakeholders from the public, economic and social sectors in the European Union …

The LEADER Program has become an important part of the EU Rural Development policy
since 1990. The program aims to offer solutions that are adapted to the needs of the rural …

In 2010, when hope emerged that the new conservative government would improve the
governance of the LEADER Programme, the Naturama Alliance, a network of seven …

The LEADER Approach was initially designed to promote innovation in European rural
areas by sustaining a bottom-up approach to local development. Nowadays the LEADER …

In this chapter we consider three case studies based on rural LEADER local action groups in
relation to the question of autonomy. The case studies, based in three very different nations …