This paper studies the territorial effects of the LEADER approach in Southern Europe, by
analysing the region of Andalusia (Spain). Our research has revealed that, in many cases …

In the Leader approach, innovation plays a key role in European territories, especially in
marginal and peripheral ones, being essentially assumed, from a programmatic point of …

One of the main objectives of rural development programs is the economic diversification of
rural areas. In the context of the European Union, the application of the Leader Initiative …

Since the 1990s, innovation has been recognised as having a key role in the development
and competitiveness of European rural territories. In particular, in the LEADER approach …

Since their origins, rural development programs have considered the county level as the
axis on which to implement their development strategies. Taking Tajo-Salor County …

The promotion of rural tourism is one of the measures that has aroused most expectations in
the application of the endogenous rural development programmes promoted by the …

Durante los últimos 25 años se vienen aplicando en las zonas rurales europeas, y más
concretamente en Extremadura, unas estrategias territoriales con la que activar el …

The territorial effects that have the Rural Development Programmes in Southern Europe, in
the region of Andalusia (Spain) have been varied. Based on the maximum level of …

Tradicionalmente las investigaciones sobre los Programas de Desarrollo Rural han
abordado su efectividad y sus repercusiones sociales y territoriales centradas en los …

In the early 1990s, with the Leader Initiative, the European Commission intended to apply a
new development model in order to encourage the economic diversification of the rural …