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ELARD

European LEADER Association for Rural Development - aisbl
Av. d' Auderghem 59 (bt 3), 1040 Brussels-Belgium
Telephone & Fax : 0032 (0) 2 230 13 53

The European LEADER Association for Rural Development (ELARD) is an international non-profit making association that was established in 1999 by the National LEADER Networks of different EU Member States. The initial founder members are listed below:

  • French Network for Rural Development
  • Greek Network for Rural Development
  • Irish Network for Rural Development
  • Italian Network for Rural Development
  • Spanish Network for Rural Development.

In the 2000-2006 programming period about 950 rural areas across the 15 Member States operated the LEADER+ Community Initiative, thus opening up access to a vast network of information and other resources. Around half of those European LAGs are already members of ELARD by means of their national or regional networks and through them a vast number of public, private and voluntary local partners and stakeholders are involved in active rural development at community level. Today ELARD represents more than 450 Local Action Groups (LAGs) that manage the LEADER+ Community Initiative and/or National Programmes for Rural Development, as well as other programmes or initiatives not related directly with rural development (i.e. INTERREG, EQUAL, URBAN, etc.).

ELARD aims to support rural and regional development under LEADER philosophy, to promote experience sharing through its members and partners, and to promote networking and cooperation through transnational projects. Furthermore, after the 2004 and 2007 EU enlargements, ELARD has been making efforts to provide the newly established rural networks in the new member states with valuable information and support.

ELARD :: News

05 Friday, March 2010

Events Calendar Updated

The "Events Calendar" section of our website has been recently updated including a vast...


19 Tuesday, January 2010

TAGUS Spanish LAG looking for partner from central Europe

The Spanish Local Action Group TANGUS is searching for a partner from central Europe for...


15 Friday, January 2010

Looking for LAGs interested in popular culture valuation

 
The  Perigord  Vert  French LAG  has a great interest  for...


12 Tuesday, January 2010

Partners seeked for Regional Operational Programme in Poland

"Building the position of Malopolska in the european networks of cooperation"


25 Wednesday, November 2009

ELARD's 1st Council Meeting

On the 24th of November 2009, the first ELARD Council Meeting was held in Brussels.

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