Sites developed at regional and national level

• United Kingdom: the UK LEADER II network
• Ireland: the LEADER National Unit
• Sweden: the LEADER National Unit
• Finland: the LEADER National Unit
• Deutschand: the LEADER National Unit
• Österreich: the LEADER National Unit
• Netherlands: information on LEADER Groups
• France: the LEADER National Unit
• Spain: the LEADER National Unit
• Italy: the LEADER National Unit
• Portugal: the LEADER National Unit

• Webt site on 10 touristic destinations in the french region "Centre" and detailing more than 70 fact sheets on local development and tourism.
• Inforurale: the online information gateway to rural development (United Kingdom)
• Partnerships online: creating Online Communities for neighbourhoods and networks
• Regional Nature Parks of France
• Local development initiatives in France: a database [French only]
• La Freccia Verde: coordinated by STEPIM (integrated socio-economic development strategies) in Sicily: rural tourism, agro-tourism, local products, handcrafts, etc.
• Assoleader - the Italian LEADER network
• Regio Plus: Taking advantage of local assets through regional networks - Switzerland's programme aiming at supporting structural change in rural areas.

Professional, education and training, research oriented sites

• AFIP: Association de Formation et d'Information pour le développement d'initiatives rurales (France)
• France: CRIT-développement rural : une banque d'expériences présentant des innovations transférables en milieu rural (French only)
• International: The Territorial Development Service of OECD
  (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)
• England: the Countryside Agency
• Local development in Switzerland: CH-REGIO
• the French National Institute on Agronomic Research (INRA)

European sites

• The European Commission's department responsible for rural development is Directorate-General Agriculture
• The Inforegio web site (Regional Development), with Structural Funds and Cohesion Fund Regulations, Vademecum, Guidelines, Programming Documents etc.
• Research & Development: the Fifth Framework Programme
• European Territorial Pacts
• European Industrial Relations Observatory
• ECoNETT: European Community Network for Environmental Travel & Tourism
• The Europa server and its cyberforum on Europe's Institutional reform
• The Information Society Project Office
• The Environmental directories in Europe
• Social Economy in the European Union (the ARIES Network)
• The European Network for Livestock Systems and Integrated Rural Development
• The European Centre for Nature Conservation
• Eurosymbioses: Education and Environment, with articles on Open and Distance Learning and a Cyberforum

To get internet tools:

• iTools (English)
• INRA(French)