The start of the 2014-20 programming period has been marked by several events at European, national and regional levels discussing the challenges and priorities for the LEADER approach.
Many national or regional LEADER events have already taken place, including in Asturias (Spain); Prague (Czech Republic), and the General Assembly of LEADER France.
A Public Hearing of the European Economic and Social Committee on Community Led Local Development (CLLD) on 29 September 2014 looked at the issues of “partnership, transparency, effectiveness and anti-corruption.” The EESC presented its opinion on CLLD which highlighted that “The LEADER approach has its viability over the past twenty years” and that the new CLLD approach “can have a real added value in the efforts to promote economic and social cohesion”.
In the calendar of events, you will also see an international conference marking 10 years of LEADER in Lithuania, a LEADER seminar in Dinan, France, as well as a regional LEADER event in Andalusia.
