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it a successor to any other programme(s)?
To the LEADER Community initiatives (1989-93 programming
period) and LEADER II (1994-99 programming period).
General objectives:
To encourage original, high-quality strategies for integrated
rural development that have been designed and implemented
by active partnerships operating locally.
Types of action:
Support for pilot integrated territorial rural development
strategies based on a bottom-up approach and horizontal
partnership.
Support for inter-territorial and transnational cooperation.
Networking of all European Union rural areas, whether
or not beneficiaries under LEADER+, and all those participating
in rural development.
Start and end dates
of programme:
1 January 2000 to 31 December 2006
Total available budget:
2 020 million at constant 1999 prices for the period
2000-06.
Legal Basis for the
funding:
Article 20 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1260/1999
Commission Communication to the Member States 2000/C
139/95
Nature of Community
contribution:
Co-financing in the form of grants.
Level of Community
contribution:
In Objective 1 regions: maximum 75% of the eligible
total cost.
In other regions: maximum 50% of the eligible total
cost.
Organisations(s) which
may benefit from the programme:
Local groups must consist of a balanced and representative
selection of partners drawn from different socio-economic
sectors in the region, with economic and social partnerships
and associations accounting for at least 50% of the
partnership at the decision-making level.
The groups are selected by the national or regional
authorities on the basis of transparent procedures that
guarantee compliance with satisfactory conditions of
competition.
Eligibility:
Those eligible are entities, firms or natural or
legal persons promoting an eligible project.
The conditions of eligibility are set out in the regulations
forming the legal basis and in the programmes approved
by the Commission which the Member States make available
to the public.
Procedure to be followed:
A detailed project should be submitted to the local
action group concerned.
Contact:
Official Journal of the European Communities
Agriculture DG Internet site on the Europa server:
http://europa.eu.int/comm/dgs/agriculture/index_en.htm
Rural Europe Internet site of the EU Initiative LEADER:
http://www.rural-europe.aeidl.be
Directorate-General
for Agriculture
Directorate-General for Agriculture
Rue de la Loi 200
B - 1049 Brussels
Programmes managed by the Member States.
Commission offices in the Member States
Euro-Info-Centres
Rural information centres
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