In the last funding periods there was steady increase in the number of LEADER-regions in Europe, and, at least in Germany, it is already evident that this gain will continue: for the 2014-2020 funding period there around 300 LAGs expected in comparison to 244 LAGs in the last period. For the new...

New governance structures, meant to empower local decision makers, are supported by some policies introduced by the European Commission. LEADER, from rural development policy, is among these approaches. Nevertheless, these new policies are implemented in very different multi-level governance...

Pensions' reform in most Western, Central and Eastern European countries is one of the most important topics relevant for their future development. The main objective of this study is to assist in predicting the future of the pension scheme in Albania through actuarial projections related to...

Structured in two priority directions (reform and investment) The National Recovery and Resilience Plan is one meant to help communes, local communities in the crisis caused by COVID-19, as such any investment started after February 1, 2020, the date that is considered to be the beginning...

At present, in Romania there is no clear definition of the concept of family farm, and at the level of the European Union, the definition of family farms differs significantly depending on the characteristics of each country. At the same time, there is no classification of these types of farms,...

The diversification of economic activities in rural areas is a topical issue and can be a fundamental strategy for the development of the Romanian rural area, because it can produce a beneficial effect from an economic point of view, by increasing the income of the rural population.The Romanian...

Within the COASTAL project (Collaborative Land-Sea Integration Platform), funded by GA 773782, through Horizon 2020, six different coastal regions in Europe are analyzed, in order to study the synergy between rural and maritime economic activities, in order to generate policies and solutions for...

Across the European Union, the so-called "Community-Led Local Development" (CLLD) is a well-established policy instrument. It began with LEADER in rural areas over 30 years ago and now comprises over 3000 Local Action Groups (LAGs) across the continent. LEADER is a place-based and participatory...

In rural development, the issue of female representation has become part of the agenda in Germany. To examine the topic of gender representation and the results arising from different programming strategies/approaches, we analyse empirical data from the evaluation of LEADER which forms part of...

In the rural development context, the term Working With People (WWP) means a professional practice developed in cooperation that seeks to connect knowledge (expert and experienced) with actions by a common project. This professional practice includes the technical value of the production - goods...