| The Northern Ireland LEADER+ Programme is an initiative
jointly funded by the European Union and the Department
of Agriculture and Rural Development. It is designed
specifically to provide support for micro-business development,
which is one of the five key elements of the Northern
Ireland Rural Development Programme.
The objective of the Northern Ireland LEADER+ Programme
is to increase the economic and employment contribution
that very small businesses, including small farms, make
to the rural economy by testing out new approaches to
micro business development and, where beneficial, to
work in collaboration with similar partnerships in other
rural areas.
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Action One
LEADER+ Groups are assisted in developing high quality, innovative
and sustainable rural development strategies of a pilot nature.
COLLAGE Ltd has established a coherent and effective strategy
for the delivery of the LEADER+ programme in the Coleraine
Borough area. This strategy is part of the Coleraine Borough
Council Integrated Development Strategy for Economic, Community,
Rural and Tourism Development for the Borough.
Action Two
The aim of Action 2 will be to encourage effective co-operation
between rural areas to: achieve the necessary critical mass
for a project to be viable; encourage LEADER+ groups to undertake
complementary actions and add value to a project through the
bringing together of complementary skills, know-how, products
and/or measures.
Action Three
This action is for networking activity, where all LEADER+
Groups exchange ideas and share good practice through the
UK LEADER+ Network. The European Commission is in the process
of establishing a European Observatory of Rural Areas that
will further promote networking at Transnational level.
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