[[File:LEADER logo.svg|thumb|175px|Logo of the LEADER programme]]
The '''LEADERCommunity-led local development''' programme, initially limited to the rural areas under the name '''LEADER''' (in French – Liaison entre actions de développement de l'économie rurale – In English - ''Links between actions for the development of the rural economy'') is a [[European Union]] initiative to support rural development projects in rural, coastal and urban areas of EU member countries.
