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[[File:LEADER logo.svg|thumb|175px|Logo of the LEADER programme]]
 
The '''community-led local development''' methodology, 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.
 
== History ==
* LEADER I ran from 1991 to 1993
* LEADER II ran from 1994 to 1999
* LEADER+ ran from 2000 to 2006
 
In the programming period (2014-2020), the LEADER method was extended to cover not only rural but also coastal (FARNET) and urban areas under the Communitydesignation '''community-led Locallocal Developmentdevelopment (CLLD)'''.
 
== Operation and objectives ==