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The '''community-led local development''' ('''CLLD''') funding, 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 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 designation '''community-led local development''' ('''CLLD''').

== Operation and objectives ==

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* Co-operation: among LEADER groups, for instance to share experiences, allow complementarity or to achieve critical mass

==History and unding==

==Funding==

* LEADER I (1991–93) supported 217 LAGS with EU funding of €0.442 billion from the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund ([[EAGGF]])<ref>European Commission, ''The Leader approach — A basic guide'', Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 2006, {{ISBN|92-79-02044-7}}</ref>

* LEADER II (1994–99) supported 906 LAGs with EU funding of €1.755 billion

* LEADER+ (2000–06) supported 893 LAGs with EU funding of €2.105 billion, and a total budget of €5.05 billion

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 designation '''community-led local development''' ('''CLLD''').

==Follow-up==