Community-led Local Developmentand ESIF Strategies

David WilfordRural Communities Policy Unit, Defra

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Community Led Local Development, including Leader and FLAGs

Maritime and Fisheries

Programme(EMFF)

RuralDevelopmentProgramme

(EAFRD)

Growth Programme(ERDF, ESF & EAFRD)

Growth Teams

Co-financing Organisations

LEPs

Projects

A “Growth Programme” will align all EU funding streams...

What defines CLLD / LEADER?

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Urban CLLD – new configurations

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What we’ve achieved with LEADER..

• 64 LAGs in England covering approximately 70% of England’s rural areas with a total budget of £138m

• Over 1000 civil society representatives involved• Over 4,200 projects approved to date• Over 21,000 training days delivered to date• Over 2,600 jobs created to date• 1,420 villages benefitted from Leader projects to date• Tourism: >115,000 overnights stays, >800,000 days visits• More than 700 micro-enterprises supported, nearly 200

new ones created• Over 300 farm modernisation projects delivered• Up to £3m allocated to support LEADER in transition

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Community-led Local Developmentand ESIF Strategies

David WilfordRural Communities Policy Unit, Defra