Galway Bay FM
13 March 2021
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Galway Bay FM Newsroom – Galway Rural Development and Forum Connemara have welcomed the announcement of an increase in allocation for LEADER Projects across the country over the next two years.
This follows the news that the national LEADER allocation will increase by €50m, following EU support for the Programme.
LEADER is a rural development programme co-funded by the EU which operates a locally-led, bottom-up, approach to meeting the needs of local communities and businesses.
It was also announced yesterday by the government that they would submit an amendment to the European Commission to extend the 2014-2020 Rural Development Programme, under which LEADER is funded, out to the end of 2022 as part of the EU co-funded Rural Development Programme.