From the bottom up
Community-Led Local Development (CLLD) is an EU mechanism that lets a Local Action Group (LAG) — at least 50% non-public-sector partners — write its own local strategy and decide which projects to fund.
It is funded through five EU funds (ERDF, ESF+, EAFRD, EMFAF, JTF) and exists in over 3,000 areas across Europe, from the Outer Hebrides to rural Greece. The LEADER programme is its rural sibling. CLLD's superpower: small projects (€2,000 – €200,000) that would never survive a national funding round get funded because the people deciding live next door.
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