LEADER (Liaison between Actions for the Development of the Rural Economy) is a European program for rural development which aims to support the development of rural areas.
Territorial component of the EAFRD (European Agricultural and Rural Space Development Fund), LEADER is designed as an approach to support multi-sector strategies, developed and administered by the territories and thus gives the territories a framework conducive to the emergence of collective and quality projects. This program involves actors from different worlds of territories, public or civil society, on all the themes developed in the territory. (short circuit, energy transition, culture, tourism, local economy, etc.)
The program is today the embodiment of Europe in rural areas, and a symbol of European policy for rural areas, like the ERASMUS program for students.