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The Leader+ programme puts a strong emphasis on networking between rural areas and provides funding for this measure under Action 2: “Support for co-operation between rural territories”.

This action is intended to encourage and support cooperation between rural territories:

• In the UK (inter-territorial cooperation);
• In several Member States (transnational cooperation).

Such cooperation must demonstrate genuine added value for the territories concerned. It may have two aims, which are often complementary:

• Achieving the critical mass necessary for a joint project to be viable;
• Encouraging complementary actions.

Cooperation will consist in pooling the know-how and/or human and financial resources dispersed across each of the territories concerned. Such actions will be based on the thematic guidelines clearly defined by the LAGs in their development plans. The cooperation should not consist simply of exchanges of experience but must include the implementation of a joint project if possible supported by a common structure. Funding will be granted under this action for the joint project and for upstream expenditure on technical assistance for cooperation.

Please contact the WARR Partnership office for further details.

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