Aeidl - AEIDL

Reinventing Europe through Local Initiative

AEIDL, the European Association for Information on Local Development, was founded in 1988 by like-minded individuals who believed that European integration could make a positive contribution to citizenship and to the sustainable development of local communities.

Our European Project

Territorial development

From LEADER to FARNET, AEIDL has proven expertise in the successful application of the territorial approach to development - an approach based on a permanent dialogue with and between local stakeholders and the potential beneficiaries of the various projects, and enriched by exchanges within wider networks, which encompass the local, regional, national and European levels.

Social development

Established in the context of ELISE, the European network for the exchange of information on local employment, AEIDL is regularly involved in programmes, projects or missions involving, either directly or indirectly, employment, social economy, social innovation, start-ups, socio-occupational integration, migration issues, equal opportunities and citizenship.

Environment

While the goal of sustainable development and respect for the environment had been a horizontal dimension of the local development projects AEIDL has been engaged in for over ten years, it was the coordination of the EU’s LIFE programme, which - from the early 2000s – led to the environmental aspect of sustainable development becoming one of AEIDL’s main fields of activity.

Opinions - Contributions

Social innovation in local development

(21 January 2020) - Nordregio, the Nordic Centre for Spatial Development, published in 2017 a report “Social Innova¬tion in Local Development in the Nordic Countries and Scotland”, which is still a benchmark for remote rural areas.

What's new at aeidl?

Junior Documentalist

(15 January 2020) - AEIDL is looking for a motivated and proactive junior documentalist.

Expressing the voice of rural people

(14 January 2020) - AEIDL participated in the fourth European Rural Parliament in the village of Candás, Asturias, Spain, on 6 to 9 November 2019.

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Latest News

Number of nights spent in the EU up by 2.4%

(24 January 2020) - In 2019, the number of nights spent in tourist accommodation in the EU is expected to have reached more than 3.2 billion, up by 2.4% compared with 2018.

Share of renewable energy up to 18%

(23 January 2020) - In 2018, the share of energy from renewable sources in gross final energy consumption reached 18% in the EU, up from 17.5% in 2017 and more than double the share in 2004 (8.5%).

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Reinventing Europe through Local Initiative

Territorial development

Social development

Environment

Opinions - Contributions

Social innovation in local development

What's new at aeidl?

Junior Documentalist

Expressing the voice of rural people

Eco-enterprise

Jobs at AEIDL

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