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

PasserElles Buissonnières: Implementing the Istanbul Protocol

(09 October 2019) - PasserElles Buissonnières offers social and medical support to women in Lyon made vulnerable by illness or exile in order to help them lead active lives again.

What's new at aeidl?

Looking towards 2021-2027 citizen climate action

(10 October 2019) - In the series of events organised for the 30th anniversary of AEIDL, the focus group, ‘Looking towards 2021-2027 citizen climate action', gathered 20 participants - activists, environmental practitioners and policy-makers from across Europe - on 21 September, the European Day of Sustainable Communities.

Study visit to Moldova highlights the value of the LEADER approach

(27 September 2019) - As part of AEIDL’s 30th anniversary celebrations, 12 AEIDL staff members, freelancers and associate members went to Moldova to see for themselves how the implementation of the LEADER approach is helping reinvent rural areas in the poorest country in Europe.

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Latest News

Cohesion Policy in the hot seat

(11 October 2019) - Several Member States want to lower the rate at which a budget can be allocated to the EU for the period 2021-2027. Cohesion Policy aid to regions is at risk.

Smarter, greener, more inclusive?

(11 October 2019) - Eurostat issues the 2019 edition of the publication ‘Smarter, greener, more inclusive?’, which analyses the progress of the EU and its Member States towards the targets of the Europe 2020 strategy.

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Reinventing Europe through Local Initiative

Territorial development

Social development

Environment

Opinions - Contributions

PasserElles Buissonnières: Implementing the Istanbul Protocol

What's new at aeidl?

Looking towards 2021-2027 citizen climate action

Study visit to Moldova highlights the value of the LEADER approach

Eco-enterprise

Jobs at AEIDL

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