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14-08-2023 - New BMEL Initiative Supports Model Projects Showcasing Solutions for Social Village Development
Grants of up to €200,000 are offered to model projects that bring together actors from research and practice to develop and test approaches to strengthen rural communities in Germany.
Within the framework of the German government’s Rural Development and Regional Value Creation Framework Programme (Bundesprogramm Ländliche Entwicklung und Regionale Wertschöpfung - BULE+), Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft (BMEL - German Federal Ministry for Food and Agriculture) has now launched the new initiative ‘Social Village Development - Strong Communities for Future-Proof Rural Areas’ (Soziale Dorfentwicklung - Starke Gemeinschaften für zukunftsfähige ländliche Räume). The initiative is designed to support model implementation and demonstrator projects that showcase solutions to strengthen rural village communities. The thematic focus is particularly on the following topics:
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