LAG HZW: call for proposals 2026

Research

What?

The Lokale Actiegroep Haspengouw Zuidwest (LAG HZW) launched a call for projects under the LEADER grant programme.

LEADER, stands for Liaison Entre Actions de Développement de l'Économie Rurale and its main objective is to to support rural areas in finding innovative solutions to challenges in rural areas. In Limburg, for the 2023-2027 programme period, four LEADER areas have been demarcated: Kempen, Maasland, Haspengouw Zuidoost and Haspengouw Zuidwest.

The LAG HZO is making available a budget of € 702.089,41 in LEADER support for this call, with no distribution of the available budget among priorities or objectives.

This project call applies to the 3 priorities and corresponding objectives of the Local Development Strategy of the LAG HZW:

Priority 1: Innovative and sustainable local agricultural production and marketing, and valorisation of biomass residues

• Objective 1.1: Agricultural innovation and new farming models

Priority 2: Livable and lively villages*

• Objective 2.1: Developing multifunctional (meeting) places in rural areas
• Objective 2.1: Accessible facilities

Priority 3: Biodiversity and landscape quality

• Objective 3.1: Strengthening and opening up cultural landscapes
• Objective 3.2: Initiatives around water infiltration, buffering and quality
  
  *For investment projects, an upper limit of € 250,000 co-financing is applied.

Within the project call the following project types are eligible:

• Regular project
• Micro project
• Dome project

Approved projects can start on 1 January 2026 at the earliest and can run until 30 June 2028 at the latest.

Application?

Project applications must be submitted through the VLM's rural counter by 12 noon on 30 June 2025.

The maximum grant rate for projects is 65%. Promoters and co-promoters are jointly responsible for the remaining amount of the project costs (minimum 35%), of which a minimum of 15% of the project cost of the promoter and/or the co-promoters themselves.

More information?

‘Lokale Ontwikkelingsstrategie LEADER Haspengouw Zuidwest 2023-2027'
Draaiboek van de LAG HZW
Handboek LEADER 2023-2027

Please always contact research@uhasselt.be if you want to apply.

Deadline

30.06.2025

Contact Hasselt University?

E-mail sarah.szyr@uhasselt.be

Tel. +3211269052