LAG MAA: call for proposals 2026

Research

What?

The Lokale Actiegroep Maasland (LAG MAA) 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 MAA is making available a budget of € 560.401,04 (in LEADER support for this call, with no distribution of the available budget among priorities or objectives.

This call for projects applies to priorities 1 and 3 and associated objectives of the Local Development Strategy of the Maasland LAG:

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

• Objective 1.1: New farming models and techniques farm management

Priority 3: Biodiversity and landscape quality

• Objective 3.1: Strengthening and opening up cultural landscapes
• Objective 3.2: Initiatives around soil quality and water infiltration, buffering and quality

Within the project call, both investment and service projects of 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 should be submitted by 12 noon on 15 October 2025 via the rural desk of the VLM.

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

More information?

You can find the ‘Lokale Ontwikkelingsstrategie LEADER Maasland 2023-2027', the call text, and the 'Draaiboek van de LAG Maasland' here.

Handboek LEADER 2023 - 2027

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

Deadline

15.10.2025

Contact Hasselt University?

E-mail sarah.szyr@uhasselt.be

Tel. +3211269052