AEIDL


AEIDL is the European Association for Information on Local Development.

History and objectives

It was founded in 1988 and is based in Brussels. its members are 31 individuals from 12 European Union countries who are involved in and expert on local development. Its activities include carrying out projects to promote local development, and implementing contracts for public authorities, especially at EU level. It employs approximately 20 staff. It is a non-profit organisation operating as a social enterprise and devotes its trading surpluses to the furtherance of its objectives, which are:
Its initial activity was to co-ordinate the European Network of Local Employment Initiatives. For nearly 10 years AEIDL animated the EU's main rural development programme, LEADER.
Its workload includes:
From 2002 until July 2019 it provided technical assistance for transnationality in the European Social Fund.
It is a founder member of , the European Network for Community-led Initiatives on Climate Change and Sustainability.
It is also active in social innovation and until November 2018 coordinated the Social Innovation Community project.
In 2016 it launched an .