GENERAL PROJECT SUPPORT
Now there is once again ”General project support” available to apply for from Leader Gute. But the support is limited – there is a total of 500,000 kronor left. The amount can go to one or several projects run by different project owners.
Eligible applicants are local actors within the non-profit, private, or public sector.
Projects applying for general project support must be of public benefit and have local anchoring in the island's countryside. They must also fit into one of Leader Gute's three focus areas:
- Live and stay on the entire island
- Accelerating climate and energy transition
- Sustainable business
Read more about the three focus areas in Leader Gute's strategy for the program period 2023–2027 HERE
More information about the current general project support is available HERE
THE CALL RURAL ENTERPRISES
The call ”Rural Enterprises” is specifically aimed at businesses with an address and operations in Gotland's rural areas. Currently, there are 600,000 kronor left to apply for within Rural Enterprises (two grants of max 300,000 kronor).
The support can, for example, be used to increase competence in businesses, develop existing products/services, diversify businesses, create new or develop existing collaborations/business networks, or increase services in rural areas.
This can be done through, for example, courses/training, study visits, meetings/workshops, development of prototypes, implementation of tests or consultancy work in the form of, among other things, surveys, analyses or strategy work.
The support may not be used for primary production or regular operations – it must be used for new initiatives focused on social, economic and/or ecological sustainability.
The project must be implemented in collaboration with at least two other actors. The benefits accrue primarily to the project-owning companies and partners, but it must also have some form of positive effect for one or more local rural areas in the sense of the producer.
A company can be granted between 40 and 70% of budgeted costs in a project – up to a maximum support amount of 300,000 SEK.
More information about the current general project support is available HERE
PRIORITIZATION AND APPLICATION
How Leader Gute's board chooses to prioritize applications in case of potential funding shortages is determined at this stage by ”Guidelines for prioritizing projects in case of funding shortages” which you can download HERE. Currently, the so-called indicator regarding preserved employment in the island's rural areas is prioritized.
If your organization or business wants to apply for General project support or the support via the call Rural Enterprises, you start by sending in a completed cchecklist to Leader Gute no later than September 15, 2026. (Checklists are available for download via the links below)
Based on the checklist, we will provide you with feedback before you make a possible application in the Swedish Board of Agriculture's E-service no later than October 12, 2026.
Leader Gute's board will then make decisions on prioritization of incoming applications don December 3, 2026.
The Swedish Board of Agriculture then makes a decision on support.
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Download checklist regarding general project support HERE
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Download checklist regarding the call Rural Enterprises HERE