Ninety-seven local initiative groups were approved under the LOM approach for 2023-2027.

The governing body of the Strategic Plan for the Development of Agriculture and Rural Areas (SPDARA) for the period 2023-2027 has approved 97 local initiative groups that will implement strategies for Community-Led Local Development (CLLD) under intervention II.Ж.5 "Implementation of operations, including cooperation activities and their preparation, selected within the local development strategy," announced the Directorate of Public Relations and Protocol at the Ministry of Agriculture and Food. The total agreed value of the financed CLLD strategies is 684,020,609.49 BGN, of which 551,252,542.00 BGN from the SPDARA and 132,768,067.49 BGN supplementary funding from the operational programs "Competitiveness and Innovation in Enterprises," "Human Resources Development," "Environment," and "Education." The maximum amount of the total public contribution under the SPDARA 2023-2027 within each approved CLLD strategy is up to the equivalent of 2.3 million euros for an LIG covering a ...