Consulting

In the context of global change processes – for example, climate, demographic and structural change in rural areas and agriculture as well as globalisation – innovations are of central importance for the sustainable development of rural areas. In addition, the legal and funding frameworks in the areas of agricultural policy, environmental and climate protection, and regional development are subject to constant change.
Against this background, we provide consultancy services to state governments on rural development programmes and support LEADER regions and large protected areas in developing future-oriented approaches. In addition, we are active in project consultancy and development as well as funding consultancy.
On behalf of various German federal states, we are in charge of Innovation Support Services (ISS) for EIP-AGRI – the European Innovation Partnership ‘Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability’. We provide consultancy services and support to operational groups from the initial idea to the submission of applications and implementation of their projects, to securing the results and transferring the newly acquired knowledge into practice. In this context, we also strengthen networking and the exchange of experience as core elements of Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems (AKIS)

Projects in the thematic field

Sustainability and resilience

Globally Sustainable Municipality Hesse

From July 2024 to December 2024, the project “Globally Sustainable Municipality Hesse” will support nine Hessian municipalities in taking stock of their sustainable activities in the context of global responsibility. The IfLS Consulting and Projects…

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Cluster Report Agriculture 2023 of the Stuttgart Region

The Stuttgart Region, as an association of the state capital with five economically strong districts in the immediate vicinity, has good agricultural production conditions in a state-wide comparison. The proportion of intensively used agricultural…

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Globally Sustainable Municipality Palatinate

The project "Globally Sustainable Community (GNK)" Palatinate supports municipalities in the Palatinate Forest in the local implementation of the 17 SDGs of the Agenda 2030. In this context, the IfLS Consulting and Projects in a cooperation with the…

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ESD platform of the Bergstrasse-Odenwald Geo-Nature Park

IfLS Consulting and Projects supports the UNESCO Global Geopark and nature park Bergstrasse-Odenwald in the initial development of its new ESD platform.

In 2022, the geo- and nature park developed a strategic didactic concept "Education for a…

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Agricultural policy and rural development

Common Agricultural Policy (CAP): Cross Compliance and advancement of agri-environmental schemes

The integration of nature and environment issues constitutes a focal point within the frame-work of agricultural policy’s reorientation. On the one hand, Council Regulation (EC) 1782/2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes and…

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Regional development

Cluster Report Agriculture 2023 of the Stuttgart Region

The Stuttgart Region, as an association of the state capital with five economically strong districts in the immediate vicinity, has good agricultural production conditions in a state-wide comparison. The proportion of intensively used agricultural…

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Final evaluation of the LEADER process in the LEADER region Oben an der Volme

In the LEADER region Oben an der Volme, the final evaluation of the 2014-2022 funding period is due, as required by the state.

In this context, IfLS Consulting and Projects is supporting the sponsoring association of the regional development of Oben…

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Examination and evaluation of the Local Development Strategies (LES) for the selection of LEADER/CLLD regions in the state of Saxony-Anhalt in the funding period 2021-2027

In order to be recognised as a LEADER region, the territorial settings in Saxony-Anhalt go through a selection process. IfLS Beratung und Projekte GmbH has been commissioned to support the selection process. In detail, the assignment includes the…

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Final evaluation of the LEADER process in the LEADER region Ortenau

The LEADER region Ortenau is facing the end of the 2014-2017 funding period. The current funding period will be extended with the two-year transition phase in 2021 and 2022. Nevertheless, effects and successes of the current LEADER funding are to be…

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Large-scale protected areas and cultural landscapes

External facilitation for the large-scale nature conservation project “Wispertaunus”

The large-scale nature conservation project Wispertaunus is coordinated by the Frankfurt Zoological Society (ZGF). The goal is to work with forest owners to create a network of natural forests covering a total of 2,800 hectares. Existing natural…

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Project outline for the establishment of a model region in the combination of biodiversity and climate protection in conjunction with climate adaptation measures and BNE (education for sustainable development)

The Rhine-Taunus Nature Park has the potential to become an example for the combination of biodiversity and climate protection. Together with the rural development research (Institut für ländliche Strukturforschung e.V.), the first step is to develop…

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Green Infrastructure in Rural Areas of the Lippe District

The E+E project “Green Infrastructure in Rural Regions” aims to translate the guidelines of the EU and the Federal Green Infrastructure Concept into concrete measures at the regional level and to implement them. The focus is on the district of Lippe.…

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Periodic review of the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Rhön

The UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Rhön was recognised by UNESCO in 1991 as a transnational biosphere reserve in Bavaria, Hesse and Thuringia, has already successfully passed two periodic reviews (2003 and 2013) and is now undergoing the third evaluation…

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International cooperation

Supporting LEADER implementation in Georgia – EMBRACE Tsalka

The project “EMBRACE Tsalka” aims to reduce rural poverty and improve living conditions in Tsalka municipality, Georgia, through the LEADER approach. It addresses economic, social, and environmental concerns by improving agricultural competitiveness,…

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Regional and structural policy in South Africa. Country study: Analysis of the structural and regional development strategies and visions of the nine provinces

The desk study was linked to the overall aim of the constitutional development process in South Africa (RSA) and to policies aimed at decreasing inter and intra-regional disparities and at promoting socially and economically balanced development.…

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Sustainable land use

Short Study on the Situation of Grasslands in Germany

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In order to obtain an overview of the situation of grasslands in Germany, the Institute for Rural Development Research (IfLS) currently works on a short study commissioned by the German Wildlife Foundation. The study is meant to promote the discourse…

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Knowledge and innovation

EIP-Agri Support Services and Cooperation Projects in Hesse (Hessian Innovation Service Provider)

In Hesse, the "European Innovation Partnership for Productivity and Sustainability in Agriculture" (EIP-Agri) and the implementation of projects to promote networks and cooperation within the framework of cooperation will continue proven programmes…

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Supervision and evaluation of three funding calls "European Innovation Partnership Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability (EIP-Agri)"

Supervision and evaluation of three funding calls "European Innovation Partnership Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability (EIP-Agri)" of the Regional Managing Authority Rhineland-Palatinate within the framework of the German CAP Strategic Plan…

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Supervision and evaluation of the 4th funding call "The agricultural European Innovation Partnership (EIP-Agri)" of the EAFRD Managing Authority Rhineland-Palatinate

The state of Rhineland-Palatinate is taking up the new funding opportunities created by the EU for the European Innovation Partnership (EIP-Agri) in the EAFRD development programme "Environmental measures, rural development, agriculture, food" (EPLR…

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Support for "European Innovation Partnerships on Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability (EIP-Agri)" Rhineland-Palatinate

The state of Rhineland-Palatinate is taking up the new funding opportunities created by the EU under the European Innovation Partnership (EIP-Agri) in the rural development programme "Environmental Measures, Rural Development, Agriculture, Food"…

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Socio-economics of farm businesses

Cluster Report Agriculture 2023 of the Stuttgart Region

The Stuttgart Region, as an association of the state capital with five economically strong districts in the immediate vicinity, has good agricultural production conditions in a state-wide comparison. The proportion of intensively used agricultural…

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Socio-economic study in the large-scale nature conservation project "Streams, moors and mountain meadows in the Thuringian Forest"

The UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Thüringer Wald is home to a diverse mosaic of beech and mixed mountain forests, mountain streams, moors and mountain meadows with rich biotic communities. To preserve and promote this habitat and species diversity,…

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Consulting on citizen financing models for the planned citizen vineyard Obernhof-Weinähr

The local communities of Obernhof and Weinähr in Rhineland-Palatinate want to establish a citizen vineyard in the course of a land consolidation within the LEADER project, which will be cultivated both organically (Weinähr) and conventionally…

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