The program supports the implementation of the regional LEADER development strategies. The establishment of the regional budget is intended to support committed and active independent rural development and to strengthen regional identity. Funding is based on the current version of the guidelines of the Saxon State Ministry for Environment and Agriculture on rural development in the Free State of Saxony (funding guidelines for rural development - RL LE / 2014). For this call, funds from the joint task to improve the agricultural structure and coastal protection (GAK) are made available on the basis of the budget approved by the members of the Saxon state parliament for approval in 2020.