Changes in the countryside and agriculture - a traditional rural society, have systematically lagged behind by several long strides in modernizing urban areas. Some rural areas are still intact or with modernization just touched. Such a principled position is changing somewhat today. This was influenced by the phrase "sustainable rural development". The Republic of Croatia has started implementing the LEADER Program, which has brought the greatest progress in agriculture. The LEADER approach in the Republic of Croatia is applied through the Strategies of Local Action Groups. The paper introduces the creation and operation of LAGs that bring together stakeholders from different sectors and raise the rural area to a higher level by creating competitive areas. A short survey on LAGs from Brod-Posavina County was conducted, where results were obtained on the age of persons engaged in agriculture as a primary activity, the sex of the family farm holder and showed what farmers spend the most on EU funds.