The Committee of the Regions, on its 154th plenary session on 15th of March 2023, approved the opinion “Targets and tools for a smart rural Europe” by NAT Rapporteur Radim Sršeň.

The document recognises rural areas as crucial in achieving Continue reading →

Photo – President of University of Galway Professor Ciarán Ó hÓgartaigh and FLIARA project Lead Associate Professor Maura Farrell. Credit – Aengus McMahon.

FLIARA – Female Led Innovation in Agriculture and Rural Areas to identify visions for sustainable farm Continue reading →

ELARD is hiring a communicator for EKEP

EKEP – ELARD Knowledge Exchange Platform is the unit of ELARD that deals with applying for and implementing projects in cooperation with other partners. ELARD will be partner in different projects under Continue reading →

29th and 30th of November, ELARD team together with consortium partners (IEECP, UPRC, Climate Alliance, AISFOR, REGEA, ECORERVEIS, TREA, FOCUS, ISR and REFLEX) met in Brussels at kick of meeting for RENOVERTY project.

RENOVERTY will foster energy efficiency building upgrades Continue reading →

The Share Network, the International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC) Europe and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) organised a one-day Share SIRA transnational conference on ‘Strengthening and Expanding the Social Orientation and Integration of Newcomers in Rural Areas’ on 23 Continue reading →

Last week in Seville, the Joint Research Centre (JCR) of the European Commissions shared insights with territorial development networks, policy makers and experts, from which ELARD was one!

If you want to learn more about the design, implementation and monitoring Continue reading →

Find the presentations from the 13^th OECD Rural Development Conference Building Sustainable, Resilient, and Thriving Rural Places held on 28-30 September 2022 in Cavan, Ireland. 

Please visit the website, to find the presentations, Continue reading →