Last week, ELARD engaged in strategic discussions with EU leaders, including Vice-President Raffaele Fitto and DG REGIO Policy Director Peter Berkowitz. The focus? Ensuring rural development is not just a policy add-on but a core element across EU initiatives.

The Continue reading →

From November 4th to 6th, the final conference of the transnational LEADER cooperation project “LEADER/CLLD: Our Common Future” took place. The picturesque Portuguese region of Aldeia da Mata Pequena, near the town of Mafra, hosted the event. Representatives from 13 Continue reading →

On 31st October, the Bureau of the Committee of the Regions met in Logroño, Spain on the occasion of the Spanish Presidency of the EU Council.

The meeting brought together experts, policymakers, and leaders to exchange best practices and Continue reading →

What needs changing?

Rural areas encounter a number of difficulties that were put aside for a long time, such as: a shutdown of public services, lagging behind in terms of economic development, a lesser access to culture, only to name Continue reading →

Euroscepticism, approach to extremist positions and parties… the geography of discontent has become a problematic issue for, among others, European governments, which are unable to understand how, despite progressively increasing the investment of their economic and cohesion policies in all Continue reading →