If your Local Action Group would like to give input to the Long term vision on Rural Areas, it is still possible until the 31st of January!

ENRD has worked out templates for local workshops that you can use in Continue reading →

On 6th of October, ELARD approached the commissioners in order to find out what measures are being considered by the Commission to provide a framework that makes it possible for the Member States to make use of the opportunities LEADER/CLLD Continue reading →

The Thematic Group met 2-3rd of December.

• The main aim of this meeting was to continue the discussions on the Foresight exercise in order to further develop the scenarios. These will form important building blocks for the EU Long-Term Vision Continue reading →

The annual conference was preparing common input to the long term vision on rural areas.

The presentations from the conference are now available in SHERPA website.
Also, you can watch the SHERPA video prepared and which will also displayed at Continue reading →

The Slovenian LEADER office has recently prepared two articles on LEADER/CLLD projects.

The first article is about the importance and strengthening of local self-sufficiency and short supply chains in rural areas trough the LEADER/CLLD approach.

The second article talks about Continue reading →

Press release of the European Committee of the Regions

The European Committee of the Regions (CoR) and the European Parliament Intergroup on Rural, Mountainous and Remote Areas (RUMRA)&smart villages at the European Parliament with the Continue reading →

News from SHERPA Homepage

The Coordination Group of the EU Multi-Actor Platform (EU MAP) met again on 19 November 2020 to continue work on the ‘Long-term vision for rural areas’. This second meeting aimed at building on the Continue reading →

Marion Eckardt had the opportunity to meet with Commisioner of Demography and Democracy, mrs Dubravka Šuica this Tuesday. They had conversation about democracy and where politics should be made and the importance to include our citizens in the democracy. Shows Continue reading →

ELARD partly chaired the meeting where we planned the upcoming med-term event in the end of January and the 5th gathering in Poland and virtually in September 2021. Many countries are postponing their rural parliaments, possibly giving a vacuum where Continue reading →