In case your country is hesitating on how to programme CLLD/LEADER as a multilevel governance tool in order to make the most of our beloved tool then check out our newest publication!

We have interviewed people that are active Continue reading →

The intergroup of Rural, Remote and Mountaineus areas held its first General Assembly on the 21st of October 2020. ELARD is invited to take part as membersorganisation and are happy to contribute.

The RUMRA & Smart Villages Intergroup kicked off Continue reading →

TheEuropean week of regions and cities was completely digital this year, making it posssible to still meet and develop togehter in spite of the pandemic. ELARD was contributing in many different sessions and participting in even more sessions. ELARDs own organized session had 126 registered participants and was a true success, with good ideas and interesting outcome.

ELARD held the members meeting virtually – instead of physically in Sweden as originally planned – on hte 7th of October to decide on the distribution of reports that we have made, the work with the Long Term Vision of Continue reading →

New report: “Summary of responses from the macro survey “Which future do you want in rural areas?”

Firstly – a warm thank you to all engaged citizens around Europe who has answered our survey, and a big thank you also Continue reading →

The European Commission has launched a public consultation on its new initiative for a long-term vision for rural areas. This consultation aims to collect views on current opportunities and challenges in rural areas, aspirations for rural areas in Continue reading →

The registration date has been postponed for most workshops where ELARD will be present! Register here: European week of Regions and Cities before 7th of October

Please find below a short compilation of interesting events at the EWRC:

ELARD hosting: Continue reading →

The first meeting from ENRD Thematic Workinggroup was held on 28th of September, with participants also from ELARD members. The Green Deal will play a major role in the future, and LEADER/CLLD can provide instruments to work with that in Continue reading →

was again held online, ofcourse, with 19 participants from 17 countries . ELARD is about to launch the report of the Survey of the future of Rural Areas where we haver received 3436 answers from 25 countries. Now we were Continue reading →

ELARD is participating in the EU Multi Actor Platform of the 4 year long Horizon 2020 project SHERPA. The first meeting was about starting up,and getting to know eachother and the project. Apart from ELARD, PREPARE is present as civis Continue reading →