During the EWRC2019, LEADER France held the workshop-debate “Rural development at the heart of EU territorial cohesion” on October 10 in the presence of Irene Tolleret, Member of European Parliament, Kristiina Tammets, Vice-President of ELARD, François Galabrun, Director of LAG Continue reading →

In October, several ELARD members were engaged in organising as well as actively participating in several workshops and side-events in the European Week of Regions and Cities 2019 in Brussels.

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In the morning of October 9, around one hundred Continue reading →

On October 8, the Plenary Session of the European Committee of the Regions adopted unanimously the own-initiative opinion “The CoR’s contribution to the renewed Territorial Agenda, with special emphasis on community-led local development” from rapporteur Radim SRŠEŇ (CS/EPP), Regional Councilor Continue reading →

On October 17th at FAO Headquarters, SALSA will participate at a side event of the Committee on World Food Security entitled Strengthening Agricultural Innovation Systems for Family Farming: Multi-stakeholder processes to develop capacities to innovate for food and nutrition Continue reading →

Maria José Murciano, Coordinator of the Spanish Rural Development Network and member of the Council of ELARD has been attending last week the 2nd High-level Local and Regional Government Forum on Sustainable Development Goals and 2030 Agenda in Continue reading →

On 12 September, ELARD held a LEADER/CLLD seminar in Pärnu, Estonia, within the framework of European Rural Parliament theme work and as part of the international LINC conference. The primary goal of the seminar was to introduce the application of Continue reading →

ELARD/Minha Terra welcomed, from 3rd to 6th September, a Delegation of the China Association for International Exchange of Personnel (CAIEP), headed by Mr. XIA Bing, Deputy Director General of the Secretariat, in the framework of a cooperation mission. ELARD/Minha Terra Continue reading →

Radim Sršeň, Member of ELARD Council, is currently the rapporteur of the draft opinion “CoR’s contribution to the renewed Territorial Agenda, with special emphasis on community-led local development” that has been analysed, discussed and unanimously adopted by the Commission for Continue reading →

With a view to prepare the future of CLLD based on the experience of LAGs, Minha Terra designed a document of analysis and recommendations that has been supported and signed during the last one and a half month by over Continue reading →

In light of the beginning of the preparation of the next programming period, the European Committee of the Regions launched in October 2017 a coalition of entities and individuals who believe that the European Union’s Cohesion Policy has had positive Continue reading →