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5 May, 2020

ELARD supports the new position of European Countryside Movement

The organisations of the European Countryside Movement stress the importance of rural territories for the recovery, and await the
establishment of a European Rural Agenda and give reccommendations in this position.

Read the position: Building on the resilience of rural Continue reading →

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7 February, 2020

Meeting of the CDG Rural Development –

The Future CAP was being discussed with three sub-issues: Update on the legislative process in the Parliament and in the Council including an update on the new green architecture, Transition rules – RD implementation, and Developments on the CAP network.

High-level conference “Engaging citizens for good governance in Cohesion Policy”

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6 February, 2020

High-level conference “Engaging citizens for good governance in Cohesion Policy”

We managed to raise the voice for CLLD. There is a very clear and honest interest in real participation with the citizens of EU. That is, not just box-ticking, but co-creation. See below a wonderful compilation of the conference, Especially Continue reading →

Meetings on European Rural Parliament (ERP) in cooperation with ERCA and PREPARE

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21 January, 2020

Meetings on European Rural Parliament (ERP) in cooperation with ERCA and PREPARE

As ELARD is one of the 3 co-initiators of the ERP, ELARD (Marion Eckardt and Kirsten Birke Lund)

visited Bruxelles together with ERCA (Staffan Nilsson, Va essa Halhead) and PREPARE (Aris Adlers,

Kim Smedslund, Goran Šoster, Leotrim Gërmizaj). At Continue reading →

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26 December, 2019

A LEADER Journey through Rural Europe

In the recently launched publication “A LEADER Journey through rural Europe – National LAG Networks revealing the diversity of LEADER implementation“, ELARD addresses the long-felt need to present its scope of coverage and work through its different members, Continue reading →

ELARD GA elects new presidency in Amarante, Portugal

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12 December, 2019

ELARD GA elects new presidency in Amarante, Portugal

Last 26th November, in the framework of the LEADER/CLLD 2019 Conference, the General Assembly (GA) of the Portuguese presidency of ELARD met in Amarante, Portugal, with representatives of 19 networks (*) of Local Action Groups.

The main point for this Continue reading →

The first LEADER LAG in China was established in Xingguo, Jiangxi Province

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12 December, 2019

The first LEADER LAG in China was established in Xingguo, Jiangxi Province

The founding agreement of the first LEADER Local Action Group in China was signed on Thursday, 12th December in Xingguo, South China.

“It has been quite a journey to reach this point”, said Vice-President Marion Eckardt about the first rural Continue reading →

LEADER/CLLD 2019 Conference in Amarante, Portugal

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5 December, 2019

LEADER/CLLD 2019 Conference in Amarante, Portugal

This year’s ELARD annual meeting held in the North of Portugal, in the beautiful historic town of Amarante, began November 25 with an introductory members workshop on the state of the art of LEADER/CLLD implementation and the preparation of the Continue reading →

About the need of a real Rural Agenda for Europe

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24 November, 2019

About the need of a real Rural Agenda for Europe

The 4^th European Rural Parliament, hosted by Red Asturiana de Desarrollo Rural (READER), was held in Candás, Asturias, Spain, from November 6 to 9. All in all, 38 European countries from inside and outside the UE (*) were Continue reading →

International LEADER Conference in Bulgaria

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28 October, 2019

International LEADER Conference in Bulgaria

The International Conference “Cooperation – Tool for the promoting of local development” held in Razlog, Bulgaria, from 22-24 October, organized by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forestry of Bulgaria and co-organized by the Association Bulgarian National LEADER Network, addressed Continue reading →