Bringing inner areas and Local Action Groups back to the center of European attention (hybrid)

The event is hybrid. The streaming link will be sent to the registered email address one day prior to the event.

This event aims at reflecting on the prospects and challenges arising from the proposed European financial and legislative framework post 2027 and explore how to translate these policy directions into practical strategies benefiting rural areas, and positioning LAGs as tools for sustainable innovation and participatory local development.

PROGRAMME

Institutional welcome

Pannel and roundtable

• Armando Pugno, CERSTE – Centre Européen des Recherches Socio-Économiques, Technologiques et Environnementales
• Mihail Dumitru, European Commission, DG AGRI , Deputy Director General
• Nicola De Michelis, Director, European Commission, DG REGIO, Deputy Director-General for Programme Implementation, Smart and Sustainable Growth and Programme Implementation IV (REGIO.G)
• Piotr Sadłocha – President of ELARD
• María José Murciano Sánchez – Deputy President of ELARD, European Leader Association for Rural Development

Roundtable and Conclusions – Open debate with participants (moderated by Alfonso Scarano, CERSTE)

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Invitation in PDF

This new Brussels meeting is part of a structured discussion, alliance-building, and exchange of best practices, aimed at enhancing the role of Rural Areas within the European debate. Amid new strategic priorities—from the Draghi Plan to the Rearm Europe initiative and global technological competition—the risk is that crucial resources may increasingly divert away from cohesion and territorial development policies. It is, therefore, essential to reaffirm collectively the central role of Rural Areas as laboratories for social innovation, environmental sustainability, and inclusion, countering financial and political marginalization.

CERSTE – Centre Européen des Recherches Socio-Économiques, Technologiques et Environnementales – https://www.cerste.eu/