ENRD Newsletter December 2016
News:
The autumn 2016 edition of the ENRD networking magazine ‘Rural Connections’ is now available on the ENRD website. This edition gives special attention to the discussions and outcomes of the recent Cork 2.0 European Conference on Rural Development.
The thematic section on Cork 2.0 presents: an overview of the event; highlights of the workshop discussions; the resulting Cork 2.0 Declaration in full; and a range of stakeholder perspectives on the outcomes. Read these for a real flavour of current discussions on the future of Rural Development policy in Europe.
The magazine also provides its regular sections of ‘News and updates’ from European networks and institutions, and a range of articles presenting diverse ‘Rural Issues, Rural Perspectives’.
Remember that you can subscribe to receive multiple paper copies of future editions for free: subscribe@enrd.eu.
A two-day European CLLD seminar came up with recommendations to improve local strategy delivery and implementation for the best possible use of the Community-Led Local Development (CLLD) method across the four eligible European Structural and Investment Funds.
Participants at the seminar - held in Båstad (Sweden), 7-8 December - discussed and voted on the most relevant and practicable improvements around: 1) local partnership and governance; 2) financing, delivering and reporting; and 3) working with local assets. A highlights summary will follow shortly. See selected content from the online debate.
A related event on ‘Renewing LEADER/CLLD for 2020+’ was organised by the European LEADER association for Rural Development (ELARD) on 22-23 November in Estonia. It called for a renewed LEADER/CLLD framework in the 2021-2027 programming period.
The 3rd meeting of the European Rural Networks’ Assembly fed back on the activities of the ENRD and EIP-AGRI networks, mapped out how rural network members are responding to the Cork 2.0 Declaration and discussed how to better support ‘digitisation’ in rural areas.
The nearly 200 Assembly members who met in Brussels on 1 December 2016 also heard a keynote speech from the European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development who urged Assembly members to use their “rural know-how… contacts and credibility to ensure today’s key messages are heard in the right places”.
See more information on the ENRD web page
