“Local communities have become incredibly important, they are on the front line and are doing a lot of work to support their community”

VANESSA HALHEAD Honorary President of Scottish Rural Action (SRA). Member of the Steering Group of the European Rural Parliament (ERP). Co-coordinator of ERP2019 What evaluation can you make of ERP2019, what experience do you remember? The 4th ERP was exceptionally good. It was a huge feat of planning and organisation and it worked extremely well,…

“The LAGs showed real inventiveness, flexibility and ability to react to the crisis: they are so local that they can react quickly and do exactly what they need to do”

MARION ECKARDT President of European LEADER Association of Rural Development (ELARD), the network that brings together all the Local Action Groups in Europe (LAG). She has worked like LAG manager in Southwester Sweden, so she has a long experience with the LEADER method. Member of the Steering Group of the European Rural Parliament (ERP). Evaluation…

A year ago…

A year ago, the Asturian Network for Rural Development (READER) was in the midst of the maelstrom of closing the 2nd European Rural Youth Parliament and inaugurating the 4th European Rural Parliament. It was a great experience, both vital and professional, for those of us who took part in it. Candás, the capital of the…

Relive the best moments of the ERP2019 Plenary Sessions

If you want to relive the different moments of the three plenary sessions of the European Rural Parliament 2019, each of the three playlists below is available on Youtube: First Plenary Session – Friday, 8 November 2019 Second Plenary Session – Saturday, 9 November 2019 Third Plenary Session – Saturday, 9 November 2019 And here…

ERYP and ERP in the press

The organization of the European Rural Youth Parliament (ERYP) and the European Rural Parliament (ERP), both held in Candás (Asturias, Spain) between 4 and 9 November 2019, had a great impact on the media, as well as on other institutions that left their mark through different media. We have compiled practically everything that has been…

“It is imperative that Europe listen to the rural world today”

Speech by Adrián Barbón, President of the Principality of Asturias The President of the Government of the Principality of Asturias, Adrián Barbón, who gave the inaugural speech of the 4th European Rural Parliament, said that he was very clear about a series of aspects, where the real voice of the inhabitants of the rural world…