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,…
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“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…
“I would recommend Spain to organize the first Rural Parliament: Covid-19 will pass and the world can become much better”
LEOTRIM GERMIZAJ National Coordinator of Network of Organizations for Rural Development of Kosovo (NORDK) – the leading network for rural development in the country. Member of the Steering Group of the European Rural Parliament (ERP). One year later, what assessment can you make of the ERP 2019 in Candás? My personal impression of the ERP…
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…
Awarding of diplomas to the volunteers and entities of Carreño that collaborated with the ERYP and ERP 2019
08.01.2020 The volunteers and collaborating entities of the municipality of Carreño with the European Rural Parliament (ERP) and the European Rural Youth Parliament (ERYP), held in Candás between the 4th and 9th of November last, received yesterday a diploma of gratitude from the organising entities of the mentioned event in an meeting that took place…
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…
Candás Declaration calls for a “tuned rural agenda” between civil society and political organisations
The European Rural Parliament (ERP), held in Candás between 6 and 9 November, calls for “a truly attuned rural agenda” between civil society and the political organisations that design policies, where “inclusive cooperation and partnership at all levels are combined to ensure that rural Europe thrives”. A total of 335 delegates representing 38 European countries,…
“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…