“We have to design a new way of living in the villages”

Intervention at the closing ceremony of Delia Losa Carballido, Delegate of the Government of Spain in Asturias Good afternoon. Thank you very much for inviting me to participate in the closing of the second edition of the European Rural Youth Parliament. It is an honour for me to be able to address you, young people…

A programme of cultural and musical activities with a lot of breadcrumbs

The programme of the European Rural Youth Parliament included a series of complementary activities, in the design of which the Carreño Town Council collaborated, which included, in addition to musical performances, several visits to council entrepreneurs, as well as demonstrative workshops developed by different associations in the municipality. So, on Monday, the day of arrival…

Floral craftsmanship by the hand of Interflora for Parliaments

Fernando Orrio and Elena González have been the flower artisans of Candás in charge of the floral decoration of the second European Rural Youth Parliament and the fourth European Rural Parliament. The floral design or floral art is the art of taking floral and non-floral materials such as flowers, plants and other accessories with special…

A volunteerism that makes a difference

There is no doubt that much of the success of both the European Rural Youth Parliament (ERYP) and the European Rural Parliament (ERP) is also due to the selfless work of the group of young volunteers from the Carreño council who have brought an important value throughout the week with their willingness, their collaboration, their…

Live Second and Third Plenary

Saturday 9 November – ‘Giving rural people voice’ 9:00 – 10:30 / 2nd Plenary – The future of European Rural Policy ‘Environment, the best guarantee for the future of rural territories’. Mr. Hugo Morán Fernández, Secretary of State for the Environment. Ministry for the Ecological Transition of the Government of Spain Panel ‘The future of European Rural Policy’: Mr. Jonás Fernández Álvarez,…

First Plenary of the ERP in streaming

Welcome and introductions The ERP Co-Iniating Partners:  Mr. Staffan Nilsson, President of European Rural Community Alliance – ERCA and ERP Steering Group Mr. Āris Ādlers, President of Partnership for Rural Europe – PREPARE Mr. Maria JoãoBotelho, President of European LEADER Association for Rural Development – ELARD Opening speech: Mr. Adrián Barbón Rodríguez, President of the Government of…

The voice of Europe’s youth resounds in Candás

The Youth Parliament (ERYP) starts with the reception in the Asturian Parliament of the coordinators of the ERYP and the European Rural Parliament (ERP), Artis Krists Mednis and Vanessa Halhead, the mayor of Carreño, Amelia Fernández López, and the president of the Asturian Network of Rural Development (READER), Belarmino Fernández Fervienza. After this meeting, the…