“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…