Thursday, November 7 Ms. Amelia Fernández López, Mayoress of Carreño A native of El Valle, one of the council’s twelve rural parishes, Amelia Fernández López is the first woman to hold the post of mayor in Carreño since the Democratic Transition and is the president of the Rural Development Group Association for the Integrated Development…

1st Plenary – ‘Opening and introduction to the 4th ERP’ Mr. Staffan Nilsson, President of European Rural Community Alliance – ERCA – and Member of ERP Steering Group Steffan Nilsson is the President of European Rural Community Alliance, ERCA. ERCA have seats in the EU Commission network and dialogue groups for rural development. Staffan is…

Second Plenary – ‘The future of the European Rural Policy’ Mr. Hugo Morán Fernández, Secretary of State for the Environment. Ministry for the Ecological Transition of the Government of Spain Intervention: ‘Environment, the best guarantee for the future of rural territories’ The Secretary of State for the Environment, under the authority of the Minister, directs…