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LDnet webinars 2020: Rebuilding Local Economies after Lockdown

Between 18 June and 9 July 2020, LDnet organised – in association with RSA Europe, AEIDL and ELARD –  a series of four webinars on “Rebuilding local economies after lockdown”, on the following topics: Reinventing local shopping and hospitality New solidarity services Stay at home vacations – staycations Worsening inequalities / social inclusion The Covid-19 pandemic has […]

‘Reinventing local shopping and hospitality’ – The recording and ‘take away’ points from the webinar of 18 June 2020

The webinars on Rebuilding local economies after lockdown kicked off on Thursday 18 June 2020. The 1st session was on Reinventing local shopping and hospitality and was attended by some 40 participants. The full programme, link to the recording of the session and some “take away” points are available below. Full recording of the webinar […]

‘New solidarity services’ – The recording and ‘take away’ points from the webinar of 25 June 2020

The second session of the Webinar series on Rebuilding local economies after lockdown focused on new solidarity services which have emerged during the Covid-19 crisis. Special focus was placed on how these services came to fruition, the issues they are addressing, and what their legacy will be as lockdown eases. The full programme, link to the […]

‘Stay at Home Vacations – Staycations’ – The recording from the webinar of 2 July 2020

The second session of the Webinar series on Rebuilding local economies after lockdown focused on the impact of Covid-19 on travel and holidays and the local economies. With more people having vacations within their own country there is both an opportunity and a threat for rural, coastal and mountain communities. The webinar explored local communities can […]

‘Worsening inequalities / social inclusion’ – The recording from the webinar of 9 July 2020

LDnet organised, in association with RSA Europe, AEIDL and ELARD, a series of four forward-looking webinars on Rebuilding local economies after lockdown, from 18 June to 9 July 2020. The final session was on Worsening inequalities / social inclusion (Thursday 9 July 2020) – click here for the recording of this session – access password: […]

LDnet lab on social innovation and local development: linking urban and rural approaches

This lab took take place on Thursday 20.2.2020 at Scotland House, Rond-point Robert Schuman 6, 1040 Brussels, after the SIMRA conference. It aimed to explore how local initiatives or local action groups working in the context of CLLD can act as a motor and platform for social innovation at grass roots level.  There are many […]

LDnet special session at the Third Joint EU Cohesion Policy Conference in Zagreb

This event has been postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic and will be rescheduled for early 2021. The Third Joint EU Cohesion Policy Conference 2020, “Maximising the Opportunities for Cohesion Policy in Challenging Times”, will take place on 11-13 May 2020 in Zagreb. LDnet has proposed a Special Session on “Social Innovation and Local Development […]

Join for free the local development network that brings experts and practitioners together from urban and rural areas

Recipients of “Posts from LDnet” will have noticed that over the last 12 months LDnet has been very active: organising debates – e.g. annual workshop at EWRC, special sessions at RSA conferences participating in international events and posting feedback – e.g. European Rural Parliament, URBACT CityLab & CITIES Forum  encouraging and publishing articles and research […]

LDnet 2020: State of Play in Local Development and much more …

Following on from our general assembly, we are going ahead with a number of new initiatives. We are planning a workshop on Social innovation and local development: linking urban and rural approaches. It will take place in 20 February 2020 in Brussels, on the conclusion of the SIMRA conference. Peter Ramsden will lead from the […]

A lively debate on ‘Capitalising on diversity in local development’ at EWRC2019

On 9 October 2019, as part of EWRC2019, LDnet, organised a workshop  in partnership with ELARD on ‘Capitalising on diversity in local development’ under the theme ‘A Europe Closer to Citizen’. The workshop aimed at demonstrating that bottom-up approaches to local development, like CLLD, have succeeded in engaging ‘Unusual Suspects’; people left out of mainstream […]

LDnet General Assembly: New initiatives for 2019-2020

This year’s general assembly of the LDnet association took place on Tuesday 8 October 2019 in Brussels, with teleconferencing facilities allowing members and friends not present in Brussels to participate remotely. In addition to the normal business of the general assembly, there was a wide-ranging debate covering several topics led by colleagues, including: Building bridges […]

Urban Innovative Actions: 20 new projects

Following the 4th UIA Call for Proposals, 20 new projects have been selected. The selected urban authorities will have the opportunity to try out creative, innovative and durable solutions to address the challenges linked to the digital transition, sustainable use of land and nature based solutions, urban poverty and urban security. For the description of […]

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